7th International Pogue Day – 16th November 2023
Today marks the 50th anniversary of the Skylab 4 launch which saw not one but two automatic chronographs make it…
Bruce and the bracelet
As an antidote to the previous post, here’s the story of a watch very much not acquired for its bracelet,…
Back in the hunt
It’s been a while since I’ve written on here – as with a lot of such interests, my watch obsession…
6th International Pogue Day–16 November 2022
Today is the 49th anniversary of the launch of Skylab 4, the mission that carried Col Bill Pogue into space…
Video: Pogue Assessment Guide
I decided to have a play with YouTube over the last year or so; the idea being that I’d like…
Brothers from another mother
It’s been a bit quiet around here for a while – something I’ll try to address over the coming weeks.…
International Pogue Day – 16th November
FIRST PUBLISHED 15 Nov 2019 – I like a nice Pogue, as the many posts on here will attest. Every…
Bruce Lee’s Seiko “Bruce Lee”
Watch collectors love giving names to their pieces, not normally individually but as a way of referencing the model as…
Blue Yacht – another 1960s curio
Seiko definitely does have a strange history. As well as having duelling factories who were encouraged to compete against each…
Not so “Royal Oaks”
One of the big hitters of haute horologie shook up the market in spring 1972 by unveiling a bold new…