More Ceverts to the grid
Someone pointed out that if you Google “International Pogue Day” then the top hit is on this site – in…
Seiko Crown – The 1st Chronograph from Japan
I fell so deep into many rabbit holes when learning about Seiko watches, largely because they had so many watch…
Another Seiko chronograph, from Daini
I’ve not been writing very much over the last year, but I have still been collecting (and in a few…
Not all Speedmasters come from Switzerland
In one of my impulsive buying-at-auction moments, I picked up this little watch for what I thought was an OK…
Heuer Carrera 1153N
The Chrono-matic story continues. I saw this watch on a watch trading forum which has its software rooted in the…
Heuer “Calibre 11” Carrera 1153S
As mentioned in the Watch out for Franken Watches post, the first Heuers I appreciated were smaller cased, manual-wind Carreras.…
Malcolm’s Seiko 7A38
Malcolm (ex-RAF himself) had been looking for a Seiko RAF Gen 1 (as discussed previously here), but had been put…
Tissot PR516 Chronograph
Here’s another semi-random acquisition – I’d never even heard of this watch until I bought it, but as is the…
Seiko 6139-600x–part iii – The Pogue
(see earlier missives on the 6139-600x, here and here) No mention of the Seiko 6139-6000 and its variants would be…
Seiko “RAF Gen 1”
Seiko claimed numerous world firsts throughout their years, from (arguably) the first automatic chronograph, the first commercial quartz watch (which,…