Bruce Lee’s “Bruce Lee” – an update
I’ve written before about martial arts legend Bruce Lee and his wearing of a Seiko 6139 watch (Bruce Lee’s Seiko “Bruce Lee” and Seiko “Bruce Lee” – rare chocolate dial).…
Pogue’s lesser-loved cousins–part II
Continuing the theme of Seiko 6139’s extended family and its various oddities. Some are just plain weird – see the “Helmet” – while others just sneak under the radar as…
Speedmaster Mark II–Racing Dial
Some of the earliest posts in this blog concern the Omega Speedmaster, iconic due to Omega’s intention to remind the world that these watches were worn by ASTRONAUTS who went…
Pogue’s lesser-loved cousins
I’ve written a fair amount about the Seiko “Pogue” aka 6139-600x series of watches. That they came out in 1969 and were amongst the earliest automatic chronographs was remarkable, though…
Frankenstein’s Seiko (one of many)
So called “Frankenwatches” (see previous) are all over the place and tend to fall into several categories, depending on the base watch and the value associated with it: Out and…
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 into space. One was carried by Col William Pogue, his…
How to remove deep scratches from acrylic watch crystals
Watch “glasses” or “crystals” tend to be either made of glass (mineral glass or sapphire) or acrylic/plastic. There are various reasons why a particular brand might choose one or the…
The longest watch name in the world?
Watch manufacturers seemed to like putting lots of stuff on the dial of their watches; maybe the busier it looked, the more intrinsic value it was supposed to have. See…
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, however one that worked out pretty well. A friend once…
“Bought for the Bracelet”- part I
One of the behaviours that my watch friends tease me about sometimes, is that I have often bought a used vintage watch not because I wanted it particularly, but because…