Rolex DateJust 1603
I have no real interest in Rolexes, at least I haven’t been caught by them yet. Maybe it’s down to the huge prices some command, especially when compared to otherwise…
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 has ebbed and flowed a bit over the last year…
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 with what has been recognized as the first automatic chronograph…
Video: Looking at Lemanias
Another fairly well received video review looks at different watches from different makers, many of whom use a version of the Lemania 873 chronograph movement. Omega Speedmaster 145.012-68, 145.022-71 and…
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 to do some multi-watch reviews and some short video takes…
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. To get back into the swing of things, here is…
International Pogue Day – 16th November
FIRST PUBLISHED 15 Nov 2019 – I like a nice Pogue, as the many posts on here will attest. Every watch collector who has a soft spot for the Omega…
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 a whole. Sometimes the manufacturer gets involved by creating special…
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 other to make them both better, they had seemingly hundreds…
Not so “Royal Oaks”
One of the big hitters of haute horologie shook up the market in spring 1972 by unveiling a bold new design, exquisitely made from a non-precious metal yet priced well…