Seiko Bruuuuuuuuuuuuuceeee! 6 Sep 20216 Sep 2021 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…
Seiko Blue Yacht – another 1960s curio 29 Aug 202129 Aug 2021 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…
Seiko Not so “Royal Oaks” 15 Feb 202115 Feb 2021 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…
Omega… Big-hand chronographs 25 Jan 202126 Jan 2021 Most chronograph watches have a large hand that measures seconds elapsed while the chronograph is running, and sub-dials which show elapsed minutes (and sometimes hours) - though you might need…
Uncategorized How to use the bezel on your watch 8 Jan 202125 Jan 2021 Keeping track of time is ever-present in our normal working lives, all the more so during These Difficult Times™. Those of us who still wear physical, mechanical wristwatches may be…
Seiko M.M.M.Monaco 6 Jan 20218 Jan 2021 One of Steve McQueen's own watches - well, a Heuer Monaco he apparently wore for a while at Le Mans in 1970 ... ... before giving it to his mechanic,…
Tissot Tissot PR-516 – a knight’s own 28 Dec 202011 Jan 2021 An earlier post about a Lemania-powered Tissot chronograph talked a bit about how I'd bought another - lesser? - watch which came with the correct bracelet for the chronograph, so…
Seiko Seiko “Bruce Lee” – rare chocolate dial 1 Dec 202028 Dec 2020 Watch collectors give names to particular products in a way that the makers would never have expected – usually association with a person or possibly a character. Normally, the producers…
Seiko More Ceverts to the grid 11 Nov 202028 Dec 2020 Someone pointed out that if you Google “International Pogue Day” then the top hit is on this site – in one of the many posts about Seiko’s “Pogue” family and…
Seiko The 1st Chronograph from Japan 31 Oct 202028 Dec 2020 I fell so deep into many rabbit holes when learning about Seiko watches, largely because they had so many watch lines and lots of curious and interesting developments. As well…