Seiko Seiko Pogue authentication part i – Bezels 13 Jul 201928 Dec 2020 I like a nice Pogue. The trouble is, a lot of 6139-600x watches you’ll find on eBay are less than straight – a great many have been put together or…
Seiko Dive, Dive, Dive! 22 Jun 201929 Jun 2019 Tastes change over time, of that we can be certain. Sometimes fashion, maybe even just prejudice that is overcome – there are surely times when you totally dislike something that…
Heuer… Watching out for Franken watches 8 Jun 201927 May 2019 When I first started taking a shine to the Heuer Carrera, it was the original mid-60s one that I liked, manual wind with a small case (36mm) and a chronograph…
Seiko Nick’s 6139-6002–a Poguey Birthday 25 May 201929 May 2019 I’ve been talking with Nick for a couple of years about watches and in particular about his desire to get a watch from the year of his birth – a…
Seiko Seiko World Time #3 – three’s a crowd 11 May 201917 Apr 2019 Following on from the previous World Time diaries, another joined the fold a few weeks prior to the silver-faced ‘64 with the original bracelet. This one, an early model from…
Citizen… Don’t let the Bells end 4 May 201917 Apr 2019 As a fan of the Seiko Bell-Matic, I came across this at a watch fair and really fell for it. I’ve never had a Citizen watch before – they’re another…
Seiko Seiko World Time #2 – the bracelets’ tale 20 Apr 201917 Apr 2019 Every since I got my first World Time, I’ve been hankering after getting a correct bracelet for it. For whatever reason, I tend to prefer watches with steel bracelets vs…
Seiko Seiko Bell-Matic #2 16 Apr 201918 Apr 2019 A long time ago, I covered a previous Seiko Bell-Matic – an early 1970s watch with a mechanical alarm. That watch now rests with a Sean, a fellow in the…
Seiko Malcolm’s Seiko 7A38 14 Apr 201926 Mar 2019 Malcolm (ex-RAF himself) had been looking for a Seiko RAF Gen 1 (as discussed previously here), but had been put off a little by the prices of good ones –…
Seiko Seiko 6139-600x–part iii – The Pogue 27 Mar 20198 Jan 2021 (see earlier missives on the 6139-600x, here and here) No mention of the Seiko 6139-6000 and its variants would be complete without talking about the moment it became known as…