“Bought for the Bracelet”- part I
One of the behaviours that my watch friend tease me about sometimes, is that I have often bought a used vintage watch not because I wanted it particularly, but because…
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…
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…
Big-hand chronographs
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…
Tissot PR-516 – a knight’s own
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…
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 way of these things, if you start researching, sometimes you…