Skip to content

Vintage Watch Advisors

When watch collecting turns to enabling others' obsessions

Search
  • Home
    • About
    • Finding a watch
    • Contact
  • Heuer
    • Camaro
    • Carrera
    • Monaco
  • Omega
    • Seamaster
    • Speedmaster
  • Seiko
    • 7a38
    • Bell-Matic
    • Grand Seiko
    • Pogue
    • World Time
  • Sinn
Seiko

Seiko Crown – The 1st Chronograph from Japan

31 Oct 202028 Sep 2021
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…
Seiko

Another Seiko chronograph, from Daini

24 Oct 202028 Dec 2020
I’ve not been writing very much over the last year, but I have still been collecting (and in a few cases, disposing of) watches. A recent addition has been yet…
Seiko

Grand Seiko “Snowflake” Spring Drive

11 Oct 201928 Dec 2020
Many watch collectors have a shortlist of things they’re on the lookout for, and most will have a “grail” – the one watch they’d like to find above all others.…
Seiko

Not all Speedmasters come from Switzerland

10 Aug 20191 Aug 2019
In one of my impulsive buying-at-auction moments, I picked up this little watch for what I thought was an OK price (not a bargain, but not bad - all of…
Omega

Omega Seamaster “Flat Jedi”

3 Aug 20191 Aug 2019
A long time ago, in a land far, far away… there was a guy called Chuck Maddox, who was a fanatical watch collector and one of the first to prolifically…
Seiko

Seiko Pogue authentication part ii – Dials

20 Jul 201928 Dec 2020
Another post on spotting the differences between Seiko Pogue dials. First to understand what is fake, we need to understand what is real.There are numerous variants of dial used throughout…
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…
Uncategorized

How to remove the stuck back of a watch

6 Jul 201925 Jun 2019
First of all, ask yourself – do you need to take the back off your watch? In general, you shouldn’t as for most people, taking a watch apart will only…
Heuer

Heuer Carrera 1153N

29 Jun 201928 May 2019
The Chrono-matic story continues.I saw this watch on a watch trading forum which has its software rooted in the 1990s and despite having supposed rules about what is and isn’t…
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…

Posts navigation

Older posts
Newer posts

Search

Manufacturers

Citizen (1) Heuer (7) Omega (8) Seiko (27) Sinn (2) Tissot (3) Uncategorized (2)

Topics

7a28 (2) 321 (1) 6139 (5) Alarm (2) AML (1) Automatic (4) Bell-Matic (2) Bellmatic (1) Birthyear (2) bracelets (4) Bruce Lee (2) Camaro (1) Carrera (3) Catisfield (1) Cevert (2) Chrono-matic (2) Chronograph (15) coffin link (1) Daini (2) Deployant (1) diamondback bracelet (1) eBay (2) Fake (2) Franken (2) full set (1) GMT (1) Heuer (4) Lemania (3) Monaco (3) Moonwatch (3) Omega (4) Pogue (8) PROOF (3) Quartz (3) RAF (1) Re-issue (2) Seiko (19) silver (1) Sinn (2) Skylab (2) Speedmaster (7) Tissot (2) Tokyo Olympics (2) Valjoux 7750 (1) World Time (3)

Recent Posts

  • International Pogue Day – 16th November
  • Bruce Lee’s Seiko “Bruce Lee”
  • Blue Yacht – another 1960s curio
  • Not so “Royal Oaks”
  • Big-hand chronographs
  • How to use the bezel on your watch
  • M.M.M.Monaco
  • Tissot PR-516 – a knight’s own
  • Seiko “Bruce Lee” – rare chocolate dial
  • More Ceverts to the grid

Most Viewed Posts

  • How to remove the stuck back of a watch (29,438)
  • Seiko 6139-600x–part iii – The Pogue (14,278)
  • Seiko World Time (13,373)
  • Seiko Pogue authentication part ii – Dials (11,927)
  • Seiko 6139-600x–part i – as worn by Francois Cevert & Nick Mason (10,641)

About Vintage Watch Advisors

This is a concierge service aiming to help you find a vintage watch that’s right for you. We don’t sell watches directly.

Search

Watch Forums

OmegaForums

Heuer – Caliber11

Heuer – OnTheDash

Seiko Citizen Watch Forum

WatchUSeek

  • Instagram
  • Email
Proudly powered by WordPress | Theme: TextBook by WordPress.com.