Seiko Seiko “Bruce Lee” – rare chocolate dial 1 Dec 202028 Feb 2023 Watch collectors give names to particular products in a way that the makers would never have expected – usually in association with a person or possibly a character. Normally, the…
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 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…
Seiko Seiko 6139-600x–part i – as worn by Francois Cevert & Nick Mason 17 Mar 20193 Jul 2019 50 years ago, Seiko was quietly producing what could arguably be the world’s first automatic chronograph. Other manufacturers were trying to do the same – Zenith produced their goadingly-named “El…