Video: Pogue Assessment Guide
I decided to have a play with YouTube over the last year or so; the idea being that I’d like to do some multi-watch reviews and some short video takes…
Brothers from another mother
It’s been a bit quiet around here for a while – something I’ll try to address over the coming weeks. To get back into the swing of things, here is…
International Pogue Day – 16th November
FIRST PUBLISHED 15 Nov 2019 – I like a nice Pogue, as the many posts on here will attest. Every watch collector who has a soft spot for the Omega…
Bruce Lee’s Seiko “Bruce Lee”
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 “Bruce Lee” – rare chocolate dial
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…
More Ceverts to the grid
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…
Another Seiko chronograph, from Daini
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…
Grand Seiko “Snowflake” Spring Drive
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.…
Not all Speedmasters come from Switzerland
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…
Seiko Pogue authentication part ii – Dials
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…