A Sub story
Somewhat curious about the whole Rolex Submariner thing, and rather impressed at how neat the real thing looks in the …
Author Archives: Martin
A poor man’s big pilot
And now for something completely different. It’s quite rare that any new watch causes me to break step passing a …
Anatomy of a vintage watch revival
A staple of many watch enthusiasts’ collections is the pick-up-and-go watch. The trusty quartz, ticking away in the watch box, …
An homage to a watch that never was
A few years ago, I came across a picture of a rather lovely, but unlikely Omega dress watch, combining a …
Bell-matic nostalgia
One of my earliest memories of taking any sort of interest in a wrist watch was as a child in …
Separated at birth: a pair of 6139’s
The 6139A was Seiko’s (and arguably the world’s) first automatic chronograph, released in March (?) 1969 and featuring quickset day/date, …
A classic cushion
Arguably the most ubiquitous, yet still desirable Seiko divers watch of the past 35 years is the 6309-7040, the successor …
A brace for the ladies
The small ladies diving watches produced by Seiko in the 1970’s and 80’s are beautiful little watches with some exquisite …
6105’s gallore
For those of you who were horrified by my desecration of a hodge-podge 6105 in my opening post (assuming of …
Unidentified flying belle
Possibly my favourite Bell-matic is the 4006-6002. The case is really something special and when combined with the dazzling blue …
Ugly duckling conversions
On occasion, complete junk can provide the source of a diverting little project or two. Early on in my dabbling …
Adventures in Amateur Watch Fettling 