• Seiko
    • Bell-matic
    • Chronograph
      • 5719
      • 6138
      • 6139
      • 7018
    • Diver’s Watches
      • Cronos Sea horse
      • Silverwave
      • 62MAS
      • 6105
      • 6306
      • 6309
      • 7548
      • 7549
      • SKX
      • Sports Diver
    • Electronic
      • 0703
    • GMT/Navigator
      • 6117
    • King Seiko
      • 4420
      • 4502
      • 5245
      • 5626
    • Ladies’ watches
      • 2205
      • 2625
    • Lord Matic
      • 5606
    • Lord Marvel
    • Seikomatic
      • 395
      • 603
      • 5106
      • 6205
      • 6206
      • 6216
      • 6218
      • 8305
      • 8346
    • Sports
      • 603
      • 6106
      • 6119
      • 6601
      • 6619
      • 7606
    • Quartz
      • 2625
      • 3823
      • 4822
      • 7548
      • 7549
      • 9F82
  • Grand Seiko
    • 5722
    • 6145
    • 6146
    • 6245
    • 9F82
  • Citizen
    • Parawater
  • Swiss
    • Breitling
    • Omega
    • Rolex
    • Silvana
    • Tudor
    • ESA/ETA
    • Valjoux
  • Military
    • Cabot Watch Company
    • MkII
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Category Archives: ESA/ETA

Three fat boys: A triptych of British Army-issued CWC G10 military watches

December 19, 2018

The Cabot Watch Company is arguably the best-known maker of British military watches. It was founded in 1972 and produced …

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A couple of loose ends

September 10, 2017

A number of circumstances have conspired in the past few weeks to keep me from much in the way of …

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Heuer pretender revisited: a quartz to auto conversion

June 26, 2016

It is not that common these days that I find myself confounded by a fault affecting a watch movement. Well, …

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CWC G10

June 15, 2014

One corner of the watch world that attracts a particular niche enthusiasm is that of the military wrist watch. Issued …

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Small and perfectly formed: A 1960’s Silvana diver

May 10, 2014

There is a sense that we may just be starting to see a shift away from the obsession with giant …

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Common denominator

September 21, 2013

Towards the end of the 1980’s three different manufacturers, Sinn, Tutima and Precista released low profile 200m rated divers watches, …

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A Heuer pretender

April 21, 2013

From the mid-1980’s through to early ‘90’s, TAG/Heuer sold a range of rather nice 200m divers watches fitted with somewhat …

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A Sub story

May 17, 2012

Somewhat curious about the whole Rolex Submariner thing, and rather impressed at how neat the real thing looks in the …

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Recent Posts

  • Citizen Super Crystal Date Parawater 150m Part II
  • Citizen Super Crystal Date Parawater 150m AUDS 52801-Y from April 1967: Part I
  • Grand Seiko 6146-8000 Restoration and Review | The First High-Beat Grand Seiko
  • Over a barrel? A Grand Seiko 6146-8000 from 1969
  • Grand Seiko 6146 projects past, present and future

Archives

Brands

  • Citizen
    • Parawater
  • Grand Seiko
    • 5722
    • 6145
    • 6146
    • 6245
    • 9F82
  • King Seiko
    • 4420
    • 4502
    • 5245
    • 5626
  • Seiko
    • Bell-matic
    • Chronograph
      • 5719
      • 6138
      • 6139
      • 7018
    • Diver’s
      • Cronos Sea horse
      • Silverwave
      • 62MAS
      • 6105
      • 6306
      • 6309
      • 7548
      • 7549
      • SKX
      • Sports Diver
    • Electronic
    • GMT/Navigator
    • Ladies’ watches
    • Lord Matic
      • 5606
    • Lord Marvel
    • Seikomatic
      • 603
      • 395
      • 5106
      • 6206
      • 6216
      • 6218
      • 8305
      • 8346
    • Sports
      • 603
      • 6106
      • 6119
      • 6601
      • 6619
      • 7606
    • Quartz
      • 2625
      • 3823
      • 4822
      • 7548
      • 7549
      • 9F82
  • Swiss
    • Breitling
    • Omega
    • Rolex
    • Silvana
    • Tudor
    • ESA/ETA
    • Valjoux
  • Military
    • Cabot Watch Company
    • MkII
    • Precista

Top Posts & Pages

  • Flawed genius: A Seiko Lord Matic 5606-8010
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  • Lady Diver: The Seiko 2205-0760
  • Natural selection: A Seiko 6306-7001 from 1979
  • Hidden depths: A Seikomatic-R from 1966
  • DIASHOCK39JEWELS: a Seikomatic 395 Self-Dater from 1963
  • And now for something completely different: the Seiko Elnix Electronic Watch

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