A Seiko 6139-8002 from February 1972
I bought my first Seiko 6139 chronograph in the summer of 2008, I think from an eBay seller in the …
Tag Archives: Chronograph
Chasing my tail: Fault-detection and diagnosis in a Seiko 6139B
In the spirit of my ongoing compaign to embrace the seasonal urge to clean house, herewith the second of two …
Third time lucky: A Seiko 6138-8020 Panda from September 1975
I am by nature a reflective person and if I’ve learned anything at all in my time as an amateur …
A Seiko 7018-7000 automatic fly-back chronograph from 1971
I am as guilty as the next man in allowing my eye to wonder, to catch the latest metaphorical flash …
Denouement: Breitling Top Time Part III
You know what? I think we are getting somewhere. This has been somewhat of a marathon of the unfamiliar, taking …
A Breitling Top Time 2002: Part II
Inevitably, on the lead up to Christmas, I buy too many cranberries. This year is no exception although somehow I …
A Breitling Top Time 2002 from 1965: Part I
Last Spring I developed a hankering for a quartz timing machine, the throughput of watches powered by the dark side …
Auction watch
Since March 2009, the Bank of England base rate has been at or below 0.5%. Currently it sits at a …
A 52 year old Olympian: Seiko one-button chronograph from October 1964
Just as the 1964 Tokyo Olympics served as a celebration of Japan’s reemergence onto the world stage as a first …
Glam Rock: the Seiko 6139-7060
Towards the end of June 1975, Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon entered its 118th week in the UK …
Flying saucer: the Seiko 6139-7020 Speed-Timer
Lazy accusations that Japanese watch companies ape the Swiss in their design cues can be knocked into a cocked hat …
Adventures in Amateur Watch Fettling 