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, …
Tag Archives: Vintage
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 …
The slippery slope
It is easy to identify where all this started. A rash Ebay purchase landed a Seiko 6105-8110 diver’s watch from …
Adventures in Amateur Watch Fettling 