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…
Blue Yacht – another 1960s curio
Seiko definitely does have a strange history. As well as having duelling factories who were encouraged to compete against each…
Not so “Royal Oaks”
One of the big hitters of haute horologie shook up the market in spring 1972 by unveiling a bold new…
Big-hand chronographs
Most chronograph watches have a large hand that measures seconds elapsed while the chronograph is running, and sub-dials which show…
How to use the bezel on your watch
Keeping track of time is ever-present in our normal working lives, all the more so during These Difficult Times™. Those…
M.M.M.Monaco
One of Steve McQueen’s own watches – well, a Heuer Monaco he apparently wore for a while at Le Mans…
Tissot PR-516 – a knight’s own
An earlier post about a Lemania-powered Tissot chronograph talked a bit about how I’d bought another – lesser? – watch…
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…
More Ceverts to the grid
Someone pointed out that if you Google “International Pogue Day” then the top hit is on this site – in…
Seiko Crown – The 1st Chronograph from Japan
I fell so deep into many rabbit holes when learning about Seiko watches, largely because they had so many watch…