Rare vintage Phillisonic Antimagnetic from 1970′s
I have seen in the past few months (I am new, after all, in watch collecting) a rather diverse design in wrist watch housings, but …
17 May
Vintage Ricoh Automatic 17 Jewels from the Seventies
Vintage Ricoh Automatic 17 Jewels from the Seventies
Diverging a little from my Seiko passion, I sometimes come across very nice vintage wrist watches, like this vintage Ricoh Automatic 17 Jewels. The watch is …
15 May
Vintage Lorenz Edox from the fifties
Vintage Lorenz Edox from the fifties
Enlarging my collection of watches, I am getting more and more interested in automatic and hand wound watches, specially from the 50′s, 60′s and 70′s. Some …
13 Apr
Seiko 7A38-7060: The Guinea Pig
Seiko 7A38-7060: The Guinea Pig
I needed practice with the 7A38 movement, and when I found this almost rotten Seiko 7A38-7060 on eBay, I thought It would be the perfect …
10 Apr
Seiko 5606-5100: the Iron Man from the Seventies – Part 2
Seiko 5606-5100: the Iron Man from the Seventies – Part 2
Something like a month ago I received from a good friend in Italy this Seiko 5606-5100 Automatic watch, which was manufactured in the mid Seventies, …
08 Apr
Seiko 7A34-7000: The ugly duckling… Part 2
Seiko 7A34-7000: The ugly duckling… Part 2
Some may remember that some months ago I bought a Seiko 7A34-7000, which I called “The Ugly Duckling” since its dial is somewhat strange, due …
26 Mar
Seiko 5606-5100: the Iron Man from the Seventies
Seiko 5606-5100: the Iron Man from the Seventies
A very good friend of mine was so kind to send me as a gift this old malfunctioning Seiko 5606-5100, telling me that the movement had …
16 Mar
Seiko 7T32-6C90: The Wounded Veteran
Seiko 7T32-6C90: The Wounded Veteran
Sometimes you get to know people who are just gentle and unique. This is the story of a Seiko 7T32-6C90 sent to me by a new …
15 Mar
Seiko 7T36-6A4A: the Hydrophobic Zombie – part 2
Seiko 7T36-6A4A: the Hydrophobic Zombie – part 2
While searching on eBay for a spare part donor for my Seiko 7T36-6A4A, which arrived drowned, I disassembled it completely to check the situation inside the …
15 Mar
Seiko 7T32-6A50: The outsider – update
Seiko 7T32-6A50: The outsider – update
Since I was not happy about the fact that my Seiko 7T32-6A50 was only partially working (the alarm function was partially ok, since I could not …
