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Longines Ultra Chron 1967
“The world’s most accurate watch” When released in 1967, the Longines boasted that it’s Ultra Chron was “The world’s most accurate watch”. A bold call! But, even bolder, they took the unusual step of specifying its accuracy to be within … Continue reading
Posted in Hi Beat Movement, Longines
Tagged 36000BPH Movement, 60's watch, Classic watch, Longines, Longines 431, Ultra Chron
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Omega Speedmaster “Reduced” Automatic, 1989
The Omega Speedmaster is one the most iconic names in watches having started life in 1957 as a manual wind, three register chronograph. The movement used was the Ω321 which was based on the Lemania 3210 which was initially released … Continue reading
Posted in Chronograph, Omega, Uncategorized
Tagged 80's wstch, Automatic wind, Chronograph, Classic watch, ETA 2890-2, Moonwatch, Omega 1140, Omega watch, Speedmaster
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Vulcain Skeleton
Simply Beautiful! Vulcain’s origin goes back as far as 1858 but is best known for the Vulcain Cricket introduced in 1947. The Cricket was the world’s first fully functional alarm wristwatch, quickly establishing the brand’s reputation as the “Presidents’ Watch” … Continue reading
Posted in Exhibition, Vulvain
Tagged 70's watch, Classic watch, MSR, Vintage Watch, Vulcain
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Talking Watches on the ABC
The endless joy of a self-winding watch On February 15th 2023 I was invited to talk about self winding watches on the ABC. The title they gave the segment was “The endless joy of a self-winding watch” Have a listen.
Eterna-Matic 1969
Although not as well known as known as the heavyweights like Omega or Rolex, Eterna is among the very important contributors to the evolution of horology and its legacy is very evident to this day. Founded in 1856 in Grenchen, … Continue reading
Seiko Bell-Matic 1977
The Bell-Matic featuring the rare alarm function, was released in 1966. At the time there were other alarm watches in the market place, mostly hand wound and dominated by the generic AS 1475 and the 21600 bph version, AS 1930. … Continue reading
Posted in Seiko
Tagged 70's watch, Alarm, Alarm Watch, Automatic wind, Bell-Matic, Classic watch, Mechanical Watch, Seiko, Seko 4006
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KS Seiko 1971
The “KS” stands for King Seiko which was second only to the GS or Grand Seiko at the top of the line Seiko of the 60’s and 70’s. It is a quality, conservitive in style, high tech, all rounder, aimed … Continue reading
Cyma Navy Star c1950
Cyma was founded in 1862 in the town of Tavannes, near Bern, Switzerland. It has always been a luxury brand that produced almost every component in house. In 1945 they started to produce an amazingly good alarm clock, the R10 … Continue reading
Posted in 9ct Gold, Cyma
Tagged 50's watch, 9ct Gold Watch, Classic watch, Cyma watch, R459, Tavannes watch
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Seiko Lord Marvel, 1967
A pure Experiment The accuracy of a watch depends on many factors; one of those is beat rate, which is the frequency at which the balance wheel oscillates. Or, put more simply, the faster it ticks, the more accurate it … Continue reading
Posted in Hi Beat Movement, Seiko
Tagged 36000BPH Movement, 60's watch, Classic watch, Hi Beat Movement, Lord Marvel, Seiko
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Seiko 5 Sportsmatic 1966
The Springboard to success In the early 60s Japanese products were a rarity in the western world. It was less than two decades since the end of the war, there was a prejudice that went with the war memories and … Continue reading
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