Seiko 6th International Pogue Day–16 November 2022 16 Nov 2022 Today is the 49th anniversary of the launch of Skylab 3, the mission that carried Col Bill Pogue into space with what has been recognized as the first automatic chronograph…
Seiko… Video: Pogue Assessment Guide 21 Oct 202215 Oct 2022 I decided to have a play with YouTube over the last year or so; the idea being that I'd like to do some multi-watch reviews and some short video takes…
Seiko International Pogue Day – 16th November 16 Nov 202116 Nov 2021 FIRST PUBLISHED 15 Nov 2019 - I like a nice Pogue, as the many posts on here will attest. Every watch collector who has a soft spot for the Omega…
Seiko More Ceverts to the grid 11 Nov 202028 Dec 2020 Someone pointed out that if you Google “International Pogue Day” then the top hit is on this site – in one of the many posts about Seiko’s “Pogue” family and…
Seiko Seiko Pogue authentication part ii – Dials 20 Jul 201928 Dec 2020 Another post on spotting the differences between Seiko Pogue dials. First to understand what is fake, we need to understand what is real.There are numerous variants of dial used throughout…
Seiko Seiko Pogue authentication part i – Bezels 13 Jul 201928 Dec 2020 I like a nice Pogue. The trouble is, a lot of 6139-600x watches you’ll find on eBay are less than straight – a great many have been put together or…
Seiko Nick’s 6139-6002–a Poguey Birthday 25 May 201929 May 2019 I’ve been talking with Nick for a couple of years about watches and in particular about his desire to get a watch from the year of his birth – a…
Seiko Seiko 6139-600x–part iii – The Pogue 27 Mar 20198 Jan 2021 (see earlier missives on the 6139-600x, here and here) No mention of the Seiko 6139-6000 and its variants would be complete without talking about the moment it became known as…
Seiko Seiko 6139-600x–part ii – elusive silver PROOF/PROOF 17 Mar 201925 Mar 2019 Following on from the previous tale of the 6139 as produced by Seiko in 1969, here’s a rare and interesting piece, or rather a brace of them. According to the…
Seiko Seiko 6139-600x–part i – as worn by Francois Cevert & Nick Mason 17 Mar 20193 Jul 2019 50 years ago, Seiko was quietly producing what could arguably be the world’s first automatic chronograph. Other manufacturers were trying to do the same – Zenith produced their goadingly-named “El…