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Owner Review: Seiko 6138-0030 Kakume blue
I first came across a Seiko 6138-0030 Kakume, when a friend had me pick one up for him. He lives in Germany, and the seller didn’t ship Internationally. He had given a fair few bucks for it! So I was wondering what all the fuss was about? I opened the box up and saw that…
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Owner Review: Seiko 6138 Yachtsman a.k.a UFO
I have a thing for vintage Seiko watches. Dive watches, dress watches, chronographs, I like them all. But one watch that really caught my eye was the Seiko 6138 Yachtsman. It is better known as the UFO, due to its flying saucer-shaped case. The UFO is a bruiser of a vintage chronograph measuring in at…
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Owner Review: Seiko 6139-6040 Silver Ghost or Unsaturated Anomaly?
The Seiko 6139-6040 Silver Ghost moniker was obtained from the way the contrasting bare, first quarter of its bezel would lose tachymeter numerals after brief wear. But the spirit of the name goes beyond an under-engineered bezel execution, rescued from a pejorative quirk, to an aesthetic of ‘silvering’ and ‘reflectivity.’ Catalog shots of the Seiko…
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Owner Review: Seiko 7018-7000 Flyback Chronograph
The sweet exterior demeanor of this beautiful 1971 Seiko 7018-7000 Flyback Chronograph belies the technical powerhouse within; a bi-directional automatic winding, vertical-clutch, column-wheel, flyback chronograph with a Kanji day/date complication that held the record for world’s thinnest until 1987. It really does pack quite the punch. That was quite a mouthful so let’s unpack it…
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Owner Review: Casio GR3 Moon Fight Robot – Pure Nostalgia!!!
Does this Casio GR3 Moon Fight Robot represent misplaced nostalgia? Was the world really that much of a better place thirty plus years ago? Or is it just because we associate certain memories of growing up as a kid with these wonderful futuristic gadgets? Maybe those positive memories just make us think that those times…
