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Seiko 6105-8000 "Slim Willard": The 1968 Diver That Drew the Seiko Blueprint | Crown Vintage Watches

Seiko 6105-8000 "Slim Willard": The 1968 Diver ...

In the second volume of Seiko's 1968 Japanese dealer catalogue, the 62MAS disappeared and a diver listed as the 61MC 010 took its place, housed in a cushion case with...

Seiko 6105-8000 "Slim Willard": The 1968 Diver ...

In the second volume of Seiko's 1968 Japanese dealer catalogue, the 62MAS disappeared and a diver listed as the 61MC 010 took its place, housed in a cushion case with...

Licence to Dive: The Omega Seamaster on the Wrist of James Bond

Licence to Dive: The Omega Seamaster on the Wri...

In GoldenEye, Pierce Brosnan’s Bond escapes an armoured train with a laser hidden in a quartz Omega Seamaster Professional 300M, reference 2541.80, with a blue wave dial and a helium...

Licence to Dive: The Omega Seamaster on the Wri...

In GoldenEye, Pierce Brosnan’s Bond escapes an armoured train with a laser hidden in a quartz Omega Seamaster Professional 300M, reference 2541.80, with a blue wave dial and a helium...

Horns at Twelve: The Omega Seamaster Bullhead 146.011 and Why It Was Ahead of Its Time | Crown Vintage Watches

Horns at Twelve: The Omega Seamaster Bullhead 1...

To build the Seamaster Bullhead, Omega took a perfectly good chronograph movement and turned it ninety degrees, so the crown and both pushers came out of the top of the...

Horns at Twelve: The Omega Seamaster Bullhead 1...

To build the Seamaster Bullhead, Omega took a perfectly good chronograph movement and turned it ninety degrees, so the crown and both pushers came out of the top of the...

Rolex Sea-Dweller: Forty Watches for an Experiment That Never Happened | Crown Vintage Watches

Rolex Sea-Dweller: Forty Watches for an Experim...

In the spring of 1967 Rolex built around forty watches for a United States Navy programme that fell apart within days of starting, after one of its divers died six...

Rolex Sea-Dweller: Forty Watches for an Experim...

In the spring of 1967 Rolex built around forty watches for a United States Navy programme that fell apart within days of starting, after one of its divers died six...

Rolex Serial Numbers: The Complete Lookup Chart and Year Guide | Crown Vintage Watches

Rolex Serial Numbers: The Complete Lookup Chart...

Remove the bracelet from a Rolex made before 2005 and a string of small characters appears between the lugs at the 6 o'clock side of the case, stamped there in...

Rolex Serial Numbers: The Complete Lookup Chart...

Remove the bracelet from a Rolex made before 2005 and a string of small characters appears between the lugs at the 6 o'clock side of the case, stamped there in...

How to Read a Timegrapher Result: Rate, Amplitude and Beat Error Explained

How to Read a Timegrapher Result: Rate, Amplitu...

The tick of a mechanical watch is not one sound. It is a burst of three tiny metallic impacts, spaced milliseconds apart, produced as the impulse jewel, the pallet fork...

How to Read a Timegrapher Result: Rate, Amplitu...

The tick of a mechanical watch is not one sound. It is a burst of three tiny metallic impacts, spaced milliseconds apart, produced as the impulse jewel, the pallet fork...