Today we have a 1960s Uno with a seconds subial. This Swiss Made watch has a gold plated (or at least gold colour) case and a rather lovely patinated dial. The dial looks to have originally had a silvery/creamy colour and has aged with what looks like a pale gold-like sheen which complements the case and gold colour numerals/hour markers. The hands too are a gold colour but they have rusted a little, although ...
Updated 17th November 2012 at 02:00 by markrlondon (Added text and pictures)
I'm not what you'd call a great blogger but this is kind of cool. I wonder if anyone else will keep a blog here. :-)
Updated 1st November 2012 at 03:00 by markrlondon
Now Sold! Thanks to the buyer, many thanks to Eddie and thanks for looking! Originally Posted by andy6430 I have for sale a Seiko stargate SKZ327K1, surplus to my requirements. In excellent condition (probably the odd mark if you look hard). Comes with unworn bracelet and z22. Keeping good time, nice 120 click bezel. This is the black face, black bezel, white hands example. Looking for £150 paypal gift, pics to follow. Boxed with papers. ...
I saw this in SC in June last year after it was posted for what I thought was a bargain price. I'd wanted a triple date (i.e. date pointer, day wheel, month wheel) for some time and this seemed stunning for the price. Oddly enough it had been passed around on the forum a bit beforehand... I think it is a lovely watch but I do understand that gold (plating) is not popular at the moment and it's a bit big in some ...
Updated 13th November 2012 at 21:32 by markrlondon (Added intro picture; fixed typos.)
I initially felt like a vintagey dress watch today but ended up putting a diver on my wrist: A member of the 'Superior' range from Seiko, a 'Star Monster'. The Star Monster (also known as 'Starfish Monster') comes into the same price/quality bracket as the venerable Monster, SKX007/009, Spork and Stargate. A quick note about the Superior range: They seem to be one cut above the Seiko 5 so they're ...
Updated 13th November 2012 at 20:44 by markrlondon (Added pics; fix typo.)
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