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I just got my first vintage Seiko Chronograph with the 6138 caliber. Automatic with manual winding, column wheel and also uses a vertical clutch system.
Well, I been wearing it for a while, it’s about time to post up a decent review of it yet.
Continue reading “Seiko Vintage Chronograph, 6138-0011, the UFO”
The history of mechanical alarm watches
The first alarm wrist watch was first introduced in 1947 by Vulcain. The Cricket watch was also nicknamed “The Presidents’ Watch”, since Eisenhower, Nixon and Johnson were all loyal customers and eminent ambassadors for the Cricket.
In 1959, 1st Moscow Watch Factory developed the first Soviet Wrist alarm clock “signal” 2612 (“Flight”). It was almost a copy of the A.Schild 1475. I can’t find much information on the AS and Poljot link.
Photos of the AS 1475 can be found at Ranfft Watches.
In 1978, the 2612 was slightly tweaked, thus the caliber code was changed to 2612.1.
A comparison between the 2612 and 2612.1.
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Continue reading “Полет Сигнал/Alarm: A Milestone in Russian Horology”
I will be posting a series of horology milestones of the Soviet Union which I wrote for BDWF Russian forum.
I have to thank Kevin for inspiring me to write my first milestone on the Poljot Signal, Полет Сигнал, a mechanical watch with alarm features after I posted my collection of the alarms, which is 1 of my favorite Soviet caliber.
My first Soviet Union mechanical watch is the Poljot Alarm 2612.1.
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and my alarm collection grew..
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Well, I will leave the milestone for the next post..
Beautiful fireworks at the bay..
Happy 2010 !
I have officially launch my new blog/shop, titled Vintage for life. I will be selling some of my Soviet mechanical watches for my collection and other pre-owned accessories.
Do visit the site and show your support 🙂