Pogue’s lesser-loved cousins–part III
Once more, let’s look at lesser-known 6139 family memebers. We’ve had the 8002 / 6030 Franken, the pair of 7002s…
Bruce Lee’s “Bruce Lee” – an update
I’ve written before about martial arts legend Bruce Lee and his wearing of a Seiko 6139 watch (Bruce Lee’s Seiko…
Pogue’s lesser-loved cousins–part II
Continuing the theme of Seiko 6139’s extended family and its various oddities. Some are just plain weird – see the…
Pogue’s lesser-loved cousins
I’ve written a fair amount about the Seiko “Pogue” aka 6139-600x series of watches. That they came out in 1969…
Frankenstein’s Seiko (one of many)
So called “Frankenwatches” (see previous) are all over the place and tend to fall into several categories, depending on the…
7th International Pogue Day – 16th November 2023
Today marks the 50th anniversary of the Skylab 4 launch which saw not one but two automatic chronographs make it…
Bruce and the bracelet
As an antidote to the previous post, here’s the story of a watch very much not acquired for its bracelet,…
Back in the hunt
It’s been a while since I’ve written on here – as with a lot of such interests, my watch obsession…
6th International Pogue Day–16 November 2022
Today is the 49th anniversary of the launch of Skylab 4, the mission that carried Col Bill Pogue into space…
Video: Pogue Assessment Guide
I decided to have a play with YouTube over the last year or so; the idea being that I’d like…