A high-beat 25 jewel automatic powered by your everyday motion.
These Steinhausen Chronographs were a lucky find. Acquired at a liquidation, each are in perfect condition, and regulated to near chronometer performance. 21 Jewel Automatic mechanical with day, date, & moonphase. A serious deal at $169.
Julio Ojeda-Zapata of the St Paul Pioneer press covered my Kickstarter project for the Padron Vuelta in today’s edition as part of a larger piece on Kickstarter. In fact, my story leads not only the article but the Life section. Very very very stoked about this. You can read the full article here: http://goo.gl/j7YqtHow to -Really- Spot a Fake Vintage Watch
There are guides out there, and many are wrong, which compelled me to write this. Without naming names, I’d like to adress one major blooper right off the bat made by a very famous Men’s magazine about Luminous hands and fakes: If the vintage watch you are holding has freshly glowing hands, this does not […]Radium in Vintage Watch Dials
Youtube Video I took of me measuring a vintage Lord Elgin watch using a Civil Defense Geiger Counter In the old days, people did not appreciate the risks of radioactive material as we do today, as this crazy old TV commercial will clearly show you. This is not to say that all radioactive materials are […]