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I have wanted to own a watch made by this company ever since I first met the owner several years ago. Peter Speake-Marin comes across as just your normal average guy, but with an inner passion that ha

firstly i must apologise for not having been on ppro for a long time, but i have been exceedingly busy with my photography and other projects. anyway, this post is about an interesting new watch made

all Seiko fans will probably guess that the watch i have just purchased is a 1964 calibre 430 handwind Grand Seiko, the ultimate Seiko for my 1964 collection. i have seen several over the years either

As many of us know, in the 1950's Zenith made a superb chronometer grade handwind movement, the calibre 135. it had a snail cam precision regulater and has gone down in history as being one of the bes

i remember vividly when Carl.F.Bucherer released their peripheral rotor automatic. i thought it was a great way to design a rotor and still appreciate the movement. i dont think they ever said they we

I have now owned my Seiko 7016-5001 chronograph for a couple of months and think it is now time to review it. The Seiko 7016 chronograph, nicknamed the Monaco due to its shape and slight resemblance t

The trade itself was pretty complicated, but I do believe I came out on top. Firstly I listed a Maurice Lacroix Jour et Nuit for sale and was approached by someone offering a trade. He offered 2 watch

A short while ago i posted the aquisition of a rare 560 calibre US cased Seamaster Deville kleerback. I sent if off 2 weeks ago to my friendly watchmaker who was extremely impressed with the conditio

i've been nibbling at this piece, then getting diverted, coming back to it and getting diverted, you know how it goes, but i have now bitten the bullet and purchased my long wished for white dialled S

back in September 2011 i purchased a Zenton B42 Bronze slightly used. it came with a 10 year warranty with a free service every 2 years if you want to send the watch to them. not even Kia offer that l

i am of course talking about the Railmaster XXL. this is a watch that i have admired for a few years and wanted after trying it on a couple of years ago as i think it looks good on me though i dont ha

for about 6 or 7 years i have wanted to have a watch with a chinese dragon on its dial for a number of reasons. firstly i was born in 1964, a year of the dragon, my son was born in 1988, another drago

quite a long time ago, perhaps 3 weeks or more, i won a Rolex date just on that auction site we know exists but never mention, but the seller sent it by rowing boat so i'd nearly given up worrying abo

about 3 years ago i purchased my first ever Rolex, a 1964 1002 non date oyster and found it a bit small at 34mm, but it, along with many other people here, taught me to appreciate Rolex as a brand i s

as anyone who's read any of my posts will know, i have a little theme going on involving watches made/sold in the year of my birth. 1964. surprisingly this is a year shared by more than a handful of P

i bought this Constellation about 4 years ago. its a 1964 561 calibre with semi hidden crown, one of the only models the 561 went into. i have always found the case design a little boring with straigh

it is of course a Longines. although not part of the Omega family at the time they did produce similar models through the years so i'm happy to post it where it will be amongst friends. i've had the o

last night i won this lovely piece from my normal marketplace. a 9ct gold Dennison cased cal 600 with original box, 9ct buckle and papers from, of course, 1964. a couple of pics from the seller as you

hi folks, i've finally moved, sorted the house out and today i had the privilege of being connected to the world wide web. only 3 weeks since i moved in, but at least i'm on line. i had a very weird e