Discover the Seiko Yachtsman 6138-0011 chronograph from 1971, featuring the Caliber 6138 movement with vertical clutch and column wheel, paired with a STELUX Presidential bracelet.
The 6138 was my faithful companion from second year in med. school in 1976 until the late eighty's, when it just stopped working. Then I bought a Seiko quartz. My only quartz I ever had. I still have the 6138 in my collection, after 20 years being broken ...
He wore it to death, then threw in a toolbox in the garage for 20 years. One day I was visiting him and saw it on the bench. He said “Yeah, I ruined it” and gave it to me, finishing with “it’s hopeless”. Minor lubrication and thorough cleaning inside. I c...