SHINOLA WATCHES:MADE IN USA

SHINOLA IS A COMPANY LOCATED IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN. THE WATCHES THEY ARE CRAFTING ARE MADE OF SWISS PARTS AND ASSEMBLED IN THE MOTOR CITY. THE RETRO MILITARY STYLING IS HANDSOME AND ALL WATCHES COME WITH A HORWEEN CORDOVAN STRAP. SHINOLA (THE NAME, I KNOW IS TRICKY) IS ALSO WORKING WITH SEVERAL SMALL MANUFACTURES TO CREATE A LINE OF AMERICAN MADE GOODS FROM BIKES TO PAPER JOURNALS.

MARATHON WATCHES

I LOVE THESE WATCHES (THOUGH DON'T OWN ONE -YET). I NOTICED THIS CANADIAN MADE WATCH ON A FRIEND'S WRIST LATELY AND WAS REALLY TAKEN WITH HOW NICE IT WAS - SIMPLE, ELEGANT, MILITARY STYLE AND HAVE SINCE LEARNED REALLY AFFORDABLE. MARATHON WAS FOUNDED IN 1939 AND IN 1941 SUPPLIED WATCHES TO THE ALLIED MILITARY FORCES. THE COMPANY HAS WATCH MAKING FACILITIES IN CANADA, SWITZERLAND AND THE GOOD OLE US OF A. THEY COME IN MECHANICAL, QUARTZ AND THE PRICER VERSIONS ARE SWISS MADE AUTO'S.

STOP PAYING SO MUCH FOR CORDOVAN NATO'S

THEY ALSO HAVE SOME BADASS TIMERS AND STOP WATCHES

WATCH FETISH: MILITARY WITTNAUER

THIS BEAUTY WAS SAVED FROM THE TRASH, DUG OUT OF A SHOE BOX IN A JUNK SHOP IN PENNSYLVANIA. IT NEEDED I LITTLE TLC WITH THE MOVEMENT BUT THE FACE IS ALL ORIGINAL. PAYS TO DIG AROUND A BIT.

(THIS WATCH IS FOR SALE)

WATCH FETISH

RECENT FIND:

1940'S GRANA SWISS MADE 

(MILITARY STYLE)

DEAD STOCK HAMILTON BAND

WWII HAMILTON

I DOCUMENTED THIS BAND IN A MILITARY WATCH POST
SOME TIME AGO AND HAVE SINCE BEEN LOOKING FOR A PERIOD WWII ISSUE WATCH TO FIT IT. THE BAND WAS MADE BY A PILOT (WWII) WHO SHAPED IT FROM SOME AIRCRAFT ALUMINUM AND ATTACHED HIS WINGS TO IT. I THINK THIS HAMILTON OF THE PERIOD SUITS IT WELL.

PS THIS BABY IS FOR SALE

FINDS:SANTA BARBARA

WALTHAM WWII NAVY CLOCK

WALTHAM MILITARY STYLE WRISTWATCH

WATCH BOX

TIME TO UNLOAD

PHILA FINDS:MILITARY WATCHES

THIS PAST WEEKEND I FOUND MYSELF IN THE FINE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA. I HAVE A CONTACT THERE WITH THE MOTHER LOAD OF MILITARY WATCHES. (HE IS A BIT OF A HOARDER, WHICH MAKES FOR AN EXTENSIVE INVENTORY) HERE IS WHAT I COULDN'T LEAVE BEHIND.

VIET NAM AND KOREA VINTAGE

VIET NAM ERA W/ ORIGINAL BANDS

SMALLER CASE WALTHAM 1952

I ALSO COULDN'T RESIST THIS WATCH BAND MADE BY A PILOT CIRCA WWII.

IT IS CRAFTED FROM AIRCRAFT ALUMINUM AND DECORATED WITH HIS PILOTS WINGS. IT FITS A SMALL CASE WATCH LIKE THE WALTHAM ABOVE.

FLEA MARKET ADVICE

DIG DEEP

THESE WERE FOUND IN A BOX FILLED WITH JUNK

SWISS MADE MILITARY AUTOMATIC WATCH: $1.00

CROCODILE BAND: $10.00

(FOUND SEPARATELY AMONGST MORE CRAP)

SURE IT NEEDED SOME TLC, ($50.00 CLEANING)

BUT WELL WORTH IT.

"NEVER GET OUT OF THE FUCKIN' BOAT" (WITHOUT THIS WATCH)

I HAVE BEEN A DIE HARD ROLEX GUY (WITH SOME DIVERSION - HEUER, IWC) FOR SOME TIME. BUT MY LATEST OBSESSION IS THIS SEIKO DIVERS 6105. A FAVORITE OF GI'S IN VIETNAM AND 70'S FILM DIRECTORS KEEPING IT REAL.  

CHEAP AND CHEERFUL : PART TWO

THE RESULTS ARE IN... ALL GOOD...

WITH THE ADDITION OF A VINTAGE RUBBER BAND,

THE WATCH IS WATERPROOF, SANDPROOF AND PERFORMING PERFECTLY.

CHEAP AND CHEERFUL

I REALLY DON'T KNOW IF THIS EBAY STORY IS LEGIT (SAS, MILITARY, BLAH BLAH. THE SELLER IS IN HONG KONG-CAPITAL OF COUNTERFEITS AND I DON'T REALLY LIKE BUYING WATCHES ON EBAY) BUT, FOR JUST UNDER A HUNDRED BUCKS IT WAS WORTH THE RISK BECAUSE I THOUGHT THE WATCH WAS A LOOKER. SO FAR SO GOOD.

PVD BRITISH MILITARY WATCH

QUARTZ MOVEMENT

WATER RESISTANT 200 METERS