I recently found out that there used to be a watch brand called Crawford! That’s my last name, so of course I had to buy one. This one was made in the 60s and has an AS 1187 movement. It looks a lot better in real life; the light has really exaggerated the blemishes in the finish on it in the photo.

I’m going to have to service it; it runs but the amplitude is low and its losing about ten minutes a day!

Interestingly, the movement has “Grewaco”…

Crawford Watch

I just bought this Seiko 7009-8279-P with the aim of servicing it to wear. I think it is from the late 1970s, but I’m not certain. I love the linen texture dial!

When I got it, it had a huge amount of beat error, 9ms, and was running 117 seconds a day slow. The crown would not push in all the way either. I opened it up and cleaned a bunch of gunk off the area where the back seals to the case. I pulled the stem and found the inside of the crown was…

Just Bought a Vintage Seiko Automatic Dress Watch