Watches rescued from the junk box. One is a 1950s 'Roamer Chronometre' with H.Samuel on the dial. The other is a 1970s H.Samuel 'Everite' watch. H.Samuel was a UK high street jeweller, selling established watch brands and commission…
Continue readingMathey-Tissot Automatics – user experiences?
Does anyone have experience of Mathey-Tissot generally, and especially automatics such as the the dress/casual models with Swiss made STP1-11 or -21 (model H1450ATAN (no name)) or the Catena SA100 (model Zeus) movements?
The STP1-11/21 is an ETA 2824…
Continue readingMilitado ML05 / VH31 time setting inaccuracies
In August I bought a Militado ML05 with VH31 which worked perfectly and which I liked so much that I bought a second one with a different dial.
The new watch immediately showed a problem. It was not possible to set the minutes accurately. When pushing…
Continue reading“Original inventory” Beijing Double Rhomb Impressions
Beijing Double Rhomb – unknown 17j model
This classy little watch appeared briefly on AliExpress; it is the style which I can’t h…
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