Category: Bulova
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A Few Hacks
Bulovas Old and New Military-related watches get my attention. I just decided to use this label; military-related, which I don’t think I have used before? I know I have used military-inspired many times or military themed, maybe. Military-style for sure. Sometimes its just easier to use military watches even though it could be misleading. Lots…
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Caravelle Sea Hunter Reissue
That’s What I’m Talkin’ About! Fresh off reading a May 26, 2020 Hodinkee review of the carbon Doxa 300T LE written by James Stacey, I again consider the current regard for vintage divers in the watch enthusiast space. This Sea Hunter is a perfect example. Mr. Stacey spells out quite clearly the ongoing love for…
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Marine Star Glory Days Part 5
Some more great finds It’s been a strange summer so far. Non-watch projects have kept me away from writing about watches. I have been reading a lot about watches, as usual, but trying to buy fewer watches and even trying to sell a few! That has been harder than expected..I continue to work with my…
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The Things We Do… and More Bulovas Part 4
Rescuing older watches and more I was just going to add some more Bulova Marine Stars to my older posts, but decided to go ahead and start another post about the how they came to be on my wrist. I started thinking about everything I went through to get some of these watches working again…
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Marine Star Glory Days Part 2
Elaborate designs head to YK2 1997 and 1998 seems to have been a prolific period for the Marine Star designers? My collection seems to be heavy with models from those two years and I’m not sure why that is? As I was discussing in Part 1, there was a huge variety of designs and manufacturing…
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Trials of Cheap Watch Repair
Repairable or Disposable Like everything we own, if used, watches eventually need some kind of repair. But not all watches are created equal. Some watches are created to potentially last a life time and your progeny’s life time too. On the other hand, some watches are made to be discarded instead of repaired. Some may…