The color red has always been a symbol of the communist regime. This is a limited production Omega, a private special order to Omega, commissioned by the North Korean Dictator Kim Il Sung aka as "The Great Supreme Communist Leader." He is the Grandfather of the current North Korean leader, Kim Jung Un (aka the "Rocketman" dub Trump). During his primary rule after the Korean war in 1953, leading up to the 70's. Kim Il Sung on his birthdays had a ritual of giving gifts to his close Comrades and Omega watches inscribed with his signature in Red hangul was one of them. Another interesting feature is that the Day disc wordings are in Korean language.
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Friday 31 December 2021
Vintage Omega watch made for North Korean Kim II Sung 金日成 Part 2
Friday 24 December 2021
Oct - Dec 2021, Q4 Review
Bovet Chronograph 1940s Valjoux 77
- Type '250':
- Type 249:
- Type 248:
- TYPES 1004, 1005, 100X (POST-WAR?)
- Type '1004'(?)
- Type '1005'
- Type '100X?'
Thursday 23 December 2021
Vintage world time diver from the 1960-70s
I have always love vintage world time diver watch in very good condition. What is interesting about the watch is that Hong Kong & Singapore are on a different time zones.
As part of the Straits Settlements, Singapore
originally adopted the Malayan time, which was GMT+07:30 in 1941. Following the
Japanese occupation, Singapore (known as Syonan-to during this time) adopted
the Tokyo Standard Time of GMT+09:00 on 15 February 1942. At the end of World
War II and the return of the Straits Settlements to the British, Singapore
reverted to its pre-war time zone.
In 1981, Malaysia decided to standardise the time across its territories to a uniform UTC+08:00. Singapore elected to follow suit, citing business and travel schedules. The change took effect on 1 January 1982, when Singapore moved half an hour forward, on 31 December 1981 at 11:30 pm, creating "Singapore Standard Time" (SST). SST is 8 hours ahead of UTC and is synchronised with Shanghai, Beijing, Hong Kong, Taipei and Perth.
As such, this watch is Pre 1982 and most probably is from the 1960-70s. I remembered the change in time as I was still in school then and it was an exciting time...
Sunday 5 December 2021
Lip Thermometer watch ref 42670 from the 1970s
The French brand LIP made some seriously cool, and quirky designs in the 70’s, take this obscure Lip Thermometer watch, which actually measures temperatures using the central dial and uses a upgraded Durowe movement. This watch is with crosshair dial and neon colouring. A great example of experimentation in the Swiss watch industry.
Saturday 4 December 2021
2021 Best Buy
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Longines Art Deco Tonneau watch
I have always long for a Longines Art Deco Tonneau watch as I used to have one in silver more than 20 years ago. Not sure why I sold it away...
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THE FIRST GENUINE WORLD TIME WATCH This year 1970 saw the introduction of the world’s first truly global timepiece, the “Geoscope” watch. Co...
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This is my third dead beat jumping seconds watch. Found this from Europe. Dead beat seconds ( seconde morte ) aka jumping seconds ( seconde ...
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This is a second generation vintage Seiko diver watch ref 6105-8110 which I have found during my Saturday weekend watch hunting. I was hesit...