My First Chronograph: Seiko “UFO” 6138
Pardon the quickie iPhone photo, but I couldn’t wait to brag about my new watch! It’s 1970s Seiko 6138 Chronograph (called the UFO by collectors). I got it at the Waddington’s Auction last Wednesday. It’s enormous and heavy and it looks brand new! It has two registers — a big eye and small eye dial with day-date in French and English. And it has its original, signed strap. It’s keeping good time, but after I set it it realized that I don’t really know how to work a chronograph.
Some Seiko fun facts: This watch was marketed under several different names, including Yachtman, SpeedTimer and “5” Sport Chronograph. Seiko was the first watchmaker to introduce an automatic chronograph, beating Zenith by months.
love, love LOVE it! you could pilot a helicopter with that thing…whilst looking retro and chic. am mildly jealous…
Cool chronograph!
I see that you posted it about 3 years ago.
Do you still wear the Seiko?
Alas it was too big for me, so I traded it. It was a beauty though!