Horological Meandering

I closed out the year with 2 purchases. First off was an hand wound Aviator Alarm Watch manufactured by Volmax. No idea what its called nor what the movement is. This watch has a mechanical alarm function which is set by the right upper crown. The alarm h...  

Thanks for sharing your photos. Will you continue your theme of buying one watch a month in 2010? Cheers, Daos

 ....... unfortunately I bought a watch for January 2010. Will post pics of it soon.  

what model is it?

the Seiko Bullhead Chrono. It's actually called Seiko 6138-0040 (6138 being the movement ref and 0040 the case ref).

I havent seen one that had its crown and pushers on the top of the case before, at least not from Seiko. Looks a lot like a standard stopwatch design idea with the straps attached. Congrats and thanks for sharing. Richard

you may have seen a modern Seiko watch with the pushers and crown at the top of the case in these forums. The watch in question is the SEIKO Spring Drive Spacewalk.

They both look great. The (presumably) Russian watch, which I've seen before here on this website (in what appeared to be a diving watch) is definitely catching my eye. I'm also very much intrigued with the Seiko and its very vertical design elements. 12 ... 

i'm surprised many of you havent seen it before as they are readily available on fleabay. a lot of Citizen bullheads as well from the same period. i keep thinking about buying one, but never do. i like the strap, but if you want a genuine seiko bracelet t... 

...models, Graham, I'd give the bullheads a go. I love those Citizen and Seiko Chronos. Vertical clutches and Column wheels....for so little cash. I have one Seiko similar to above but no "Speedtimer" script and one Citizen 8110 Bullhead I got in about '9...