My Tudor collection

Tudor, the Rolex's little brother... Before year 2009, Tudor design is somewhat similar to Rolex oyster. Tudor initially used Tudor rose as its logo; the rose was replaced with Shield logo in the late 1960's. Rolex signed bracelets, crowns and case back were part of the Tudor watches until the 1990's.  The main different between Rolex and Tudor is the movement used. Tudor watches are usually equipped with third party movement like ETA and Valjoux with few modifications, whereas Rolex uses mainly its own in-house movement. The quality of material used is also different; Rolex used higher grade stainless steel in crafting its solid case. Most Tudor gold are gold plated, which is unlike Rolex using only Solid 18K or 14K. Tudor watches are more moderate in pricing and more affordable by general public. 

Tudor Prince Day-Date (Tudor President)

This is the 1990's model with sapphire glass and also Tudor shield marked crown.

Tudor Prince Date

I believe this is the early 1980's model with Rolex crown 

Modified Vintage Swiss Made Chronograph

Modified 7733


Ex-Bulova; Current Jaquet Droz


This is my another Valjoux 7733... Is actually a Bulova chronograph... The case and the gold plated Bulova signed 17 jewels hand wound movement are in excellent form.  However the dial is in pretty bad condition so I have no choice but to find a replacement dial for it... Too bad I can't get a Bulova replacement dial for this model and to send the dial for refurbishing may take ages.  In the end, I decide to use whatever that fit in... I got this NOS dial from US.... So here it is...

Yema Meangraf Super

This is a totally different story from the Bulova. When I received this Meangraf, I noticed the case was broken. It is the 60's or early 1970's chrome casing with the base metal exposed ... the crown, the push buttons all showing sign of corrosive.... So I have no choice but to purchase this Sandoz stainless steel casing for 7733 movement. I do have the Sandoz dial for 7733 also.. but Yema Meangraf is kind of rare... Therefore I kept the original dial and come up with a new casing Yema Meangraf Super... 

More photos of Meangraf Super can be found here!

Numerous Cosmo Kings

Don't ask me how many Titoni Cosmo King I have.... the answer is "I really don't know and I don't have the time to count them....." Again with every other day.... I may pick up more and more... So it is not yet the time to sum it up.... I am trying very hard to suppress my urge of buying yet another Cosmo King but they are merely adorable... Here is part of my collection that I am sharing with you this time.... I don't and won't repost the same watch twice....

Unusual jewels dial
This dial is unique in a sense that it has swarovsky stones surrounding the rubies and swarovsky stones hour markers....

The wonderful Trio

3 Cosmo Kings with somewhat same dial pattern.... one vintage date only; one vintage day-date and contemporary day-date...

Cosmo King 14K Rim

Cosmo King 14K Rim is one of my favourite of all time. I know no limit in collecting them as far as the price is just. I like to restore the poor condition one but always glad if it is in mint condition. This Cosmo King 14K gold rim came from Indonesia. The movement is still in tip-top condition after an overhauling... I also replaced the crown and the glass; using only original part... The bracelet is Hong Kong made 14K Rolex replica with original Titoni buckle... The golden champagne dial is still in original state although it is showing some sign of aging.

Grand Seiko Gold capped 6146-8000

Grand Seiko Automatic Caliber 6146-8000: The first GS model equipped with high beats automatic movement and  possible one of the best hi-beat movement ever produced by Seiko. Beating at 36,000 bph, it maintains superb accuracy and reliability despite its age. With 25 jewels, it was produced in 1970 by Suwa Seikosha. There are two variants - caliber 6145 with date only, while caliber 6146 with both date and day functions. A total of 36,000 pieces of this model was produced.

My 6146 is gold capped. Gold capping is done by pressing gold slice to base steel metal. Gold capping is around 200 microns (0,2mm) thick what gives you feeling that you wear full-gold watches. Gold capping is much more thicker than gold plating which is normally thick 3-30 microns. Watch is equipped with cylindrical acrylic crystal. It seems that dial is silver plated. There are gold plated plastic indexes, date-day frame, Seiko logo and “GS” logo. All other marks are black printed. Plastic indexes have polished gold sides and black front side. Hands are also gold plated, very thick. There are thin black lines on hour and minute hand. My 6146 comes with Grand Seiko marked rotor which is considered rare. This is simply a magnificent watch.

61Grand Seiko~6145-8000

61GS has one of the best hi-beat automatic mechanism ever produced by Seiko. 6145 (Date) and 6146 (Day date) were developed base on 61Seikomatic 5 movement. The 25 jewels self-winding movement is beating at 36,000 vibrations per hour and is adjusted to 5 positions. This movement can also be hand wound.

This 6145-8000 was produced in 1969 at Suwa Seikosha Co. It achieved SEIKO internal GS standard approval. There is GS mark at the watch crown. At the back case, a shinning gold GS medalion, not the earlier Grand Seiko lion.

61GS were the result of the technology acquired by Seiko engineers after attending the Astronomical Observatory Concours. 6145A movement was later modified to give rise to 6155A (date); 6156A (day date) which were classified as GS Special Standard Official Approval. The best 61GS was the VFA (Very Fine Adjusted) model. The VFA (6185A) was specially made GS that was manufactured and adjusted by superior engineers with selected parts. It expanded the ability of 61GS to the limit.

Cosmo King 14K Rim Blue dial

This is a dual tones (gold plated and stainless steel) Titoni Cosmo King. It is different from other cosmo kings because it has a 14K gold rim. This Cosmo King is somewhat rare and unique because of its original blue dial. This dial is in excellent condition as with the watch. The crown, the buckle are all original except the bracelet... This is somewhat a classic to me....