Happy New Year

Awful, blustery snowy day here in New York City. Only good thing is that the Jets can't lose any more close games (boo hiss).

Got another email from a nice gent asking for information on his Dad's old Seawolf. Always wondered how many of these great old watches were out there, forgotten in a drawer somewhere or in a box in the attic.

All is quiet on ebay, not a lot of new activity except a couple of primo restored examples from ebay seller, rai-justina.

Wanted to share a couple of quick pics. The top watch is my current wearer, its on a green nato strap that came on a CWC quartz G-10 I bought from Silverman's a few years ago. The watch was serviced by a local watch repair guy here in Chinatown. Nice enough gent who does decent work though he has left lint on more than one dial (grrr...). Its a 70's version Seawolf with the enamel bezel which is in darned good shape considering how the dial looks. The dial has suffered water damage. I thought about replacing it but the only black Seawolf dials I have, all have a gold cast to the hour markers while the correct dial for this Seawolf should have a silver-ish cast. I decided to leave it as is and wait for a correct dial somewhere and then I'd replace the dial and crystal all in one shot. It runs well and has a certain charm to it despite the dial looking like a victim of Davy Jones' Locker.

The second watch I picked up dirt cheap. Runs for a few seconds and then stops, so another one for the fixer pile. There is something about these old veterans though, if only they could talk. The nice thing is that it came with an old Zodiac oyster expansion bracelet that though a few of the springs are weak, is complete and working. I had thought that these expansion bracelets were only available on older Seawolves but I recently got a great advertising poster on ebay that showed enamel bezel Seawolves from the 1970's with the option of the jubilee bracelet or the expansion oyster.

I have more parts and fixer upper watches then I know what to do with. Maybe when I retire, I can learn watch repair and bring some of these veterans back to life.