This week we go east for our Timekeeping Select: a late 1970s Seiko 6139-6002 chronograph ($895 Sold), a watch that is significant for several reasons yet remains an outright bargain by any measure.

From the ubiquitous 4R36 to the cutting-edge Grad Seiko Spring Drive, Seiko has led the way in affordable reliability and ...

As an alternative, he bought a Seiko 6139 – the brand’s first automatic chronograph. Pogue liked it so much that in November 1973, when his time came to blast off for Skylab, he packed his new ...

Both have been recreated this year to critical acclaim. Seiko produced the reference 6139 to house its first automatic chronograph – often called the Speed Timer after dial text found on many ...

The movement Seiko ultimately released in ’69 was the Calibre 6139, an integrated, column-wheel automatic chronograph. The movement found its way into a number of different watches, many of which fell ...

However, in 2006, previously unseen (or unnoticed) photographs of Colonel Pogue surfaced in which he was clearly wearing a Seiko ref. 6139-6002—an automatic chronograph—during the Skylab 4 ...

Was it a bracelet? A watch band? A few minutes of Googling delivered an answer: it was a Seiko 6139-6010 automatic chronograph, Bruce’s watch of choice in the final years of his life.

The winning design, now know as SRPH19, was clearly inspired by Seiko’s iconic “Pogue” 6139 chronograph from the late 1960s (with its red/blue bezel and a gold, rather than yellow ...

a colorful wristwatch that appears to be a modern reinterpretation of the Seiko 6139 “Pogue” chronograph. A space icon for the brand, the Seiko 6139 “Pogue” was worn by NASA astronaut ...

By wearing his Seiko 6139 for the Skylab 4 mission between November 16 1973 and February 8 1974, he bestowed the watch the honour of being the first automatic chronograph in space. “Although ...

As an alternative, he bought a Seiko 6139 – the brand’s first automatic chronograph. Pogue liked it so much that in November 1973, when his time came to blast off for Skylab, he packed his new ...