It’s no mistake vintage Seiko features heavily in our catalog of offerings on our website, as its variety of unique watches is hard to beat, especially for the price point. Who doesn’t like to wear an astonishingly unique watch with a great story behind it? These don’t have to be named Rolex or cost $5,000 – solid back stories make for amazing watches, like Seiko’s 6139 Pogue.
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Although Seiko prices are trending upwards (unfortunately), there are still plenty of bargains to be found! Seiko’s 5606 Lord Matic or 7005 automatic series are great examples, which remain amazing values. What pieces would you recommend for bargain hunter?
I like the fact that your inventory is all squarely in the affordable range. These collectors don’t collect for the passing status a brand name brings, but from an understanding of history and the unique beauty, a work of art like a complex mechanical watch represents. I have met amazing people the world over, all through a shared love of horology. Few other watch manufacturers have the catalog of Seiko, nor the history for that matter, from the fantastic 6139 automatic movement of the Seiko Pogue fame to Seiko being instrumental to the start of the notorious quartz crisis in the 1970s with the Seiko Astron.Accompanying all of the above is the phenomenal vintage watch collector community.
I got hooked in high school and college on Seiko – hard. Vintage Seiko, as I have noted elsewhere, was my (and many, many others) gateway drug. For me, my father got me started in watch collecting. From my grandfather’s watch to my father’s burgeoning watch collection when I was in high school and after all my family have either been involved in or interested in, horology. Watches have been in my family for as long as I can remember. What drew you into the vintage watch market? I read widely and often, from books on horology to military history to political science. Finally, I’ve always had a passion for knowledge and learning, a gift from my mother. While my boxy 1989 Isuzu Trooper is nowhere near as stylish as my father’s 1968 Chevy Camaro or some of his other cool vintage rides, I’ve had my Trooper since high school (with the mileage to prove it), and we have gone on insane adventures together in the intervening decades. Another passion of mine is vintage automobiles, which I share with my father. I love photography, in particular, the creativity that comes with it and social media platforms like Instagram! I share this passion with my sister, who is a much better photographer than I could ever hope to be. Aside from the resident dork Seikoholic, I also bring a decent eye to the photography DCVW uses to sell its watches. I grew up, as did my family, in the DMV area (that’s the DC, Maryland, and Virginia for the uninitiated) but when the chance came to expand DCVW to Los Angeles and its extraordinary watch scene, I jumped on it! Although we still maintain a presence in DC (and make no mistake about it, I still have incredible friends in the DC area I have known for decades), I am the public face to DC Vintage Watches, which means our social media presence will heavily feature Los Angeles. Who is the man behind DC Vintage Watches?Ī relatively uncomplicated man, to be honest. What makes this avid collector and dealer tick? Time to find out… When he exhibited as a vendor at the second event in 2018, I got to spend more time chatting and was pleased to discover that he is also an all-around good dude with a passion for 1960’s and 70’s timepieces. At the time, I was already aware of him from his Instagram and Facebook posts, and I admired the selection of affordable classics he offered for sale. I met Nick of DC Vintage Watches at the first DC Microbrand Meetup in 2016.
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