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SEIKO 5: the Merchant Seafarer’s Watch.

On 7 Apr, 2019 By James Hart With Comments Off

Arnie Schwarzenegger has one and so does Sigourney Weaver, Brian May et al other celebrities (a Seiko watch, that is).And Novak Djokovic was presented with one upon winning a recent tennis championship.Okay, it’s likely that some are paid by Seiko – product exposure during Hollywood movies is as good as advertising but the basis of Seiko’s success in bring reliable, inexpensive watches to…

STOWAWAYS.

On 3 Jan, 2019 By James Hart With Comments Off

As defined by ‘Marine Insight’, the maritime educational body, stowaways are categorised in two groups:

The Blue Funnel Association – Revisited. Part 1

On 28 Feb, 2014 By Tim Brunsden With Comments Off

The Blue Funnel Association meet up in Liverpool on the last Saturday of every month. I paid a visit last Saturday and talked to a few people about their time with the Blue Funnel and I’ll post them in a series of short videos. This is the first one. There’s an interesting video here from Michael Harrison featuring some of…