The Helmet

[chaman]

Also affectionately called the Stormtrooper. The first few images show why it was referred to as The Helmet. This one houses the venerable 6139 movement.

The 6139 was the first chronograph to have a vertical clutch, a feature considered by many to be one of the hallmarks of a superior automatic chronograph movement. The 6139 also features an automatic column wheel timing control, vertical coupling mechanism, and is an integrated chronograph – the first in the world – which means the entire 6139 movement was designed and built to be a chronograph, vice being an automatic movement with a mere timing module added.

With this movement, Seiko set the standard, which was followed by the Swiss watch industries 20 years later. The same movement configuration was adopted by Rolex when it made its own in-house movement for the Daytona in 2000, 30 years after Seiko released the caliber 6139 and 6138.


269A3177 by Oscar Baez Soria, on Flickr

269A3181 by Oscar Baez Soria, on Flickr

269A3202 by Oscar Baez Soria, on Flickr

269A3206 by Oscar Baez Soria, on Flickr

269A3148 by Oscar Baez Soria, on Flickr

269A3156 by Oscar Baez Soria, on Flickr

269A3164 by Oscar Baez Soria, on Flickr


269A3167 by Oscar Baez Soria, on Flickr

269A3196 by Oscar Baez Soria, on Flickr


I hope some of you find this interesting at least from a photographic point of view!

[Shadowman]

Nice series.