Great stuff as always Spencer. If that’s truly an Aussie black 6138, it should have a little kangaroo on the dial in place of a Suwa symbol. Only seen by looking through an empty beer glass during a full solar eclipse.
my black version has even more brownish lume , even on hands andis not polished to, something beautiful. I didn't know that black version is bit more rare, good to know.
I’m really liking the bullheads more and more. I have the brown 6138 which is spectacular and now I’m looking for a black one, but as another poster mentioned, there are a lot of fakes to be concerned about. These are tremendous value over the Swiss bullheads which are now fetching increasingly high prices.
Worth noting that there are lots of “fake” black bullheads that started circulating a few years ago and still come up for sale now. I fell for one last year. I think their case serial number ended 3147. All put together recently from Seiko parts but not original 70s bullheads. You could argue: what’s the difference between that and a Watchco Seamaster 300? Well, yup, I see your point.
Lester Loves Watches my serial number on my case says 798797 Is this correct of fake ? How can I check for authenticity? I recently bought a black bullhead 6138-0040
@@SpencerKleinVintageWatch It may, yes. As I recall, this watch was advertised in 1977 for around $200.00. I have no way of attesting to that aside from my somewhat fallible memory. I would like to be able to back this up with advertisements or other tangible documentation. I have not been able to find anything to back up my memory. Any suggestions would be helpful.
I recently bought a black bullhead 6138-0040 my serial number on the back of case says 798797 Is this correct or fake ? How can I check for authenticity?
that's very interesting information! Every verifiable Canadian one I've seen has been French / English. The reason I say Australia / SE Asia though is that the final digit of N. American models typically is "9". This Bullhead is a "0". What's the last digit of your casing number?
I inherited one of these watches from my grandfather and was wondering what to do if it stops ticking. It's the brown version and it says "seiko sports speed timer" on the front. Do you know if it just needs a battery? I didn't see anything that could be unscrewed in the back.
Good video as usual. I would love to see your comparison review between the Seiko Bullhead and the Citizen Bullhead of the same period. Citizen is still for what I see quite underrated but their quality are quite good ( base on your video here : ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-re2TW9Ug7WE.html ) with very nice designs. I have a few incoming Citizen and I am very impressed with them ( I will show them later on my instagram for those interested ). Thanks.
