SOURCE ON REQUESTContemporary automatic / INQUIRY ONLY
Seiko 5 Sports
SRPD55
SRPD55
A familiar diver silhouette; a sensible machine at a completely unsensible asking price.
$3,495INQUIRE ↗
PRIVATE ACQUISITIONS / OBJECTS OF PROVENANCETime leaves
Time leaves
evidence.
Watches. Obsolete machinery. Unfinished histories.
And a gentleman whose itinerary is none of your concern.
AN INTRODUCTION / 01Some collectors pursue objects.
Some collectors pursue objects.
Viktor pursues their stories.
Born in Ukraine, at home in transit, and reluctant to offer a complete biography, Viktor Chas deals in timepieces and mechanical curiosities whose histories are often more compelling than their price tags. The watches are real subjects of interest. The rest depends on whom you ask.
A LESS-THAN-COMPLETE BIOGRAPHY ↗THE READING ROOM
ALL FIELD NOTES ↗Open files.
The Watch with No Return Address
A stamped box, an ordinary wristwatch, and a short note in handwriting Viktor recognized but would not identify.
READ THE FILE ↗
The Roadster File
On a car built in such small numbers, every scratch becomes a witness. Viktor refuses to polish away the interesting ones.
READ THE FILE ↗
Dinner with the Dean
Helen Waite arrived with a folder. Viktor arrived without an explanation. The waiter knew enough not to ask.
READ THE FILE ↗
THE PRIVATE STUDY / PHILOSOPHY OF REPAIR
There is a difference between making something new and making it right.
“I am not interested in pretending an old watch was never worn. I am interested in understanding why it survived.”
READ THE ESSAY ↗THE CABINET / SELECTED OBJECTS
ENTER THE CABINET ↗Items of interest.
Available by inquiry and confirmation, never by assumption.
SOURCE ON REQUEST
SOURCE ON REQUESTModern field watch / INQUIRY ONLY
Timex Expedition Scout
Scout
Scout
An honest field watch, with a price that suggests someone lost the map.
$1,895INQUIRE ↗
SOURCE ON REQUESTContemporary dress watch / INQUIRY ONLY
Orient Bambino
Bambino
Bambino
The uncomplicated charm of a dress watch, delivered with ceremonial seriousness.
$2,995INQUIRE ↗
Prices shown are intentionally premium inquiry prices. These are sourcing proposals, not claims of owned or immediately available stock. Gallery photography is illustrative and may not depict the listed model. Full model, condition, seller, delivery, and price must be confirmed before any order.
NOTES FROM ELSEWHERE / 03His car is a 507.
His car is a 507.
His route is less certain.
BMW built roughly a quarter of a thousand of its legendary 1950s roadsters. Viktor, for reasons that remain unhelpfully vague, drives one to places where anonymity might have been more practical.
READ THE ROADSTER FILE ↗THE PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORD
ALL PHOTOGRAPHS ↗Seen, not explained.
AN OBSERVATION“The problem with time is that
VIKTOR CHAS / UNKNOWN OCCASIONCORRESPONDENCE ↗