Seiko Lord Marvel 5740-1990 from June 1964: A de-tuned Grand Seiko?
Prior to the introduction of the first Grand Seiko in 1960, the pinnacle of the Seiko product tree was occupied …
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A Seiko 7548-700B from June 1981
The second of my two palate cleansers conjures up memories of previously well-trodden paths and consequently offers a potential source …
Palate-cleanser: A Seiko Sea horse 6602-8990 from January 1965
In the second drawer down on the left-hand side of my desk sits a box, thirteen by nine and a …
A Grand Seiko powered 62MAS: Finished. Fin. The End.
Well, that took rather longer than anticipated. This has been a very strange year for everyone, me included, and the …
Hot-rodding a Seiko 62MAS: Updates, YouTubing, Resources
As might reasonably have been anticipated by your correspondent, the business of working on, filming, editing and uploading video content …
Hot-rodding a Seiko 62MAS revisited
10 years ago, I bought a rather ratty Seiko 62MAS. Its movement was tired, its hour markers pock-marked with black …
A Seiko King Quartz 0853-8025 from December 1976
It is very easy to take the view that the quartz revolution represented some sort of cataclysm for traditional watchmaking. …
Evolution: A Seiko Crown from 1959
The underlying philosophy of Seiko’s movement designers towards the end of the 1950’s appears to have been defined to some …
Origin of the Species: a Seiko Marvel from 1956
Between 1924, when K. Hattori & Co., Ltd. first used the Seiko brand on a watch, and 1950, when it …
Box o’ bits
Four years ago I spent the grand sum of £8.73 plus postage on a small carboard box filled with what …
8 years, 125 posts, 1 million page views
Next month marks the 8th anniversary of the first entry in this blog charting my adventures in amateur watch fettling. …
