WYSIWYG: A Seiko 7548-700B
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The Blue Bell: A Seiko Bell-Matic from 1971
The Blue Bell. A very small but perfectly formed, no nonsense traditional Edwardian pub in the heart of York. Hyacinthoides …
Glam Rock: the Seiko 6139-7060
Towards the end of June 1975, Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon entered its 118th week in the UK …
Bubble and squeak: another 30 minute mod
In the grand tradition of the celebrity chef-conceived 30 minute meal that patently cannot be assembled, prepared and cooked in …
Third time’s a charm: 62MAS relume reloaded, reloaded
There are times when a wise man knows when enough is enough, when to cash your chips, to pull back …
A technical tour de force: Seikomatic-P
In our meanderings through the Seikomatic universe of the 1960’s, we have thus far explored only those products of the …
Transition state theory: A brace of sports divers from 1969
This week, Ahmed Zewail, the Egyptian-American Nobel prize-winning chemist died. Zewail pioneered the field of femtochemistry, a sub-discipline within chemistry …
The law of unintended consequences
Hare-brained schemes and cunning plans are all very well but all too often they fall victim to the law of …
The birth of the Seiko diver’s watch: The Seikomatic Silver Wave
The first fully fledged waterproof Seiko watch appeared in 1959 in the form of the Seiko Cronos Sea horse fitted …
Heuer pretender revisited: a quartz to auto conversion
It is not that common these days that I find myself confounded by a fault affecting a watch movement. Well, …
Hare-brained scheme: A high beat, hand winding Seiko 6105
At about the same time as the first generation Seiko 6105 divers watch first made its appearance in 1968, so …
Adventures in Amateur Watch Fettling 