Metamorphoses
In the grand tradition of the TV clip show, I thought I’d take advantage of a short hiatus in proceedings …
Author Archives: Martin
33石
1. Centre wheel bearing, main plate 2, 3. Escape and third wheel bearings, main plate 4 to 13. Pallet fork …
4822A: King Quartz Part 2
Well, I could hardly leave the poor thing ticking away, whilst laboring against the possible impediment of increasingly viscous 40 …
Seiko King Quartz 4822-8000: An unrecognised gem
Leafing through Volume 1 of the Seiko watch catalogue from 1976*, one is struck by how much the quartz revolution …
A Kind of Blue: the Seiko 6119-8083
The Seiko 5 was born in 1963, a sub-brand of accessibly priced mechanical watches created, according to Seiko, to be …
Flying saucer: the Seiko 6139-7020 Speed-Timer
Lazy accusations that Japanese watch companies ape the Swiss in their design cues can be knocked into a cocked hat …
Crystal gazing
Regardless of the overall effort that may go into the refurbishment of a watch, the greatest visual impact is perhaps …
Perfecting the art of the sequel: The Seiko 6105-8110
One of the defining features of my time as a casual practitioner of watchsmithery, independent of the trajectory my tastes …
For want of a nail: The Seiko 2625-001B
October 1979. Pink Floyd put the final touches on the The Wall. Liverpool at the height of their pomp, embark …
A minor aristocrat: The Seikomatic 6218-8950
Oh dear. What have we here? Grist to my mill is what. Something most sane folk might reasonably consign to …
Lady Diver: The Seiko 2205-0760
Many of the Seiko dive watches from the 1960’s and 70’s have rightly gone down as design classics, building a …
Adventures in Amateur Watch Fettling 