…and rise again: disaster recovery
The now you see it, now you don’t moment last month was one of those occasions where one’s ability to …
Author Archives: Martin
Rise and Fall: The King Seiko 4502-7001
This is a tale of ups and downs, of resurrection and catastrophe. The subject is a high beat King Seiko …
Face-off: Rolex vs. Grand Seiko
In the eyes of a typical consumer on the hunt for a new wristwatch, the received wisdom is that a …
The first automatic Grand Seiko: the 6245-9001
Grand Seiko. A 55 year old heritage of fine Japanese watchmaking but only now starting to make an impact as …
Crown revival: Seiko 6105 and 62MAS crown gasket replacement
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a Seiko man (or woman) in possession of a good pre-1976 150m divers …
DIASHOCK 35 JEWELS: The Seikomatic 6218-8971
At risk of coming across as a complete Seikomatic bore, my developing infatuation with this rather cool ‘60’s sub-brand continues …
WATER150mRESIST: A Seiko 7548-7000 from June 1982
In flagrant violation of my self-imposed rule not to buy watches with lug widths larger than 20mm, I find myself …
Metamorphoses
In the grand tradition of the TV clip show, I thought I’d take advantage of a short hiatus in proceedings …
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 …
