A catalogue of errors: A Tudor Oyster from 1945
In 1945 my late father-in-law, who was serving in the army at the time, was posted to Nuremberg with the …
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A 62mas special
Shortly before finding the elusive ill-described 62mas featured in a previous post (here), and which I’d been holding out for …
An intermission: Notes on the 7S26 autowinder efficiency
Yes, I know, not desperately exciting, but it cropped up recently, and so possibly worth documenting. I’ve had a few …
1964 and all that: Part II
The second of the two 1964 projects is a simple yet handsome 6601 automatic, again, slightly larger than might have …
1964 and all that: Part I
An idle quest for a birth year watch earlier this year landed two, each one interesting for different reasons and …
The Seiko 6138B: a bridge too far?
A year or so after the release of their first automatic chronograph (the 6139), Seiko followed up with the 6138A, …
A 62mas tale
The Seiko 6105 is arguably the most glamourous of the Seiko 150m mid-tier divers’ watches, the 6309 the most ubiquitous …
Basket cases have more soul
The problem with true collector’s examples of any desirable vintage watch is that they can tend to spend very little …
SKX Pilot (a thirty minute mod)
Take one Seiko SKX007J (or K*), one machined bezel, one Seiko 7S26 fit MkII Plongeur dial (day/date variant) Image credit: …
A do-it-yourself Omega Seamaster 300
As is often the case with me, a somewhat impulsive eBay bid with no real agenda starts a ball rolling …
The Seiko 6139B deconstructed
In spite of the numerous potential pitfalls involved in buying a classic Seiko automatic chronograph, I found myself bidding on …
Adventures in Amateur Watch Fettling 