A waterlogged Seiko SKX007 from 2017
The following provides a disappointing insight into the risks of entrusting even the most trivial of tasks to ‘throughput-biased’ service …
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Seiko 7016-5000 Monaco Fly-back Chronograph
The mechanical chronograph is arguably the most anachronistic variation on the theme of the mechanical wristwatch and yet it evokes …
A Grand Seiko 5646-7000 from June 1970: the third generation automatic Grand Seiko
The first automatic Grand Seiko was fitted with a refined evolution of the 603 calibre, first introduced with the Seikomatic …
LM Special: a Seiko 5216-8010 from April 1975
The Lord Matic is a very peculiarly ‘of its era’ Japanese name for a sub-brand, and in the absence of …
12 years, 175 posts, 2 million page views
A little over four and a half years ago, I marked the occasion of the one millionth page view of …
A Citizen Promaster 3802-451732 Y Quartz Diver
This is a Citizen Promaster 3802-451732 Y quartz divers watch, probably from 1988. Or 1998 (see discussion below). I am not …
A box fresh Seiko Instruments NH34: unfit for purpose
A reasonable expectation when buying a new movement from a watch materials house is that it will be fit for …
Part 3: A King Seiko J14102E from May 1962
We begin this third instalment with the intake photographs showing the front and rear of the second of our two …
Part 2: A King Seiko J14102 from January 1963
With the introductions having been made in the preceding post, we can start this second entry with the customary mugshots …
The first King Seiko: Part 1
Just as the king is the second-highest ranked card in a deck of cards, so, from its outset, has the …
Citizen Cosmotron X8 postscript
Those of you who read the recent account of the restoration of an early Citizen Cosmotron X8 electric watch may …
Adventures in Amateur Watch Fettling 