A Seiko 6217-8001 from April 1967

Jul 12, 2025

I have written on several occasions about the Seiko 62MAS and explored to some extent its place in the iconography …

Recent YouTubery: 62MAS restomodding, KS Hi-Beatery and Grand Seiko ASMR

Mar 17, 2022

Following a rather extended break from the YouTube platform, I seem to be settling into a more comfortable, and importantly, …

Jul 14, 2020

10 years ago, I bought a rather ratty Seiko 62MAS. Its movement was tired, its hour markers pock-marked with black …

Jun 18, 2017

Since March 2009, the Bank of England base rate has been at or below 0.5%. Currently it sits at a …

Nov 26, 2016

There are times when a wise man knows when enough is enough, when to cash your chips, to pull back …

Dec 22, 2014

A somewhat unsatisfying consequence of the most recent 62MAS project, documented here, was the fact that a perfectly decent 6217A …

Nov 16, 2014

Hot-rod verb \ˈhät-ˌrä-d\ To modify an engine to achieve higher performance In common with many watch companies of the …

Oct 3, 2012

Shortly before finding the elusive ill-described 62mas featured in a previous post (here), and which I’d been holding out for …

Jun 13, 2012

The Seiko 6105 is arguably the most glamourous of the Seiko 150m mid-tier divers’ watches, the 6309 the most ubiquitous …