• Seiko
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      • 5719
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    • Crown
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      • Cronos Sea horse
      • Silverwave
      • 62MAS
      • 6105
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      • 7548
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      • 0703
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      • 6117
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      • 4420
      • 4502
      • 5245
      • 5626
    • Ladies’ watches
      • 2205
      • 2625
    • Lord Matic
      • 5606
    • Lord Marvel
      • 5740A
      • 5740C
    • Marvel
    • Sea horse
    • Seikomatic
      • 395
      • 603
      • 5106
      • 6205
      • 6206
      • 6216
      • 6218
      • 8305
      • 8346
    • Sports
      • 603
      • 6106
      • 6119
      • 6601
      • 6619
      • 7606
    • Quartz
      • 0853
      • 2625
      • 3823
      • 4822
      • 7548
      • 7549
      • 9F82
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Adventures in Amateur Watch Fettling

~ Restoration, modification and servicing of wristwatches

Adventures in Amateur Watch Fettling

Category Archives: Chronograph

8 years, 125 posts, 1 million page views

March 20, 2020

Next month marks the 8th anniversary of the first entry in this blog charting my adventures in amateur watch fettling.  …

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Chasing my tail: Fault-detection and diagnosis in a Seiko 6139B

April 5, 2019

In the spirit of my ongoing compaign to embrace the seasonal urge to clean house, herewith the second of two …

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A Seiko 7018-7000 automatic fly-back chronograph from 1971

July 14, 2018

I am as guilty as the next man in allowing my eye to wonder, to catch the latest metaphorical flash …

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Denouement: Breitling Top Time Part III

January 23, 2018

You know what? I think we are getting somewhere. This has been somewhat of a marathon of the unfamiliar, taking …

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A Breitling Top Time 2002: Part II

December 27, 2017

Inevitably, on the lead up to Christmas, I buy too many cranberries. This year is no exception although somehow I …

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A Breitling Top Time 2002 from 1965: Part I

December 24, 2017

Last Spring I developed a hankering for a quartz timing machine, the throughput of watches powered by the dark side …

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Auction watch

June 18, 2017

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

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A 52 year old Olympian: Seiko one-button chronograph from October 1964

March 13, 2017

Just as the 1964 Tokyo Olympics served as a celebration of Japan’s reemergence onto the world stage as a first …

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Glam Rock: the Seiko 6139-7060

January 1, 2017

Towards the end of June 1975, Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon entered its 118th week in the UK …

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Flying saucer: the Seiko 6139-7020 Speed-Timer

May 25, 2015

Lazy accusations that Japanese watch companies ape the Swiss in their design cues can be knocked into a cocked hat …

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A little bling is no bad thing

March 26, 2014

I find myself somewhat conflicted by the whole gilt/gold watch thing.   With a solid gold watch it’s the ostentation I …

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Recent Posts

  • Seiko Lord Marvel 5740-1990 from June 1964: A de-tuned Grand Seiko?
  • A Seiko 7548-700B from June 1981
  • Palate-cleanser: A Seiko Sea horse 6602-8990 from January 1965
  • A Grand Seiko powered 62MAS: Finished. Fin. The End.
  • Hot-rodding a Seiko 62MAS: Updates, YouTubing, Resources

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  • Orient
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  • Grand Seiko
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    • 6145
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    • 6245
    • 9F82
  • King Seiko
    • 4420
    • 4502
    • 5245
    • 5626
  • Seiko
    • Bell-matic
    • Chronograph
      • 5719
      • 6138
      • 6139
      • 7018
    • Crown
    • Diver’s
      • Cronos Sea horse
      • Silverwave
      • 62MAS
      • 6105
      • 6306
      • 6309
      • 7548
      • 7549
      • SKX
      • Sports Diver
    • Electronic
    • GMT/Navigator
    • Ladies’ watches
    • Lord Matic
      • 5606
    • Lord Marvel
      • 5740A
      • 5740C
    • Marvel
    • Sea horse
    • Seikomatic
      • 603
      • 395
      • 5106
      • 6206
      • 6216
      • 6218
      • 8305
      • 8346
    • Sports
      • 603
      • 6106
      • 6119
      • 6601
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      • 7606
    • Quartz
      • 0853
      • 2625
      • 3823
      • 4822
      • 7548
      • 7549
      • 9F82
  • Swiss
    • Breitling
    • Omega
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    • Silvana
    • Tudor
    • ESA/ETA
    • Valjoux
  • Military
    • Cabot Watch Company
    • MkII
    • Precista

Top Posts & Pages

  • Seiko Lord Marvel 5740-1990 from June 1964: A de-tuned Grand Seiko?
  • Flawed genius: A Seiko Lord Matic 5606-8010
  • A Grand Seiko in all but name: the Seikomatic 6216-9000
  • A pair of kings: The King Seiko Hi-Beat Automatic Part I
  • Palate-cleanser: A Seiko Sea horse 6602-8990 from January 1965
  • Natural selection: A Seiko 6306-7001 from 1979
  • The King Seiko Hi-Beat Automatic Part II: A Seiko 5626-7111 from 1972
  • A Kind of Blue: the Seiko 6119-8083

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