A little light relief: a self-build 62MAS/Pelagos 200m diver’s watch
You know, I do realise that this thing here, this documentation of activity spanning the past 14 years, skirts the …
Category Archives: Diver’s Watches
An homage to a modified Seiko 6105
In common with many amateur watchsmiths, my early experiences with engine room interventions were largely concerned with revivification and modification …
Recent YouTubery: Yahoo! Auctions, 62MAS restomodding, KS Hi-Beatery and Grand Seiko ASMR
Following a rather extended break from the YouTube platform, I seem to be settling into a more comfortable, and importantly, …
A Seiko 7548-700B from June 1981
The second of my two palate cleansers conjures up memories of previously well-trodden paths and consequently offers a potential source …
A Grand Seiko powered 62MAS: Finished. Fin. The End.
Well, that took rather longer than anticipated. This has been a very strange year for everyone, me included, and the …
Hot-rodding a Seiko 62MAS: Updates, YouTubing, Resources
As might reasonably have been anticipated by your correspondent, the business of working on, filming, editing and uploading video content …
Hot-rodding a Seiko 62MAS revisited
10 years ago, I bought a rather ratty Seiko 62MAS. Its movement was tired, its hour markers pock-marked with black …
8 years, 125 posts, 1 million page views
Next month marks the 8th anniversary of the first entry in this blog charting my adventures in amateur watch fettling. …
Citizen Super Crystal Date Parawater 150m Part II
Intermission concluded and we rejoin battle, the movement parts having emerged fresh from their bath. I always clean the mainplate …
Citizen Super Crystal Date Parawater 150m AUDS 52801-Y from April 1967: Part I
In reflecting on the impact of Japanese watchmaking through the 1960’s and 70’s it is all too easy to overlook …
Seiko divers watches from 1959 to 1979: Cronos Seahorse to 6306-7001
In completing the most recent project described in the previous entry, it occurred to me that it might be interesting …
Adventures in Amateur Watch Fettling 