The birth of the Seiko diver’s watch: The Seikomatic Silver Wave
The first fully fledged waterproof Seiko watch appeared in 1959 in the form of the Seiko Cronos Sea horse fitted …
Category Archives: Diver’s Watches
Heuer pretender revisited: a quartz to auto conversion
It is not that common these days that I find myself confounded by a fault affecting a watch movement. Well, …
Hare-brained scheme: A high beat, hand winding Seiko 6105
At about the same time as the first generation Seiko 6105 divers watch first made its appearance in 1968, so …
Head-to-Head: Precista PRS-18A vs MkII Paradive
Preamble Great beauty is often associated with high symmetry: a snowflake, the Taj Mahal or a single molecule of Buckminsterfullerene …
Crown revival: Seiko 6105 and 62MAS crown gasket replacement
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a Seiko man (or woman) in possession of a good pre-1976 150m divers …
WATER150mRESIST: A Seiko 7548-7000 from June 1982
In flagrant violation of my self-imposed rule not to buy watches with lug widths larger than 20mm, I find myself …
Crystal gazing
Regardless of the overall effort that may go into the refurbishment of a watch, the greatest visual impact is perhaps …
Perfecting the art of the sequel: The Seiko 6105-8110
One of the defining features of my time as a casual practitioner of watchsmithery, independent of the trajectory my tastes …
For want of a nail: The Seiko 2625-001B
October 1979. Pink Floyd put the final touches on the The Wall. Liverpool at the height of their pomp, embark …
Lady Diver: The Seiko 2205-0760
Many of the Seiko dive watches from the 1960’s and 70’s have rightly gone down as design classics, building a …
Side shake, loose ends and hand-me-downs
A somewhat unsatisfying consequence of the most recent 62MAS project, documented here, was the fact that a perfectly decent 6217A …
Adventures in Amateur Watch Fettling 