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      • 4420
      • 4502
      • 5245
      • 5626
    • Ladies’ watches
      • 2205
      • 2625
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      • 5740A
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    • Sea horse
    • Seiko 5
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      • 395
      • 603
      • 5106
      • 6205
      • 6206
      • 6216
      • 6218
      • 8305
      • 8346
    • Sportsmatic
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      • 0853
      • 2625
      • 38A
      • 3823
      • 4822
      • 7548
      • 7549
      • 9F82
      • 9943
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Adventures in Amateur Watch Fettling

~ Restoration, modification and servicing of wristwatches

Adventures in Amateur Watch Fettling

Category Archives: Diver’s

Perfecting the art of the sequel: The Seiko 6105-8110

Apr 5, 2015

One of the defining features of my time as a casual practitioner of watchsmithery, independent of the trajectory my tastes …

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For want of a nail: The Seiko 2625-001B

Mar 7, 2015

October 1979. Pink Floyd put the final touches on the The Wall. Liverpool at the height of their pomp, embark …

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Lady Diver: The Seiko 2205-0760

Jan 14, 2015

Many of the Seiko dive watches from the 1960’s and 70’s have rightly gone down as design classics, building a …

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Side shake, loose ends and hand-me-downs

Dec 22, 2014

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

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Hot-rodding a Seiko 62MAS

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 …

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Reluming a Seiko 6105 dial and hands

Sep 4, 2014

To lume or not to lume? That is a question that’s been percolating around my noggin for the few weeks …

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Seikomatic SilverWave fresh from 1963

Jul 5, 2014

This year is a significant year for me age-wise and I’ve been on the lookout for something suitable to mark …

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What lies beneath

Jun 5, 2014

A right of passage for those that dabble with vintage watches is to succumb to the charms of something that …

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A Seiko 6309-7040 Part II

Dec 21, 2013

Poised as we are at a stationary point, the transition state between ‘before’ (see part I here) and ‘after’, in …

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A Seiko 6309-7040

Nov 27, 2013

This next project concerns what I believe to be the last real classic Seiko mid-tier divers watch, the Seiko 6309-7040, …

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Seiko Silverwave diver from 1964

Oct 30, 2013

The introduction of the 50m Seiko SilverWave dive watch in 1961 marked a number of firsts for Seiko: it represented …

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  • A Seiko Champion 850 Alpinist J13079 from May 1963
  • Perturbations and the act of observation: A Seiko 6139-8040 from November 1974
  • The last watch I would ever own:  Citizen Promaster PMT56-2731
  • Watches for sale
  • Citizen Ace Para Water A1307051 from 1962: Part 2

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  • Orient
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    • 4520
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    • 9F82
  • King Seiko
    • 4420
    • 4502
    • 5245
    • 5626
  • Seiko
    • Alpinist
    • Bell-matic
    • Champion
    • Chronograph
      • 5719
      • 6138
      • 6139
      • 7018
    • Cronos
    • Crown
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      • Cronos Sea horse
      • Silverwave
      • 62MAS
      • 6105
      • 6306
      • 6309
      • 7548
      • 7549
      • SKX
      • Sports Diver
    • Electronic
    • GMT/Navigator
    • Ladies’ watches
    • Lord Matic
    • Lord Marvel
      • 5740A
      • 5740C
    • Marvel
    • Sea horse
    • Seiko 5
    • Seikomatic
      • 603
      • 395
      • 5106
      • 6206
      • 6216
      • 6218
      • 8305
      • 8346
    • Sportsmatic
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      • 0853
      • 2625
      • 38A
      • 3823
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      • 7548
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      • 9F82
      • 9943
  • Swiss
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  • Military
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  • Self-build
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Top Posts & Pages

  • King Seiko 5626-7041 Officially Certified Chronometer from May 1974
  • Twin Quartz:  A Seiko Grand Quartz 9943-8000 from June 1978
  • Rise and Fall: The King Seiko 4502-7001
  • Seiko Lord Marvel 5740-1990 from June 1964: A de-tuned Grand Seiko?
  • Flawed genius: A Seiko Lord Matic 5606-8010
  • The last watch I would ever own:  Citizen Promaster PMT56-2731
  • This is not a military watch†: a Seiko Sportsmatic 6619-8280 from 1967
  • A Seiko Champion 850 Alpinist J13079 from May 1963

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