A Grand Seiko 5646-7000 from June 1970: the third generation automatic Grand Seiko
The first automatic Grand Seiko was fitted with a refined evolution of the 603 calibre, first introduced with the Seikomatic …
Category Archives: Dress watches
LM Special: a Seiko 5216-8010 from April 1975
The Lord Matic is a very peculiarly ‘of its era’ Japanese name for a sub-brand, and in the absence of …
Citizen Cosmotron X8 postscript
Those of you who read the recent account of the restoration of an early Citizen Cosmotron X8 electric watch may …
Perpetually peripheral: The Citizen Jet Autodater 7
Most automatic winding mechanisms employ a winding weight pivoting about a centrally-mounted bearing. In some designs, the winding weight is …
Namokimods Nautilus Self-Build
This past year has been a particularly busy one in my day job, leaving less disposable time to spend footling …
The world’s first transistorised electronic balance movement: The Citizen Cosmotron X8
The heart of every mechanical watch movement is the balance, whose role is to control the release of power from …
Changing the battery in a Grand Seiko SBGV009 (revisited)
In 2014, I bought a Grand Seiko SBGV009, part of the 50th Anniversary Historic Collection released that year, and an …
The end of the beginning: The Grand Seiko 4520-8000
The emergence of Grand Seiko as a high-end brand with staying-power took some time to resolve convincingly: four years passed …
Girard-Perregaux: repairs, loose ends and reflections on the practicalities of a vintage watch
I am one of those weirdos who buy old watches to use as they were originally intended. I buy watches …
Origins of the Seikomatic: A 30 jewel Seikomatic 15031D from January 1963
Seiko’s first wholly in-house automatic movement was the Gyro Marvel, developed in 1959 as an evolution of the Marvel/Laurel hand-wind …
Recent YouTubery: 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, …
Adventures in Amateur Watch Fettling 