• Seiko
    • Bell-matic
    • Chronograph
      • 5719
      • 6138
      • 6139
      • 7018
    • Crown
    • Diver’s Watches
      • Cronos Sea horse
      • Silverwave
      • 62MAS
      • 6105
      • 6306
      • 6309
      • 7548
      • 7549
      • SKX
      • Sports Diver
    • Electronic
      • EL-370
      • 0703
    • GMT/Navigator
      • 6117
    • King Seiko
      • 4420
      • 4502
      • 5245
      • 5626
    • Ladies’ watches
      • 2205
      • 2625
    • Lord Matic
      • 5606
    • Lord Marvel
    • Marvel
    • 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
  • Grand Seiko
    • 5722
    • 6145
    • 6146
    • 6245
    • 9F82
  • Citizen
    • Parawater
  • Orient
    • Orient Star Sky Sports
  • Swiss
    • Breitling
    • Omega
    • Rolex
    • Silvana
    • Tudor
    • ESA/ETA
    • Valjoux
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Category Archives: Dress watches

White heat: A Seiko 3823-7001 Quartz V.F.A from 1973

February 5, 2019

At the British Labour Party conference held in Scarborough in 1963, Harold Wilson, the then leader of the opposition, made …

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King Seiko 5245-6000 from December 1971

January 8, 2019

As the 1960’s rolled into the 1970’s and the quartz juggernaut started to power its way through the foundations of …

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Parallel Universe: The King Seiko 4420-9990 Chronometer

November 23, 2018

The current state of the Seiko universe is a function of the complex, multi-dimensional evolutionary path that it has followed …

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Compare and contrast: the Gold Cap vs. steel Seikomatic

October 9, 2018

When I was a young man, I never gave much thought to the relative merits of the gold watch. In …

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Double glazing: The King Seiko Hi-Beat Automatic Part III

May 3, 2018

I really don’t know what I was thinking tackling these two at the same time. You lot must be fed …

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The King Seiko Hi-Beat Automatic Part II: A Seiko 5626-7111 from 1972

April 18, 2018

What is the difference between a design flaw and a design vulnerability? Simple. The latter is referenced in some detail …

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A pair of kings: The King Seiko Hi-Beat Automatic Part I

April 8, 2018

To mark the end of the school’s Easter holiday period, three quarters of my immediate family went to see the …

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Changing the battery on a Grand Seiko SBGV009

March 4, 2018

In the broader context of the somewhat intimidating business of tackling seemingly complex watch repair and restoration projects, it is …

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A wabi-sabi Seiko Cronos Sea horse from 1961

February 25, 2018

Many of you will be familiar with the Japanese aesthetic philosophy of wabi-sabi. It is a term that is difficult …

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A Grand Seiko in all but name: the Seikomatic 6216-9000

November 8, 2017

In his economic treatise on The Theory of the Leisure Class, Thorstein Veblen first coined the term “conspicuous consumption”, referring …

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Grand Seiko vs. Grand Seiko

October 22, 2017

The concept of the homage to glories past is one that the watch industry appears to have embraced of late, …

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Recent Posts

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  • Hot-rodding a Seiko 62MAS revisited
  • A Seiko King Quartz 0853-8025 from December 1976
  • Evolution: A Seiko Crown from 1959

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Brands

  • Citizen
    • Parawater
  • Orient
    • Orient Star Sky Sports
  • Grand Seiko
    • 5722
    • 6145
    • 6146
    • 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
    • Marvel
    • Seikomatic
      • 603
      • 395
      • 5106
      • 6206
      • 6216
      • 6218
      • 8305
      • 8346
    • Sports
      • 603
      • 6106
      • 6119
      • 6601
      • 6619
      • 7606
    • Quartz
      • 0853
      • 2625
      • 3823
      • 4822
      • 7548
      • 7549
      • 9F82
  • Swiss
    • Breitling
    • Omega
    • Rolex
    • Silvana
    • Tudor
    • ESA/ETA
    • Valjoux
  • Military
    • Cabot Watch Company
    • MkII
    • Precista

Top Posts & Pages

  • A Grand Seiko in all but name: the Seikomatic 6216-9000
  • Flawed genius: A Seiko Lord Matic 5606-8010
  • This is not a military watch†: a Seiko Sportsmatic 6619-8280 from 1967
  • Natural selection: A Seiko 6306-7001 from 1979
  • Rise and Fall: The King Seiko 4502-7001
  • Hidden depths: A Seikomatic-R from 1966
  • Lady Diver: The Seiko 2205-0760
  • King Seiko 5245-6000 from December 1971

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