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      • 6105
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      • 7548
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      • 0703
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      • 6117
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      • 4420
      • 4502
      • 5245
      • 5626
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      • 2205
      • 2625
    • Lord Matic
      • 5606
    • Lord Marvel
    • Marvel
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      • 395
      • 603
      • 5106
      • 6205
      • 6206
      • 6216
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      • 8305
      • 8346
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      • 603
      • 6106
      • 6119
      • 6601
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      • 2625
      • 3823
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Category Archives: Grand Seiko

A Grand Seiko powered 62MAS: Finished. Fin. The End.

December 21, 2020

Well, that took rather longer than anticipated.  This has been a very strange year for everyone, me included, and the …

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Hot-rodding a Seiko 62MAS revisited

July 14, 2020

10 years ago, I bought a rather ratty Seiko 62MAS.  Its movement was tired, its hour markers pock-marked with black …

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8 years, 125 posts, 1 million page views

March 20, 2020

Next month marks the 8th anniversary of the first entry in this blog charting my adventures in amateur watch fettling.  …

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Grand Seiko 6146-8000 Restoration and Review | The First High-Beat Grand Seiko

October 10, 2019

By way of an epilogue to the most recent entry, I submit here a link to a review of sorts …

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Over a barrel? A Grand Seiko 6146-8000 from 1969

October 5, 2019

This entry revolves around the appearance of an obstruction that turns out to be nothing of the sort but rather …

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Grand Seiko 6146 projects past, present and future

September 11, 2019

It has been a little while since I last posted here I know.  This intermission has been due to a …

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Grand Seiko re-branding: misstep or confident stride forward?

October 20, 2018

For 40 years or so, Grand Seiko was largely unknown outside Japan, and certainly outside South East Asia. Grand Seiko …

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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 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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A Grand Seiko Self-Dater from 1965

October 3, 2017

The romantic overtures that led eventually to the conception and birth of the Grand Seiko line were played out through …

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  • Hot-rodding a Seiko 62MAS: Updates, YouTubing, Resources
  • 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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    • 5626
  • Seiko
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    • Chronograph
      • 5719
      • 6138
      • 6139
      • 7018
    • Crown
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      • 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
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      • 2625
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      • 4822
      • 7548
      • 7549
      • 9F82
  • Swiss
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    • Omega
    • Rolex
    • Silvana
    • Tudor
    • ESA/ETA
    • Valjoux
  • Military
    • Cabot Watch Company
    • MkII
    • Precista

Top Posts & Pages

  • Flawed genius: A Seiko Lord Matic 5606-8010
  • A Seiko King Quartz 0853-8025 from December 1976
  • Hidden depths: A Seikomatic-R from 1966
  • King Seiko 5245-6000 from December 1971
  • A technical tour de force: Seikomatic-P
  • A Grand Seiko in all but name: the Seikomatic 6216-9000
  • A Kind of Blue: the Seiko 6119-8083
  • The King Seiko Hi-Beat Automatic Part II: A Seiko 5626-7111 from 1972

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