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Adventures in Amateur Watch Fettling

~ Restoration, modification and servicing of wristwatches

Adventures in Amateur Watch Fettling

Category Archives: Grand Seiko

Recent YouTubery:  Yahoo! Auctions, 62MAS restomodding, KS Hi-Beatery and Grand Seiko ASMR

Mar 17, 2022

Following a rather extended break from the YouTube platform, I seem to be settling into a more comfortable, and importantly, …

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And the winner is …

Jan 3, 2022

The outcome of the question posed in the previous post and elsewhere produced a surprise, to me at least, and …

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Five things I hate about post-2017 Grand Seiko (and a few that I like)

May 25, 2021

What follows is a kind of therapeutic purge, not to be taken too seriously, but all of which inspired by …

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Seiko Lord Marvel 5740-1990 from June 1964: A de-tuned Grand Seiko?

Apr 12, 2021

Prior to the introduction of the first Grand Seiko in 1960, the pinnacle of the Seiko product tree was occupied …

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

Dec 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

Jul 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

Mar 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

Oct 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

Oct 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

Sep 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?

Oct 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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Recent Posts

  • Girard-Perregaux: repairs, loose ends and reflections on the practicalities of a vintage watch
  • Origins of the Seikomatic:  A 30 jewel Seikomatic 15031D from January 1963
  • Recent YouTubery:  Yahoo! Auctions, 62MAS restomodding, KS Hi-Beatery and Grand Seiko ASMR
  • King Seiko 5626-7041 Officially Certified Chronometer from May 1974
  • And the winner is …

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Top Posts & Pages

  • A Seiko 7548-700B from June 1981
  • Twin Quartz:  A Seiko Grand Quartz 9943-8000 from June 1978
  • Flawed genius: A Seiko Lord Matic 5606-8010
  • And now for something completely different: the Seiko Elnix Electronic Watch
  • Seiko Lord Marvel 5740-1990 from June 1964: A de-tuned Grand Seiko?
  • White heat: A Seiko 3823-7001 Quartz V.F.A from 1973
  • Rise and Fall: The King Seiko 4502-7001
  • A Kind of Blue: the Seiko 6119-8083

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