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Adventures in Amateur Watch Fettling

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Category Archives: King Seiko

Parallel Universe: The King Seiko 4420-9990 Chronometer

Nov 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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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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Seiko V-type bonded crystals

Apr 29, 2018

From about 1970, Seiko introduced an approach to many of their mid case designs that made use of Hardlex tempered …

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

Apr 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

Apr 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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…and rise again: disaster recovery

Jan 30, 2016

The now you see it, now you don’t moment last month was one of those occasions where one’s ability to …

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Rise and Fall: The King Seiko 4502-7001

Jan 3, 2016

This is a tale of ups and downs, of resurrection and catastrophe. The subject is a high beat King Seiko …

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