• 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
    • Sea horse
    • 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
  • Military
    • Cabot Watch Company
    • MkII
    • Precista
    • Seiko 6619
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Adventures in Amateur Watch Fettling

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Adventures in Amateur Watch Fettling

Category Archives: Modified watches

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: Updates, YouTubing, Resources

August 14, 2020

As might reasonably have been anticipated by your correspondent, the business of working on, filming, editing and uploading video content …

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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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Bubble and squeak: another 30 minute mod

December 19, 2016

In the grand tradition of the celebrity chef-conceived 30 minute meal that patently cannot be assembled, prepared and cooked in …

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Third time’s a charm: 62MAS relume reloaded, reloaded

November 26, 2016

There are times when a wise man knows when enough is enough, when to cash your chips, to pull back …

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The law of unintended consequences

September 5, 2016

Hare-brained schemes and cunning plans are all very well but all too often they fall victim to the law of …

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Heuer pretender revisited: a quartz to auto conversion

June 26, 2016

It is not that common these days that I find myself confounded by a fault affecting a watch movement. Well, …

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Hare-brained scheme: A high beat, hand winding Seiko 6105

June 4, 2016

At about the same time as the first generation Seiko 6105 divers watch first made its appearance in 1968, so …

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Metamorphoses

July 18, 2015

In the grand tradition of the TV clip show, I thought I’d take advantage of a short hiatus in proceedings …

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A minor aristocrat: The Seikomatic 6218-8950

February 10, 2015

Oh dear. What have we here? Grist to my mill is what. Something most sane folk might reasonably consign to …

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Recent Posts

  • Palate-cleanser: A Seiko Sea horse 6602-8990 from January 1965
  • A Grand Seiko powered 62MAS: Finished. Fin. The End.
  • Hot-rodding a Seiko 62MAS: Updates, YouTubing, Resources
  • Hot-rodding a Seiko 62MAS revisited
  • A Seiko King Quartz 0853-8025 from December 1976

Archives

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
    • Sea horse
    • 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

  • Rise and Fall: The King Seiko 4502-7001
  • Flawed genius: A Seiko Lord Matic 5606-8010
  • The King Seiko Hi-Beat Automatic Part II: A Seiko 5626-7111 from 1972
  • WATER150mRESIST: A Seiko 7548-7000 from June 1982
  • Three fat boys: A triptych of British Army-issued CWC G10 military watches
  • A Grand Seiko in all but name: the Seikomatic 6216-9000
  • A technical tour de force: Seikomatic-P
  • Perfecting the art of the sequel: The Seiko 6105-8110

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