8 years, 125 posts, 1 million page views
Next month marks the 8th anniversary of the first entry in this blog charting my adventures in amateur watch fettling. …
Category Archives: Modified watches
Bubble and squeak: another 30 minute mod
In the grand tradition of the celebrity chef-conceived 30 minute meal that patently cannot be assembled, prepared and cooked in …
Third time’s a charm: 62MAS relume reloaded, reloaded
There are times when a wise man knows when enough is enough, when to cash your chips, to pull back …
The law of unintended consequences
Hare-brained schemes and cunning plans are all very well but all too often they fall victim to the law of …
Heuer pretender revisited: a quartz to auto conversion
It is not that common these days that I find myself confounded by a fault affecting a watch movement. Well, …
Hare-brained scheme: A high beat, hand winding Seiko 6105
At about the same time as the first generation Seiko 6105 divers watch first made its appearance in 1968, so …
Metamorphoses
In the grand tradition of the TV clip show, I thought I’d take advantage of a short hiatus in proceedings …
A minor aristocrat: The Seikomatic 6218-8950
Oh dear. What have we here? Grist to my mill is what. Something most sane folk might reasonably consign to …
Hot-rodding a Seiko 62MAS
Hot-rod verb \ˈhät-ˌrä-d\ To modify an engine to achieve higher performance In common with many watch companies of the …
A little bling is no bad thing
I find myself somewhat conflicted by the whole gilt/gold watch thing. With a solid gold watch it’s the ostentation I …
A faux milspec 6309
Sometimes, you buy a watch not because you like it particularly, but because you like something about it: a nice …
