A faux milspec 6309 revisited: Seiko 6309-8010 from 1976 and 1977
One of my longest-lived watches is a grab ‘n’ go beater, a bastardised aggregation of disconnected parts that came together …
Category Archives: 63 series mods
A faux milspec 6309
Sometimes, you buy a watch not because you like it particularly, but because you like something about it: a nice …
A hacking day date Seiko 6105 (and ruminations on modified watches)
The modified watch, in my experience, peculiarly appeals to the vanity of its creator rather more frequently than it does …
An homage to a watch that never was
A few years ago, I came across a picture of a rather lovely, but unlikely Omega dress watch, combining a …
A classic cushion
Arguably the most ubiquitous, yet still desirable Seiko divers watch of the past 35 years is the 6309-7040, the successor …
Ugly duckling conversions
On occasion, complete junk can provide the source of a diverting little project or two. Early on in my dabbling …
The slippery slope
It is easy to identify where all this started. A rash Ebay purchase landed a Seiko 6105-8110 diver’s watch from …
Adventures in Amateur Watch Fettling 