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      • 7018
    • Crown
    • Diver’s Watches
      • Cronos Sea horse
      • Silverwave
      • 62MAS
      • 6105
      • 6306
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      • 7548
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    • Electronic
      • EL-370
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      • 6117
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      • 4420
      • 4502
      • 5245
      • 5626
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      • 2205
      • 2625
    • Lord Matic
      • 5606
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      • 5740A
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    • Marvel
    • Sea horse
    • Seikomatic
      • 395
      • 603
      • 5106
      • 6205
      • 6206
      • 6216
      • 6218
      • 8305
      • 8346
    • Sports
      • 5126
      • 603
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      • 6119
      • 6601
      • 6619
      • 7019
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    • Quartz
      • 0853
      • 2625
      • 38A
      • 3823
      • 4822
      • 7548
      • 7549
      • 9F82
      • 9943
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Adventures in Amateur Watch Fettling

~ Restoration, modification and servicing of wristwatches

Adventures in Amateur Watch Fettling

Category Archives: Modified watches

A minor aristocrat: The Seikomatic 6218-8950

Feb 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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Hot-rodding a Seiko 62MAS

Nov 16, 2014

Hot-rod          verb    \ˈhät-ˌrä-d\ To modify an engine to achieve higher performance In common with many watch companies of the …

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A little bling is no bad thing

Mar 26, 2014

I find myself somewhat conflicted by the whole gilt/gold watch thing.   With a solid gold watch it’s the ostentation I …

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A faux milspec 6309

Aug 11, 2013

Sometimes, you buy a watch not because you like it particularly, but because you like something about it:  a nice …

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Variations on a theme

Jun 30, 2013

Two more SKX007 recreations now follow, both of which based on new but empty cases as the starting point and …

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A hacking day date Seiko 6105 (and ruminations on modified watches)

Jun 16, 2013

The modified watch, in my experience, peculiarly appeals to the vanity of its creator rather more frequently than it does …

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1964 and all that: Part II

Jul 31, 2012

The second of the two 1964 projects is a simple yet handsome 6601 automatic, again, slightly larger than might have …

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SKX Pilot (a thirty minute mod)

May 29, 2012

Take one Seiko SKX007J (or K*), one machined bezel, one Seiko 7S26 fit MkII Plongeur dial (day/date variant) Image credit: …

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A poor man’s big pilot

May 15, 2012

And now for something completely different.  It’s quite rare that any new watch causes me to break step passing a …

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An homage to a watch that never was

May 12, 2012

A few years ago, I came across a picture of a rather lovely, but unlikely Omega dress watch, combining a …

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A classic cushion

May 5, 2012

Arguably the most ubiquitous, yet still desirable Seiko divers watch of the past 35 years is the 6309-7040, the successor …

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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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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
      • 5740A
      • 5740C
    • Marvel
    • Sea horse
    • Seikomatic
      • 603
      • 395
      • 5106
      • 6206
      • 6216
      • 6218
      • 8305
      • 8346
    • Sports
      • 5126
      • 603
      • 6106
      • 6119
      • 6601
      • 6619
      • 7019
      • 7606
    • Quartz
      • 0853
      • 2625
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      • 9F82
      • 9943
  • Swiss
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    • Omega
    • Peseux
    • Rolex
    • Silvana
    • Tudor
    • ESA/ETA
    • Valjoux
  • Military
    • Cabot Watch Company
    • MkII
    • Precista

Top Posts & Pages

  • Twin Quartz:  A Seiko Grand Quartz 9943-8000 from June 1978
  • Origins of the Seikomatic:  A 30 jewel Seikomatic 15031D from January 1963
  • Flawed genius: A Seiko Lord Matic 5606-8010
  • Lady Diver: The Seiko 2205-0760
  • Girard-Perregaux: repairs, loose ends and reflections on the practicalities of a vintage watch
  • A Seiko King Quartz 0853-8025 from December 1976
  • King Seiko 5626-7041 Officially Certified Chronometer from May 1974
  • A Seiko 7548-700B from June 1981

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