White heat: A Seiko 3823-7001 Quartz V.F.A from 1973
At the British Labour Party conference held in Scarborough in 1963, Harold Wilson, the then leader of the opposition, made …
Category Archives: Quartz
Three fat boys: A triptych of British Army-issued CWC G10 military watches
The Cabot Watch Company is arguably the best-known maker of British military watches. It was founded in 1972 and produced …
Changing the battery on a Grand Seiko SBGV009
In the broader context of the somewhat intimidating business of tackling seemingly complex watch repair and restoration projects, it is …
Form follows function: a Seiko Tuna 7549-7010 from 1983
What exactly constitutes an iconic watch design? Is it something that derives from design for its own sake and somehow …
WYSIWYG: A Seiko 7548-700B
Genuine. Straight. Honest. Three words that should foster a sense of confidence that a transaction you are about to embark …
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, …
WATER150mRESIST: A Seiko 7548-7000 from June 1982
In flagrant violation of my self-imposed rule not to buy watches with lug widths larger than 20mm, I find myself …
4822A: King Quartz Part 2
Well, I could hardly leave the poor thing ticking away, whilst laboring against the possible impediment of increasingly viscous 40 …
Seiko King Quartz 4822-8000: An unrecognised gem
Leafing through Volume 1 of the Seiko watch catalogue from 1976*, one is struck by how much the quartz revolution …
For want of a nail: The Seiko 2625-001B
October 1979. Pink Floyd put the final touches on the The Wall. Liverpool at the height of their pomp, embark …
CWC G10
One corner of the watch world that attracts a particular niche enthusiasm is that of the military wrist watch. Issued …
