Twin Quartz: A Seiko Grand Quartz 9943-8000 from June 1978
In the ten years that followed the release of the world’s first production quartz watch in December 1969, the cycle …
Category Archives: Quartz
The original Seiko Snowflake? A Seiko 38-7030 QT Quartz from June 1973
snowflake*/ˈsnəʊfleɪk/ Noun a flake of snow, especially a feathery ice crystal, typically displaying sixfold symmetry an overly sensitive or easily …
A Seiko 7548-700B from June 1981
The second of my two palate cleansers conjures up memories of previously well-trodden paths and consequently offers a potential source …
A Seiko King Quartz 0853-8025 from December 1976
It is very easy to take the view that the quartz revolution represented some sort of cataclysm for traditional watchmaking. …
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 …
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 …
Adventures in Amateur Watch Fettling 