A Seiko 5 Sports 7019-6030 from May 1970
In this, the third and final part of our mini-series on Daini-produced Seiko 5 Sports watches, we turn our attention …
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Seiko 5 Sports 5126-6010 from May 1969
Let’s get right into it, the introductions having been made in the previous entry. In this, the second in a …
A Grand Seiko powered 62MAS: Finished. Fin. The End.
Well, that took rather longer than anticipated. This has been a very strange year for everyone, me included, and the …
Hot-rodding a Seiko 62MAS revisited
10 years ago, I bought a rather ratty Seiko 62MAS. Its movement was tired, its hour markers pock-marked with black …
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. …
1963 Omega Seamaster De Ville 165.020
By some weird quirk of the ebb and flow of taste, fashion and the power of marketing, that most evocative …
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 …
Flying saucer: the Seiko 6139-7020 Speed-Timer
Lazy accusations that Japanese watch companies ape the Swiss in their design cues can be knocked into a cocked hat …
Perfecting the art of the sequel: The Seiko 6105-8110
One of the defining features of my time as a casual practitioner of watchsmithery, independent of the trajectory my tastes …
Reluming a Seiko 6105 dial and hands
To lume or not to lume? That is a question that’s been percolating around my noggin for the few weeks …
What lies beneath
A right of passage for those that dabble with vintage watches is to succumb to the charms of something that …
Adventures in Amateur Watch Fettling 