Seiko Silverwave diver from 1964

Oct 30, 2013

The introduction of the 50m Seiko SilverWave dive watch in 1961 marked a number of firsts for Seiko: it represented …

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 …

Oct 3, 2012

Shortly before finding the elusive ill-described 62mas featured in a previous post (here), and which I’d been holding out for …

Jul 31, 2012

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

Jun 3, 2012

The problem with true collector’s examples of any desirable vintage watch is that they can tend to spend very little …

May 3, 2012

For those of you who were horrified by my desecration of a hodge-podge 6105 in my opening post (assuming of …