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Adventures in Amateur Watch Fettling

~ Servicing, restoration and modification of wristwatches

Adventures in Amateur Watch Fettling

Category Archives: Reluming

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 …

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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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A 62mas special

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 …

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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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Basket cases have more soul

Jun 3, 2012

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

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6105’s gallore

May 3, 2012

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

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Recent Posts

  • A Big Fish Part 4:  The Seiko 5718-8000 (Casing Parts, Movement Loose Ends and Final Assembly)
  • A Big Fish Part 3:  The Seiko 5718-8000 (Assessing the Damage and Rebuilding the Movement)
  • A Big Fish Part 2:  The Seiko 5718-8000 (Dismantling the Movement)
  • A Big Fish Part 1:  The Seiko 5718-8000 (Introduction)
  • Sentimental value:  A King Quartz 4823-8050 from 1976

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  • Citizen
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  • Other brands
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Top Posts & Pages

  • A Grand Seiko in all but name: the Seikomatic 6216-9000
  • A Citizen Promaster 3802-451732 Y Quartz Diver
  • Twin Quartz:  A Seiko Grand Quartz 9943-8000 from June 1978
  • Rise and Fall: The King Seiko 4502-7001
  • Seikomatic Weekdater 6206-8990 from 1964
  • A pair of kings: The King Seiko Hi-Beat Automatic Part I
  • Seiko V-type bonded crystals
  • WATER150mRESIST: A Seiko 7548-7000 from June 1982

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