A Grand Seiko 3180 from January 1963
Where the Seiko Marvel might be seen as providing a melodic motif to the Lord Marvel, and the Lord Marvel, …
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A Seiko Cronos Special from 1963
In 1963, Seiko’s luxury goods line-up spanned no fewer than seven sub-brands within a pricing structure in which the most …
Overture to the first Grand Seiko: the Lord Marvel J14039
Two years before the introduction of the first Grand Seiko, the pinnacle of the Seiko product tree was occupied by …
King Seiko 15034 from October 1962
The early evolution of the King Seiko product line saw a number of slightly dislocated yet entangled strands emerging in …
A Seikomatic 6218-9000 from …
The term ‘Trigger’s broom’ gained its place in the British vernacular following an episode of the sit-com Only Fool’s and …
A Seiko 6217-8001 from April 1967
I have written on several occasions about the Seiko 62MAS and explored to some extent its place in the iconography …
Results: Round One
Thanks to everyone to took the time to express an opinion in either one (or both) polls, one here and …
A 60’s Seiko/Breitling Chrono Face-off
Two ‘60’s chronographs born two years apart: the older of the two, a youthful upstart; the younger an experienced older …
A waterlogged Seiko SKX007 from 2017
The following provides a disappointing insight into the risks of entrusting even the most trivial of tasks to ‘throughput-biased’ service …
Seiko 7016-5000 Monaco Fly-back Chronograph
The mechanical chronograph is arguably the most anachronistic variation on the theme of the mechanical wristwatch and yet it evokes …
A Grand Seiko 5646-7000 from June 1970: the third generation automatic Grand Seiko
The first automatic Grand Seiko was fitted with a refined evolution of the 603 calibre, first introduced with the Seikomatic …
Adventures in Amateur Watch Fettling 