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 …
Category Archives: Seiko
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 …
LM Special: a Seiko 5216-8010 from April 1975
The Lord Matic is a very peculiarly ‘of its era’ Japanese name for a sub-brand, and in the absence of …
12 years, 175 posts, 2 million page views
A little over four and a half years ago, I marked the occasion of the one millionth page view of …
Adventures in Amateur Watch Fettling 