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Adventures in Amateur Watch Fettling

~ Servicing, restoration and modification of wristwatches

Adventures in Amateur Watch Fettling

Category Archives: 6105

What lies beneath

Jun 5, 2014

A right of passage for those that dabble with vintage watches is to succumb to the charms of something that …

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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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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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The slippery slope

Apr 25, 2012

It is easy to identify where all this started.  A rash Ebay purchase landed a Seiko 6105-8110 diver’s watch from …

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Recent Posts

  • A Seiko 7549-7000 Golden Tuna from August 1978
  • 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)

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    • Sportsmatic
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      • 6619
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    • Quartz
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  • Citizen
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  • Other brands
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Top Posts & Pages

  • A Seiko 7549-7000 Golden Tuna from August 1978
  • Splitting a pair of eights Part 2: A Seiko Business-A 8346-9000 from February 1967
  • Form follows function: a Seiko Tuna 7549-7010 from 1983
  • Over a barrel? A Grand Seiko 6146-8000 from 1969
  • Twin Quartz:  A Seiko Grand Quartz 9943-8000 from June 1978
  • White heat: A Seiko 3823-7001 Quartz V.F.A from 1973
  • Seiko 7016-5000 Monaco Fly-back Chronograph
  • A pair of kings: The King Seiko Hi-Beat Automatic Part I

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