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Adventures in Amateur Watch Fettling

~ Restoration, modification and servicing of wristwatches

Adventures in Amateur Watch Fettling

Category Archives: 6309

A Seiko 6309-7040 Part II

Dec 21, 2013

Poised as we are at a stationary point, the transition state between ‘before’ (see part I here) and ‘after’, in …

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A Seiko 6309-7040

Nov 27, 2013

This next project concerns what I believe to be the last real classic Seiko mid-tier divers watch, the Seiko 6309-7040, …

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A faux milspec 6309

Aug 11, 2013

Sometimes, you buy a watch not because you like it particularly, but because you like something about it:  a nice …

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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 classic cushion

May 5, 2012

Arguably the most ubiquitous, yet still desirable Seiko divers watch of the past 35 years is the 6309-7040, the successor …

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Ugly ducking conversions

May 2, 2012

On occasion, complete junk can provide the source of a diverting little project or two.  Early on in my dabbling …

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Recent Posts

  • Citizen Ace Para Water A1307051 from 1962: Part 2
  • Citizen Ace Para Water A1307051 from 1962: Part 1
  • A little light relief:  a self-build 62MAS/Pelagos 200m diver’s watch
  • Changing the battery in a Grand Seiko SBGV009 (revisited)
  • The end of the beginning:  The Grand Seiko 4520-8000

Archives

Brands

  • Citizen
    • Ace
    • Parawater
  • Orient
    • Orient Star Sky Sports
  • Grand Seiko
    • 4520
    • 5722
    • 6145
    • 6146
    • 6245
    • 9F82
  • King Seiko
    • 4420
    • 4502
    • 5245
    • 5626
  • Seiko
    • Bell-matic
    • Chronograph
      • 5719
      • 6138
      • 6139
      • 7018
    • Crown
    • Diver’s
      • Cronos Sea horse
      • Silverwave
      • 62MAS
      • 6105
      • 6306
      • 6309
      • 7548
      • 7549
      • SKX
      • Sports Diver
    • Electronic
    • GMT/Navigator
    • Ladies’ watches
    • Lord Matic
    • Lord Marvel
      • 5740A
      • 5740C
    • Marvel
    • Sea horse
    • Seiko 5
    • Seikomatic
      • 603
      • 395
      • 5106
      • 6206
      • 6216
      • 6218
      • 8305
      • 8346
    • Sportsmatic
    • Quartz
      • 0853
      • 2625
      • 38A
      • 3823
      • 4822
      • 7548
      • 7549
      • 9F82
      • 9943
  • Swiss
    • Breitling
    • Girard-Perregaux
    • Omega
    • Peseux
    • Rolex
    • Silvana
    • Tudor
    • ESA/ETA
    • Valjoux
  • Military
    • Cabot Watch Company
    • MkII
    • Precista
  • Self-build

Top Posts & Pages

  • King Seiko 5626-7041 Officially Certified Chronometer from May 1974
  • Flawed genius: A Seiko Lord Matic 5606-8010
  • Twin Quartz:  A Seiko Grand Quartz 9943-8000 from June 1978
  • A Seiko King Quartz 0853-8025 from December 1976
  • WATER150mRESIST: A Seiko 7548-7000 from June 1982
  • Seiko Lord Marvel 5740-1990 from June 1964: A de-tuned Grand Seiko?
  • Seikomatic Weekdater 6206-8990 from 1964
  • Hidden depths: A Seikomatic-R from 1966

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