A Big Fish Part 1: The Seiko 5718-8000 (Introduction)

Aug 10, 2026

This a tale of high-stakes adventure, technical challenge, agonising dilemmas and a degree of inevitable misadventure. It concerns a project …

Evolution: A Seiko Crown from 1959

Apr 12, 2020

The underlying philosophy of Seiko’s movement designers towards the end of the 1950’s appears to have been defined to some …

Mar 29, 2020

Four years ago I spent the grand sum of £8.73 plus postage on a small carboard box filled with what …