Citizen Super Crystal Date Parawater 150m Part II
Intermission concluded and we rejoin battle, the movement parts having emerged fresh from their bath. I always clean the mainplate …
Category Archives: Sports Diver
Citizen Super Crystal Date Parawater 150m AUDS 52801-Y from April 1967: Part I
In reflecting on the impact of Japanese watchmaking through the 1960’s and 70’s it is all too easy to overlook …
Seiko divers watches from 1959 to 1979: Cronos Seahorse to 6306-7001
In completing the most recent project described in the previous entry, it occurred to me that it might be interesting …
Seikomatic SilverWave 50 Proof from January 1963
Paradoxically, the year 1963 can simultaneously provide a historical reference point to the development of the quartz watch movement and …
A wabi-sabi Seiko Cronos Sea horse from 1961
Many of you will be familiar with the Japanese aesthetic philosophy of wabi-sabi. It is a term that is difficult …
Transition state theory: A brace of sports divers from 1969
This week, Ahmed Zewail, the Egyptian-American Nobel prize-winning chemist died. Zewail pioneered the field of femtochemistry, a sub-discipline within chemistry …
