• Seiko
    • Bell-matic
    • Chronograph
      • 5719
      • 6138
      • 6139
      • 7018
    • Crown
    • Diver’s Watches
      • Cronos Sea horse
      • Silverwave
      • 62MAS
      • 6105
      • 6306
      • 6309
      • 7548
      • 7549
      • SKX
      • Sports Diver
    • Electronic
      • EL-370
      • 0703
    • GMT/Navigator
      • 6117
    • King Seiko
      • 4420
      • 4502
      • 5245
      • 5626
    • Ladies’ watches
      • 2205
      • 2625
    • Lord Matic
      • 5606
    • Lord Marvel
      • 5740A
      • 5740C
    • Marvel
    • Sea horse
    • Seikomatic
      • 395
      • 603
      • 5106
      • 6205
      • 6206
      • 6216
      • 6218
      • 8305
      • 8346
    • Sports
      • 603
      • 6106
      • 6119
      • 6601
      • 6619
      • 7606
    • Quartz
      • 0853
      • 2625
      • 3823
      • 4822
      • 7548
      • 7549
      • 9F82
  • Grand Seiko
    • 5722
    • 6145
    • 6146
    • 6245
    • 9F82
  • Citizen
    • Parawater
  • Orient
    • Orient Star Sky Sports
  • Swiss
    • Breitling
    • Omega
    • Rolex
    • Silvana
    • Tudor
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Category Archives: Sports Diver

Citizen Super Crystal Date Parawater 150m Part II

November 11, 2019

Intermission concluded and we rejoin battle, the movement parts having emerged fresh from their bath.  I always clean the mainplate …

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Citizen Super Crystal Date Parawater 150m AUDS 52801-Y from April 1967: Part I

November 9, 2019

In reflecting on the impact of Japanese watchmaking through the 1960’s and 70’s it is all too easy to overlook …

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Seiko divers watches from 1959 to 1979: Cronos Seahorse to 6306-7001

July 4, 2019

In completing the most recent project described in the previous entry, it occurred to me that it might be interesting …

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Seikomatic SilverWave 50 Proof from January 1963

July 1, 2019

Paradoxically, the year 1963 can simultaneously provide a historical reference point to the development of the quartz watch movement and …

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A wabi-sabi Seiko Cronos Sea horse from 1961

February 25, 2018

Many of you will be familiar with the Japanese aesthetic philosophy of wabi-sabi. It is a term that is difficult …

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Transition state theory: A brace of sports divers from 1969

October 2, 2016

This week, Ahmed Zewail, the Egyptian-American Nobel prize-winning chemist died. Zewail pioneered the field of femtochemistry, a sub-discipline within chemistry …

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Recent Posts

  • Seiko Lord Marvel 5740-1990 from June 1964: A de-tuned Grand Seiko?
  • A Seiko 7548-700B from June 1981
  • Palate-cleanser: A Seiko Sea horse 6602-8990 from January 1965
  • A Grand Seiko powered 62MAS: Finished. Fin. The End.
  • Hot-rodding a Seiko 62MAS: Updates, YouTubing, Resources

Archives

Brands

  • Citizen
    • Parawater
  • Orient
    • Orient Star Sky Sports
  • Grand Seiko
    • 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
      • 5606
    • Lord Marvel
      • 5740A
      • 5740C
    • Marvel
    • Sea horse
    • Seikomatic
      • 603
      • 395
      • 5106
      • 6206
      • 6216
      • 6218
      • 8305
      • 8346
    • Sports
      • 603
      • 6106
      • 6119
      • 6601
      • 6619
      • 7606
    • Quartz
      • 0853
      • 2625
      • 3823
      • 4822
      • 7548
      • 7549
      • 9F82
  • Swiss
    • Breitling
    • Omega
    • Rolex
    • Silvana
    • Tudor
    • ESA/ETA
    • Valjoux
  • Military
    • Cabot Watch Company
    • MkII
    • Precista

Top Posts & Pages

  • Flawed genius: A Seiko Lord Matic 5606-8010
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  • A Grand Seiko in all but name: the Seikomatic 6216-9000
  • The King Seiko Hi-Beat Automatic Part II: A Seiko 5626-7111 from 1972
  • Seiko Lord Marvel 5740-1990 from June 1964: A de-tuned Grand Seiko?
  • Hidden depths: A Seikomatic-R from 1966
  • Perfecting the art of the sequel: The Seiko 6105-8110
  • CWC G10

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