A Seiko Champion 850 Alpinist J13079 from May 1963
In 1959 Seiko released the Seiko Laurel Alpinist, a recreational sports watch designed specifically to meet the needs of Japanese …
Category Archives: Sports
A Seiko 5 Sports 7019-6030 from May 1970
In this, the third and final part of our mini-series on Daini-produced Seiko 5 Sports watches, we turn our attention …
Seiko 5 Sports 5126-6010 from May 1969
Let’s get right into it, the introductions having been made in the previous entry. In this, the second in a …
Seiko 5 Sports transitions: 1969 to 1970
I open this present entry by paraphrasing the introduction to a post I made in June 2015 entitled A Kind …
A Seiko 6139-8002 from February 1972
I bought my first Seiko 6139 chronograph in the summer of 2008, I think from an eBay seller in the …
Recovered memories, blunders and saves: The Orient Star Sky Sports WZ0021FZ World Timer
A leisurely commute, peddling a pushbike or sauntering along on Shanks’ pony provides ample opportunity to allow one’s mind to …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Bubble and squeak: another 30 minute mod
In the grand tradition of the celebrity chef-conceived 30 minute meal that patently cannot be assembled, prepared and cooked in …
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 …
Adventures in Amateur Watch Fettling 