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Adventures in Amateur Watch Fettling

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Category Archives: Sports

A Seiko Champion 850 Alpinist J13079 from May 1963

May 24, 2023

In 1959 Seiko released the Seiko Laurel Alpinist, a recreational sports watch designed specifically to meet the needs of Japanese …

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A Seiko 5 Sports 7019-6030 from May 1970

Dec 27, 2021

In this, the third and final part of our mini-series on Daini-produced Seiko 5 Sports watches, we turn our attention …

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Seiko 5 Sports 5126-6010 from May 1969

Dec 4, 2021

Let’s get right into it, the introductions having been made in the previous entry.  In this, the second in a …

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Seiko 5 Sports transitions: 1969 to 1970

Nov 22, 2021

I open this present entry by paraphrasing the introduction to a post I made in June 2015 entitled A Kind …

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A Seiko 6139-8002 from February 1972

Aug 13, 2021

I bought my first Seiko 6139 chronograph in the summer of 2008, I think from an eBay seller in the …

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Recovered memories, blunders and saves: The Orient Star Sky Sports WZ0021FZ World Timer

Jan 22, 2020

A leisurely commute, peddling a pushbike or sauntering along on Shanks’ pony provides ample opportunity to allow one’s mind to …

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Citizen Super Crystal Date Parawater 150m Part II

Nov 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

Nov 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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A wabi-sabi Seiko Cronos Sea horse from 1961

Feb 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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Bubble and squeak: another 30 minute mod

Dec 19, 2016

In the grand tradition of the celebrity chef-conceived 30 minute meal that patently cannot be assembled, prepared and cooked in …

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Transition state theory: A brace of sports divers from 1969

Oct 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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