Compare and contrast: the Gold Cap vs. steel Seikomatic

October 9, 2018

When I was a young man, I never gave much thought to the relative merits of the gold watch. In …

Housekeeping: Domain name change

March 26, 2018

Some of you may have noticed that searches on Google that in the recent past will have thrown up multiple …

May 21, 2017

As I gear up for the next little adventure, it occurred to me that a glimpse into the waiting room …

July 13, 2016

The first fully fledged waterproof Seiko watch appeared in 1959 in the form of the Seiko Cronos Sea horse fitted …

April 3, 2016

In constructing a heart-over-head case to acquire another short-lived object of desire, absolute reality trumps virtual any day of the …

February 14, 2016

The hierarchy of early 1960’s Seikomatic movements follows a path from the base 17 jewel calendarless 603 (the 20 jewel …

April 25, 2012

For the better part of the past decade, I have been documenting my development as an amateur watchsmith of sorts, …