• 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
    • 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
    • ESA/ETA
    • Valjoux
  • Military
    • Cabot Watch Company
    • MkII
    • Precista
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Category Archives: Vintage

Palate-cleanser: A Seiko Sea horse 6602-8990 from January 1965

February 11, 2021

In the second drawer down on the left-hand side of my desk sits a box, thirteen by nine and a …

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A Grand Seiko powered 62MAS: Finished. Fin. The End.

December 21, 2020

Well, that took rather longer than anticipated.  This has been a very strange year for everyone, me included, and the …

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Hot-rodding a Seiko 62MAS: Updates, YouTubing, Resources

August 14, 2020

As might reasonably have been anticipated by your correspondent, the business of working on, filming, editing and uploading video content …

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Hot-rodding a Seiko 62MAS revisited

July 14, 2020

10 years ago, I bought a rather ratty Seiko 62MAS.  Its movement was tired, its hour markers pock-marked with black …

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A Seiko King Quartz 0853-8025 from December 1976

June 10, 2020

It is very easy to take the view that the quartz revolution represented some sort of cataclysm for traditional watchmaking.  …

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Evolution: A Seiko Crown from 1959

April 12, 2020

The underlying philosophy of Seiko’s movement designers towards the end of the 1950’s appears to have been defined to some …

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Origin of the Species: a Seiko Marvel from 1956

April 4, 2020

Between 1924, when K. Hattori & Co., Ltd. first used the Seiko brand on a watch, and 1950, when it …

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Box o’ bits

March 29, 2020

Four years ago I spent the grand sum of £8.73 plus postage on a small carboard box filled with what …

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8 years, 125 posts, 1 million page views

March 20, 2020

Next month marks the 8th anniversary of the first entry in this blog charting my adventures in amateur watch fettling.  …

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The Seiko EL-370 electronic watch

December 25, 2019

The electronic balance-driven movement: horological cul-de-sac or brilliant piece of lateral thinking?  I am inclined to think a bit of …

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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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Recent Posts

  • 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
  • Hot-rodding a Seiko 62MAS revisited
  • A Seiko King Quartz 0853-8025 from December 1976

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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
    • 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 technical tour de force: Seikomatic-P
  • A pair of kings: The King Seiko Hi-Beat Automatic Part I
  • The King Seiko Hi-Beat Automatic Part II: A Seiko 5626-7111 from 1972
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