The birth of the Seiko diver’s watch: The Seikomatic Silver Wave
The first fully fledged waterproof Seiko watch appeared in 1959 in the form of the Seiko Cronos Sea horse fitted …
Category Archives: Vintage
Heuer pretender revisited: a quartz to auto conversion
It is not that common these days that I find myself confounded by a fault affecting a watch movement. Well, …
Hare-brained scheme: A high beat, hand winding Seiko 6105
At about the same time as the first generation Seiko 6105 divers watch first made its appearance in 1968, so …
Hidden depths: A Seikomatic-R from 1966
It is easy to develop a misapprehension, when first dipping one’s toe into the pool of what a particular watch …
Shabby chic: A Grand Seiko 6145
In constructing a heart-over-head case to acquire another short-lived object of desire, absolute reality trumps virtual any day of the …
DIASHOCK39JEWELS: a Seikomatic 395 Self-Dater from 1963
The hierarchy of early 1960’s Seikomatic movements follows a path from the base 17 jewel calendarless 603 (the 20 jewel …
…and rise again: disaster recovery
The now you see it, now you don’t moment last month was one of those occasions where one’s ability to …
Rise and Fall: The King Seiko 4502-7001
This is a tale of ups and downs, of resurrection and catastrophe. The subject is a high beat King Seiko …
Face-off: Rolex vs. Grand Seiko
In the eyes of a typical consumer on the hunt for a new wristwatch, the received wisdom is that a …
The first automatic Grand Seiko: the 6245-9001
Grand Seiko. A 55 year old heritage of fine Japanese watchmaking but only now starting to make an impact as …
Crown revival: Seiko 6105 and 62MAS crown gasket replacement
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a Seiko man (or woman) in possession of a good pre-1976 150m divers …
Adventures in Amateur Watch Fettling 