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Adventures in Amateur Watch Fettling

~ Restoration, modification and servicing of wristwatches

Adventures in Amateur Watch Fettling

Previous articles

The original Seiko Snowflake? A Seiko 38-7030 QT Quartz from June 1973

Jul 3, 2021

snowflake*/ˈsnəʊfleɪk/ Noun a flake of snow, especially a feathery ice crystal, typically displaying sixfold symmetry an overly sensitive or easily …

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Five things I hate about post-2017 Grand Seiko (and a few that I like)

May 25, 2021

What follows is a kind of therapeutic purge, not to be taken too seriously, but all of which inspired by …

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Girard-Perregaux Gyromatic 39 Jewels from 1959

May 19, 2021

Imagine for a moment that you are a marketing executive working for a long-established Swiss watch company in the late …

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Seiko Lord Marvel 5740-1990 from June 1964: A de-tuned Grand Seiko?

Apr 12, 2021

Prior to the introduction of the first Grand Seiko in 1960, the pinnacle of the Seiko product tree was occupied …

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A Seiko 7548-700B from June 1981

Mar 8, 2021

The second of my two palate cleansers conjures up memories of previously well-trodden paths and consequently offers a potential source …

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

Feb 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.

Dec 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

Aug 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

Jul 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

Jun 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

Apr 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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Recent Posts

  • Girard-Perregaux: repairs, loose ends and reflections on the practicalities of a vintage watch
  • Origins of the Seikomatic:  A 30 jewel Seikomatic 15031D from January 1963
  • Recent YouTubery:  Yahoo! Auctions, 62MAS restomodding, KS Hi-Beatery and Grand Seiko ASMR
  • King Seiko 5626-7041 Officially Certified Chronometer from May 1974
  • And the winner is …

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Top Posts & Pages

  • Twin Quartz:  A Seiko Grand Quartz 9943-8000 from June 1978
  • Origin of the Species: a Seiko Marvel from 1956
  • Flawed genius: A Seiko Lord Matic 5606-8010
  • King Seiko 5626-7041 Officially Certified Chronometer from May 1974
  • A Seiko King Quartz 0853-8025 from December 1976
  • Three fat boys: A triptych of British Army-issued CWC G10 military watches
  • Hidden depths: A Seikomatic-R from 1966
  • 1963 Omega Seamaster De Ville 165.020

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