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In 2012, I started this blog to document my experiences as a developing amateur watchsmith of sorts. Since that first post, I …
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A Seikomatic 6218-9000 from …
The term ‘Trigger’s broom’ gained its place in the British vernacular following an episode of the sit-com Only Fool’s and …
A Seiko 6217-8001 from April 1967
I have written on several occasions about the Seiko 62MAS and explored to some extent its place in the iconography …
And the winner is …
I can’t pretend that I am surprised at the outcome and to be honest, I think it’s about time I …
Results: Round One
Thanks to everyone to took the time to express an opinion in either one (or both) polls, one here and …
What’s next?
To distract from the onwards gallop of the four horsemen, I thought I might solicit your assistance in narrowing down …
Hummingbird: A Citizen Tuning Fork Hisonic 3711A from January 1973
Arguably, the two most important innovations in watchmaking are the mechanical lever escapement and the quartz oscillator. The second of …
A 60’s Seiko/Breitling Chrono Face-off
Two ‘60’s chronographs born two years apart: the older of the two, a youthful upstart; the younger an experienced older …
A 3d-printed watch-cleaning machine
For ten years, watch-parts-cleaning duties have fallen to my trusty Indian-made Pearl-branded watch cleaning machine, a clone of the Elma …
A waterlogged Seiko SKX007 from 2017
The following provides a disappointing insight into the risks of entrusting even the most trivial of tasks to ‘throughput-biased’ service …
Seiko 7016-5000 Monaco Fly-back Chronograph
The mechanical chronograph is arguably the most anachronistic variation on the theme of the mechanical wristwatch and yet it evokes …
