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Adventures in Amateur Watch Fettling

~ Restoration, modification and servicing of wristwatches

Adventures in Amateur Watch Fettling

Tag Archives: 6105

A couple of loose ends

Sep 10, 2017

A number of circumstances have conspired in the past few weeks to keep me from much in the way of …

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Auction watch

Jun 18, 2017

Since March 2009, the Bank of England base rate has been at or below 0.5%. Currently it sits at a …

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The law of unintended consequences

Sep 5, 2016

Hare-brained schemes and cunning plans are all very well but all too often they fall victim to the law of …

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Hare-brained scheme: A high beat, hand winding Seiko 6105

Jun 4, 2016

At about the same time as the first generation Seiko 6105 divers watch first made its appearance in 1968, so …

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Crown revival: Seiko 6105 and 62MAS crown gasket replacement

Oct 12, 2015

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a Seiko man (or woman) in possession of a good pre-1976 150m divers …

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Crystal gazing

Apr 19, 2015

Regardless of the overall effort that may go into the refurbishment of a watch, the greatest visual impact is perhaps …

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Perfecting the art of the sequel: The Seiko 6105-8110

Apr 5, 2015

One of the defining features of my time as a casual practitioner of watchsmithery, independent of the trajectory my tastes …

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Reluming a Seiko 6105 dial and hands

Sep 4, 2014

To lume or not to lume? That is a question that’s been percolating around my noggin for the few weeks …

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What lies beneath

Jun 5, 2014

A right of passage for those that dabble with vintage watches is to succumb to the charms of something that …

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A hacking day date Seiko 6105 (and ruminations on modified watches)

Jun 16, 2013

The modified watch, in my experience, peculiarly appeals to the vanity of its creator rather more frequently than it does …

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Basket cases have more soul

Jun 3, 2012

The problem with true collector’s examples of any desirable vintage watch is that they can tend to spend very little …

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