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 …

Seiko divers watches from 1959 to 1979: Cronos Seahorse to 6306-7001

Jul 4, 2019

In completing the most recent project described in the previous entry, it occurred to me that it might be interesting …

Jun 18, 2017

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

Nov 26, 2016

There are times when a wise man knows when enough is enough, when to cash your chips, to pull back …

Oct 12, 2015

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

Dec 22, 2014

A somewhat unsatisfying consequence of the most recent 62MAS project, documented here, was the fact that a perfectly decent 6217A …

Nov 16, 2014

Hot-rod verb \ˈhät-ˌrä-d\ To modify an engine to achieve higher performance In common with many watch companies of the …

Oct 3, 2012

Shortly before finding the elusive ill-described 62mas featured in a previous post (here), and which I’d been holding out for …

Jun 13, 2012

The Seiko 6105 is arguably the most glamourous of the Seiko 150m mid-tier divers’ watches, the 6309 the most ubiquitous …