A Big Fish Part 2: The Seiko 5718-8000 (Dismantling the Movement)
In part 1, we met the subject of this latest project and learned a little bit about its history and …
Tag Archives: Chronograph
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 …
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 …
Perturbations and the act of observation: A Seiko 6139-8040 from November 1974
In classical physics, a foundational principle is that it is possible to assign precise values simultaneously to all physical properties …
A Seiko 6139-8002 from February 1972
I bought my first Seiko 6139 chronograph in the summer of 2008, I think from an eBay seller in the …
Chasing my tail: Fault-detection and diagnosis in a Seiko 6139B
In the spirit of my ongoing compaign to embrace the seasonal urge to clean house, herewith the second of two …
Third time lucky: A Seiko 6138-8020 Panda from September 1975
I am by nature a reflective person and if I’ve learned anything at all in my time as an amateur …
A Seiko 7018-7000 automatic fly-back chronograph from 1971
I am as guilty as the next man in allowing my eye to wonder, to catch the latest metaphorical flash …
Denouement: Breitling Top Time Part III
You know what? I think we are getting somewhere. This has been somewhat of a marathon of the unfamiliar, taking …
A Breitling Top Time 2002: Part II
Inevitably, on the lead up to Christmas, I buy too many cranberries. This year is no exception although somehow I …
A Breitling Top Time 2002 from 1965: Part I
Last Spring I developed a hankering for a quartz timing machine, the throughput of watches powered by the dark side …
Adventures in Amateur Watch Fettling 