Seiko divers watches from 1959 to 1979: Cronos Seahorse to 6306-7001
In completing the most recent project described in the previous entry, it occurred to me that it might be interesting …
Tag Archives: Diver’s Watches
Seikomatic SilverWave 50 Proof from January 1963
Paradoxically, the year 1963 can simultaneously provide a historical reference point to the development of the quartz watch movement and …
Natural selection: A Seiko 6306-7001 from 1979
In 10 short years between 1965 and 1975, Seiko had somehow managed to conceive, design and produce three generations of …
A couple of loose ends
A number of circumstances have conspired in the past few weeks to keep me from much in the way of …
Auction watch
Since March 2009, the Bank of England base rate has been at or below 0.5%. Currently it sits at a …
Form follows function: a Seiko Tuna 7549-7010 from 1983
What exactly constitutes an iconic watch design? Is it something that derives from design for its own sake and somehow …
WYSIWYG: A Seiko 7548-700B
Genuine. Straight. Honest. Three words that should foster a sense of confidence that a transaction you are about to embark …
Third time’s a charm: 62MAS relume reloaded, reloaded
There are times when a wise man knows when enough is enough, when to cash your chips, to pull back …
Transition state theory: A brace of sports divers from 1969
This week, Ahmed Zewail, the Egyptian-American Nobel prize-winning chemist died. Zewail pioneered the field of femtochemistry, a sub-discipline within chemistry …
The law of unintended consequences
Hare-brained schemes and cunning plans are all very well but all too often they fall victim to the law of …
The birth of the Seiko diver’s watch: The Seikomatic Silver Wave
The first fully fledged waterproof Seiko watch appeared in 1959 in the form of the Seiko Cronos Sea horse fitted …
