A Seiko 6309-7040 Part II
Poised as we are at a stationary point, the transition state between ‘before’ (see part I here) and ‘after’, in …
Tag Archives: Diver’s Watches
A Seiko 6309-7040
This next project concerns what I believe to be the last real classic Seiko mid-tier divers watch, the Seiko 6309-7040, …
Seiko Silverwave diver from 1964
The introduction of the 50m Seiko SilverWave dive watch in 1961 marked a number of firsts for Seiko: it represented …
Common denominator
Towards the end of the 1980’s three different manufacturers, Sinn, Tutima and Precista released low profile 200m rated divers watches, …
Variations on a theme
Two more SKX007 recreations now follow, both of which based on new but empty cases as the starting point and …
A hacking day date Seiko 6105 (and ruminations on modified watches)
The modified watch, in my experience, peculiarly appeals to the vanity of its creator rather more frequently than it does …
A Heuer pretender
From the mid-1980’s through to early ‘90’s, TAG/Heuer sold a range of rather nice 200m divers watches fitted with somewhat …
A 62mas special
Shortly before finding the elusive ill-described 62mas featured in a previous post (here), and which I’d been holding out for …
A 62mas tale
The Seiko 6105 is arguably the most glamourous of the Seiko 150m mid-tier divers’ watches, the 6309 the most ubiquitous …
Basket cases have more soul
The problem with true collector’s examples of any desirable vintage watch is that they can tend to spend very little …
SKX Pilot (a thirty minute mod)
Take one Seiko SKX007J (or K*), one machined bezel, one Seiko 7S26 fit MkII Plongeur dial (day/date variant) Image credit: …
Adventures in Amateur Watch Fettling 