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Adventures in Amateur Watch Fettling

~ Restoration, modification and servicing of wristwatches

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Tag Archives: Grand Seiko

Grand Seiko 6146 projects past, present and future

Sep 11, 2019

It has been a little while since I last posted here I know.  This intermission has been due to a …

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Grand Seiko re-branding: misstep or confident stride forward?

Oct 20, 2018

For 40 years or so, Grand Seiko was largely unknown outside Japan, and certainly outside South East Asia. Grand Seiko …

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Changing the battery on a Grand Seiko SBGV009

Mar 4, 2018

In the broader context of the somewhat intimidating business of tackling seemingly complex watch repair and restoration projects, it is …

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A Grand Seiko in all but name: the Seikomatic 6216-9000

Nov 8, 2017

In his economic treatise on The Theory of the Leisure Class, Thorstein Veblen first coined the term “conspicuous consumption”, referring …

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Grand Seiko vs. Grand Seiko

Oct 22, 2017

The concept of the homage to glories past is one that the watch industry appears to have embraced of late, …

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A Grand Seiko Self-Dater from 1965

Oct 3, 2017

The romantic overtures that led eventually to the conception and birth of the Grand Seiko line were played out through …

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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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Shabby chic: A Grand Seiko 6145

Apr 3, 2016

In constructing a heart-over-head case to acquire another short-lived object of desire, absolute reality trumps virtual any day of the …

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Face-off: Rolex vs. Grand Seiko

Dec 10, 2015

In the eyes of a typical consumer on the hunt for a new wristwatch, the received wisdom is that a …

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