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Tag Archives: King Seiko

Chasing my tail: Fault-detection and diagnosis in a Seiko 6139B

April 5, 2019

In the spirit of my ongoing compaign to embrace the seasonal urge to clean house, herewith the second of two …

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King Seiko 5245-6000 from December 1971

January 8, 2019

As the 1960’s rolled into the 1970’s and the quartz juggernaut started to power its way through the foundations of …

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Parallel Universe: The King Seiko 4420-9990 Chronometer

November 23, 2018

The current state of the Seiko universe is a function of the complex, multi-dimensional evolutionary path that it has followed …

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Double glazing: The King Seiko Hi-Beat Automatic Part III

May 3, 2018

I really don’t know what I was thinking tackling these two at the same time. You lot must be fed …

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Seiko V-type bonded crystals

April 29, 2018

From about 1970, Seiko introduced an approach to many of their mid case designs that made use of Hardlex tempered …

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The King Seiko Hi-Beat Automatic Part II: A Seiko 5626-7111 from 1972

April 18, 2018

What is the difference between a design flaw and a design vulnerability? Simple. The latter is referenced in some detail …

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A pair of kings: The King Seiko Hi-Beat Automatic Part I

April 8, 2018

To mark the end of the school’s Easter holiday period, three quarters of my immediate family went to see the …

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…and rise again: disaster recovery

January 30, 2016

The now you see it, now you don’t moment last month was one of those occasions where one’s ability to …

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Rise and Fall: The King Seiko 4502-7001

January 3, 2016

This is a tale of ups and downs, of resurrection and catastrophe. The subject is a high beat King Seiko …

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Top Posts & Pages

  • Flawed genius: A Seiko Lord Matic 5606-8010
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  • A Grand Seiko in all but name: the Seikomatic 6216-9000
  • The King Seiko Hi-Beat Automatic Part II: A Seiko 5626-7111 from 1972
  • Hidden depths: A Seikomatic-R from 1966
  • Seiko Lord Marvel 5740-1990 from June 1964: A de-tuned Grand Seiko?
  • Perfecting the art of the sequel: The Seiko 6105-8110
  • Rise and Fall: The King Seiko 4502-7001

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