• Seiko
    • Bell-matic
    • Chronograph
      • 5719
      • 6138
      • 6139
      • 7018
    • Crown
    • Diver’s Watches
      • Cronos Sea horse
      • Silverwave
      • 62MAS
      • 6105
      • 6306
      • 6309
      • 7548
      • 7549
      • SKX
      • Sports Diver
    • Electronic
      • EL-370
      • 0703
    • GMT/Navigator
      • 6117
    • King Seiko
      • 4420
      • 4502
      • 5245
      • 5626
    • Ladies’ watches
      • 2205
      • 2625
    • Lord Matic
      • 5606
    • Lord Marvel
    • Marvel
    • Sea horse
    • Seikomatic
      • 395
      • 603
      • 5106
      • 6205
      • 6206
      • 6216
      • 6218
      • 8305
      • 8346
    • Sports
      • 603
      • 6106
      • 6119
      • 6601
      • 6619
      • 7606
    • Quartz
      • 0853
      • 2625
      • 3823
      • 4822
      • 7548
      • 7549
      • 9F82
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    • 6145
    • 6146
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Tag Archives: Quartz

A Seiko King Quartz 0853-8025 from December 1976

June 10, 2020

It is very easy to take the view that the quartz revolution represented some sort of cataclysm for traditional watchmaking.  …

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White heat: A Seiko 3823-7001 Quartz V.F.A from 1973

February 5, 2019

At the British Labour Party conference held in Scarborough in 1963, Harold Wilson, the then leader of the opposition, made …

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Three fat boys: A triptych of British Army-issued CWC G10 military watches

December 19, 2018

The Cabot Watch Company is arguably the best-known maker of British military watches. It was founded in 1972 and produced …

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Changing the battery on a Grand Seiko SBGV009

March 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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Grand Seiko vs. Grand Seiko

October 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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Form follows function: a Seiko Tuna 7549-7010 from 1983

June 8, 2017

What exactly constitutes an iconic watch design? Is it something that derives from design for its own sake and somehow …

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WYSIWYG: A Seiko 7548-700B

February 18, 2017

Genuine. Straight. Honest. Three words that should foster a sense of confidence that a transaction you are about to embark …

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WATER150mRESIST: A Seiko 7548-7000 from June 1982

September 5, 2015

In flagrant violation of my self-imposed rule not to buy watches with lug widths larger than 20mm, I find myself …

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4822A: King Quartz Part 2

July 8, 2015

Well, I could hardly leave the poor thing ticking away, whilst laboring against the possible impediment of increasingly viscous 40 …

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Seiko King Quartz 4822-8000: An unrecognised gem

June 28, 2015

Leafing through Volume 1 of the Seiko watch catalogue from 1976*, one is struck by how much the quartz revolution …

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For want of a nail: The Seiko 2625-001B

March 7, 2015

October 1979. Pink Floyd put the final touches on the The Wall. Liverpool at the height of their pomp, embark …

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  • Hot-rodding a Seiko 62MAS revisited
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    • 6145
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    • 6245
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  • King Seiko
    • 4420
    • 4502
    • 5245
    • 5626
  • Seiko
    • Bell-matic
    • Chronograph
      • 5719
      • 6138
      • 6139
      • 7018
    • Crown
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      • Cronos Sea horse
      • Silverwave
      • 62MAS
      • 6105
      • 6306
      • 6309
      • 7548
      • 7549
      • SKX
      • Sports Diver
    • Electronic
    • GMT/Navigator
    • Ladies’ watches
    • Lord Matic
      • 5606
    • Lord Marvel
    • Marvel
    • Sea horse
    • Seikomatic
      • 603
      • 395
      • 5106
      • 6206
      • 6216
      • 6218
      • 8305
      • 8346
    • Sports
      • 603
      • 6106
      • 6119
      • 6601
      • 6619
      • 7606
    • Quartz
      • 0853
      • 2625
      • 3823
      • 4822
      • 7548
      • 7549
      • 9F82
  • Swiss
    • Breitling
    • Omega
    • Rolex
    • Silvana
    • Tudor
    • ESA/ETA
    • Valjoux
  • Military
    • Cabot Watch Company
    • MkII
    • Precista

Top Posts & Pages

  • Flawed genius: A Seiko Lord Matic 5606-8010
  • Rise and Fall: The King Seiko 4502-7001
  • Parallel Universe: The King Seiko 4420-9990 Chronometer
  • A technical tour de force: Seikomatic-P
  • The King Seiko Hi-Beat Automatic Part II: A Seiko 5626-7111 from 1972
  • WATER150mRESIST: A Seiko 7548-7000 from June 1982
  • 10 beats per second: The Lord Marvel 5740-8000
  • A pair of kings: The King Seiko Hi-Beat Automatic Part I

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