Seiko 7016-5000 Monaco Fly-back Chronograph
The mechanical chronograph is arguably the most anachronistic variation on the theme of the mechanical wristwatch and yet it evokes …
Tag Archives: Vintage
LM Special: a Seiko 5216-8010 from April 1975
The Lord Matic is a very peculiarly ‘of its era’ Japanese name for a sub-brand, and in the absence of …
Three into one: Seiko 5 Sportsmatic Deluxe 7619-7050 from November 1965
Two and a half years ago, I won a Yahoo Japan auction for a lot of seven watches, all but …
A faux milspec 6309 revisited: Seiko 6309-8010 from 1976 and 1977
One of my longest-lived watches is a grab ‘n’ go beater, a bastardised aggregation of disconnected parts that came together …
Lift angle: Seiko Business-A 8346A and Bell-Matic 4006A
If you have ever used a timegrapher to measure the timing of a mechanical watch, you will have come across …
Perturbations and the act of observation: A Seiko 6139-8040 from November 1974
In classical physics, a foundational principle is that it is possible to assign precise values simultaneously to all physical properties …
A ghost bezel Seiko Navigator Timer 6117-8000 from 1969
Occasionally I ruminate over what combination of features might contribute to rendering the perfect watch. This is, of course, a …
Origins of the Seikomatic: A 30 jewel Seikomatic 15031D from January 1963
Seiko’s first wholly in-house automatic movement was the Gyro Marvel, developed in 1959 as an evolution of the Marvel/Laurel hand-wind …
King Seiko 5626-7041 Officially Certified Chronometer from May 1974
The King Seiko line was conceived and developed originally by the Daini Seikosha division as a luxury hand-wind watch to …
What’s next?
I need your help. I have many projects waiting in the wings and find myself at a bit of an …
A Seiko 5 Sports 7019-6030 from May 1970
In this, the third and final part of our mini-series on Daini-produced Seiko 5 Sports watches, we turn our attention …
Adventures in Amateur Watch Fettling 