A Big Fish Part 4: The Seiko 5718-8000 (Casing Parts, Movement Loose Ends and Final Assembly)
Time for a change of scene as I turn my attention to the case and the four completely seized pushers. Continue reading
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Servicing, restoration and modification of wristwatches
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A Big Fish Part 3: The Seiko 5718-8000 (Assessing the Damage and Rebuilding the Movement)
We have reached the end of the beginning, the point at which the summit has been reached but the mountain Continue reading
A Big Fish Part 2: The Seiko 5718-8000 (Dismantling the Movement)
In part 1, we met the subject of this latest project and learned a little bit about its history and Continue reading
A Big Fish Part 1: The Seiko 5718-8000 (Introduction)
This a tale of high-stakes adventure, technical challenge, agonising dilemmas and a degree of inevitable misadventure. It concerns a project Continue reading
Sentimental value: A King Quartz 4823-8050 from 1976
In working on my own watches, the question of whether a repair or restoration is justified rarely elbows its way Continue reading
A Seiko Cronos J14013 from November 1958
Just as the birth of the Marvel in 1956 marked the beginning of a long line of Suwa-conceived models that Continue reading
A Grand Seiko 3180 from January 1963
Where the Seiko Marvel might be seen as providing a melodic motif to the Lord Marvel, and the Lord Marvel, Continue reading
3D-printed watchmaking tools
With a little more time on my hands this past year, some regularly-conceived flights of fancy that might previously have Continue reading
A Seiko Cronos Special from 1963
In 1963, Seiko’s luxury goods line-up spanned no fewer than seven sub-brands within a pricing structure in which the most Continue reading
Overture to the first Grand Seiko: the Lord Marvel J14039
Two years before the introduction of the first Grand Seiko, the pinnacle of the Seiko product tree was occupied by Continue reading
King Seiko 15034 from October 1962
The early evolution of the King Seiko product line saw a number of slightly dislocated yet entangled strands emerging in Continue reading