Where the Seiko Marvel might be seen as providing a melodic motif to the

With a little more time on my hands this past year, some regularly-conceived flights of fancy that might previously have withered as precisely that, have found themselves transforming to intent and then action.  The existence of a 3D printer in my workshop, purchased as the central component in the 3D-printed watch-cleaning machine project described

In 1963, Seiko’s luxury goods line-up spanned no fewer than seven sub-brands within a pricing structure in which the most expensive model was more than three times the price of the cheapest.  At the zenith, the Grand Seiko ...

Two years before the introduction of the first Grand Seiko, the pinnacle of the Seiko product tree was occupied by the Lord Marvel, introduced in 1958 as a luxurious refinement of the Marvel. The first Lord Marv...

The early evolution of the King Seiko product line saw a number of slightly dislocated yet entangled strands emerging in a development strategy that looked rather improvised compared to the seemingly more deliberate, linear step-by-step development of Grand Seiko. The first version of the King Seiko, the