Adventures in Amateur Watch Fettling

In working on my own watches, the question of whether a repair or restoration is justified rarely elbows its way into the conversation because by and large, I am driven by whimsical considerations such as: do I like it?  does it present an interesting challenge? will I use it? However, in working on watches that belong to other people, it is sometimes the case that a rep...

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 ...