1520

Historical Context & Development The Seiko 62MAS, reference 6217-8001, debuted in 1965 as Seiko’s first professional-grade dive watch. It entered a market dominated by Swiss icons like the Rolex Submariner, Blancpain Fifty Fathoms, and Omega Seamaster 300

By shaped, I mean Not Round as in most watch movements. This is apparently Seiko's equivalent of the tiny JLC used in women's jewelry watches. Here's the watch on a mesh bracelet as received. Woven mesh from a byegone era Minimalist construction, serious

I will add some narrative summaries of this project in this thread. Please let me know your overall impressions, and feel free to revisit some trips! Mike 77 Walks With Seikos on WPS Date Map # Title of the Walk Location Brand Watch of the Day Caliber Typ

It seems like a very long time ago indeed that I wrote Walking with a Seiko 1520 and now I see it's only been about a month. I mention this because today's Seiko walk is made possible by my good friend John who is recovering from COVID (including a few da

I'm taking a break from walking this morning; Christmas holidays and all demanding some attention. As a compensation this morning, below you will find a spreadsheet with all the walks to date and the watches worn on each of them. Thanks for reading and yo

What's a 1520? Don't care right now -- look at that sky! These might be boring you, but let's have just one more OK, here is a Seiko 1520 (I think that's Seiko shorthand for "Visbility? What visibility!" We walked around a 27-acre complex today, called Hi

Hi Guys, I haven't had a new watch for at least 3 months, and I am recovering from some medical procedures and need a distraction. So while flipping through the Internet I found an interesting candidate. A quick Paypal payment and my new watch came wingin