When I started building Blacksmith watches some three years ago, an NH35 cost around 30 euros. Today the same movement lands closer to 70 euros, and on a bad week the only stock available sits at 90. That’s the main reason a small price adjustment on the Blacksmith range is likely coming in the near […]
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If you own a Seiko watch made in Japan with a day-date window, you’ve probably noticed those small, elegant kanji characters rotating through. They look nice enough. Clean, compact, vaguely meaningful. But what are they actually saying? Simple answer: they’re Japanese abbreviations for the days of the week. Nothing complicated. The Elements The naming system
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I started this project because I wanted to try something with Claude. Nothing more philosophical than that. I had a vague idea about getting a random suggestion from your watch collection each day, and I just started building it to see where it would go. That little experiment turned into Wristpick, and now it’s become
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When I started Blacksmithmods, my goal was simple: to build unique, personalized watches that truly reflected the people who wore them. Seiko modding gave me the perfect platform to do that — combining creativity, craftsmanship, and the joy of transforming a solid foundation into something completely new. Every build told a story, and each one
It hasn’t been a long journey yet, but there have been plenty of watches already. In early 2022, I picked up a Seiko chronograph without thinking much of it. I just wanted a solid, good-looking watch. Fast-forward a few years, and I’ve fallen deep into the watch rabbit hole — Seikos, Hamiltons, Steinharts, divers, pilots,
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