OK, "your wish is my command"

But, for now, I'll have to start with just this ...

Lord Marvel

from the Seikomatic archives, there is a write-up of the Lord Marvel series of watches [which started in late '50s on a "Marvel base" movement, then switched to a "Crown base" or cal. 5740]. It's a bit interesting that Seikomatic wrote an article on a manual wind!!

Anyway, related to quality of early '60s models, they have to say this [somewhat badly translated]. OK, Koga is crying to go out, so I'll just have to copy & paste for now rather than attempting to clean up the text to make it more readable, I guess it'll have to be another day:

Ministry of International Trade and Industry central Inspection Institute of Weights and Measures from 1961 was proven by ..the first place.. heroic deed in all of time "Long-term accuracy comparison examination" first-three times executed high accuracy to which loading Marvel was stabilized.

"Accuracy of Seiko proven again"
"The first Seiko loading Marvel place in the long-term comparison examination of the wristwatch made of the foreign country domestic. " SEIKO NEWS NO.58 The clock to which the total quality inspection was brought in by the manufacturer when it is domestic where the Ministry of International Trade and Industry went from (1963/4) to the quotation deflecting by sponsoring while done, the result of the examination for 30 days had already been announced in May, 1961 when having bought it by what the inspection station clerk in charge extracted, and had bought from both of clocked by use to the accuracy comparison inspection of this domestic production and wristwatch made of the foreign country department stores and the clock shops in Tokyo.
At that time, Seiko loading Marvel was proven, and it became, and the excellence of Seiko was proven to be the first place.
Resolving these clocks were collected last after Inspection Institute of Weights and Measures extracted the clock that the grade was good in the examination of the 1st according to the manufacturer, and it used it for one and a half years in daily life October afterwards, the examination of the same as last was executed (the 2nd), everything was oiled afterwards, and the 3rd was examined last December. (omission)

Domestic production dominated made of the foreign country in this examination, and loading Marvel of Seiko came in 1st place especially with the bad-mark system by a wonderful grade of 118 points.

Three time the 1st-each examination result standings
Test outcome after resolution is oiled after use in December, 1962 of the third times of examination result when buying it in the 1st May, 1961 for 1 and a half years October, 1962 of the second times of examination result

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Seiko Matsuda
The Patron Saint of Seiko Collectors