Post by Archer on Aug 26, 2008 18:18:07 GMT -6
My nephew who is around 20 and sort of "lost" as to what to do with his life (kids these days!) did some missionary work in Rwanda this summer. He wore a Seiko 5 on the trip that he got through me a couple of years ago....here it is.
The pastor that he was working with over there also wore a Seiko 5, but it wasn't working. He still wore it every day though. My nephew gave him the watch that he took over with him, and brought the non-functional Seiko back with him and of course passed it to me to fix.
I've not worked on an auto movement in a while and I've never had a Seiko apart, so I knew this would be a good challenge for me.
I had a quick look at the watch he brought back with him.....looks vintage.
Two language date wheel.....
6309 series. I did some digging and this dates from the mid-70's.
First step - off with the bracelet! Oh my, dirty....
One reason I don't wear bracelets - you have no idea how dirty these things are, even when they look really clean! And this one was not clean at all.
Into the ultrasonic with a little soap and water.
Right away you can see the dirt come out. I was not prepared for how dirty this thing really was!
Holy crap!
I swear I soaked this thing and ran it through the ultrasonic 10 times over the course of a week. Even when it looked clean I put it back through and got this....
As I said, no bracelets for me thanks!
So I might soak it again, but it seemed like a never ending process so I left it for a while....
Now onto the watch itself. My nephew said that if you shook the watch for a while it would run for a few seconds....please don't shake your watches people!
Anyway, I cracked open the back and had a quick look....it did not take long to spot the problem.
In the photo above you can see that the plastic movement spacer has a cut out in it to accommodate the part of the crown tube that extends inside the case. On the photo above the stem you can see the movement spacer is on top of the crown tube because it's not rotated to the correct spot in the case - should be on either side of it. As a result the spacer is pushed inwards and is fouling the rotor. You can see that the rotor has stuck against the spacer in this photo.
Now I could simply turn the movement spacer and put it all back together, but this movement likely needs servicing anyway.
But at least I can spin the rotor and see how it runs!
Here it is after a bit of a wind and on the timing machine.
Not bad at all. This tells me nothing is seriously wrong with the watch, and it simply needs a good clean and oiling. I'll get started on it this weekend, and I'll keep you posted on the progress.
Thanks for looking.
Cheers, Al
The pastor that he was working with over there also wore a Seiko 5, but it wasn't working. He still wore it every day though. My nephew gave him the watch that he took over with him, and brought the non-functional Seiko back with him and of course passed it to me to fix.
I've not worked on an auto movement in a while and I've never had a Seiko apart, so I knew this would be a good challenge for me.
I had a quick look at the watch he brought back with him.....looks vintage.
Two language date wheel.....
6309 series. I did some digging and this dates from the mid-70's.
First step - off with the bracelet! Oh my, dirty....
One reason I don't wear bracelets - you have no idea how dirty these things are, even when they look really clean! And this one was not clean at all.
Into the ultrasonic with a little soap and water.
Right away you can see the dirt come out. I was not prepared for how dirty this thing really was!
Holy crap!
I swear I soaked this thing and ran it through the ultrasonic 10 times over the course of a week. Even when it looked clean I put it back through and got this....
As I said, no bracelets for me thanks!
So I might soak it again, but it seemed like a never ending process so I left it for a while....
Now onto the watch itself. My nephew said that if you shook the watch for a while it would run for a few seconds....please don't shake your watches people!
Anyway, I cracked open the back and had a quick look....it did not take long to spot the problem.
In the photo above you can see that the plastic movement spacer has a cut out in it to accommodate the part of the crown tube that extends inside the case. On the photo above the stem you can see the movement spacer is on top of the crown tube because it's not rotated to the correct spot in the case - should be on either side of it. As a result the spacer is pushed inwards and is fouling the rotor. You can see that the rotor has stuck against the spacer in this photo.
Now I could simply turn the movement spacer and put it all back together, but this movement likely needs servicing anyway.
But at least I can spin the rotor and see how it runs!
Here it is after a bit of a wind and on the timing machine.
Not bad at all.
This tells me nothing is seriously wrong with the watch, and it simply needs a good clean and oiling. I'll get started on it this weekend, and I'll keep you posted on the progress.Thanks for looking.
Cheers, Al
