Post by cobrajet25 on Jul 24, 2013 1:28:01 GMT -8
So I spotted this one on Ebay, and have always had kind of a soft spot for the vintage quartz models. Even though they are worth next to nothing (unless a box/papers are involved), I sometimes buy them just for the hell of it. They are high quality, and keep great time. Couldn't really tell from the pics what model it was, but I was pretty sure it was a caliber 3863.
www.ebay.com/itm/SEIKO-WRIST-Watch-STAINLESS-STEEL-/221252903847?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEWNX%3AIT&nma=true&si=IRNwuM6Ogx75vGY3fjQMMPi0Rz4%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc
I got it today, and much to my surprise it was TICKING away! Seller didn't mention it being a runner, so I assumed it wasn't. It is a 3863-7059. I cleaned it up, and then to my dismay found that it was not keeping time. Setting the hands revealed that the cannon pinion was slipping. Badly.
Took it apart, removed the dial, the daywheel, and tried to tighten up the cannon pinion. I was...uh...unsuccessful. suicide1
This watch looked familiar to me...like I had bought one before. Turns out...I had! I bought this exact same model years ago, and when that one arrived it was dead as a doornail. Threw it in a drawer and forgot about it. The two watches were made at almost exactly the same time...the watch I just bought is SN 410610, the one from years ago is SN 411688. I turned the crown on the dead one, and it was nice and firm. Perfect parts watch!
Pulled the old one apart, swiped the parts I needed, and put them in the new arrival. Success! Here it is!
Keeping great time. So far. Not much for "disco ball crystals", but what can you do...it's a product of it's time. Weird thing is the watch is a 3863-7059, but has a English/CHINESE daywheel? The parts watch has an English/Spanish daywheel, as I would expect. Hmmm...
It has a typical vintage blue Seiko dial...AMAZING! surprised-scream-smiley-emoticon The dial markers are very intricate, and the lume is on the dial ring end of them. It is reflected off of the dial ring. The hands have very fine horizontal grooves running down the middle, the sides are polished smooth, and the end features a white stripe which extends off the tip of the hand. The back end of the hand has a perfect notch cut into it. Very cool, and some of the most intricate hands I have ever seen. It actually looks much nicer on the wrist than in this Q&D pic.
Glad I didn't give up on it. This must have been quite a thing to have on your wrist in 1974.
www.ebay.com/itm/SEIKO-WRIST-Watch-STAINLESS-STEEL-/221252903847?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEWNX%3AIT&nma=true&si=IRNwuM6Ogx75vGY3fjQMMPi0Rz4%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc
I got it today, and much to my surprise it was TICKING away! Seller didn't mention it being a runner, so I assumed it wasn't. It is a 3863-7059. I cleaned it up, and then to my dismay found that it was not keeping time. Setting the hands revealed that the cannon pinion was slipping. Badly.
Took it apart, removed the dial, the daywheel, and tried to tighten up the cannon pinion. I was...uh...unsuccessful. suicide1
This watch looked familiar to me...like I had bought one before. Turns out...I had! I bought this exact same model years ago, and when that one arrived it was dead as a doornail. Threw it in a drawer and forgot about it. The two watches were made at almost exactly the same time...the watch I just bought is SN 410610, the one from years ago is SN 411688. I turned the crown on the dead one, and it was nice and firm. Perfect parts watch!
Pulled the old one apart, swiped the parts I needed, and put them in the new arrival. Success! Here it is!
Keeping great time. So far. Not much for "disco ball crystals", but what can you do...it's a product of it's time. Weird thing is the watch is a 3863-7059, but has a English/CHINESE daywheel? The parts watch has an English/Spanish daywheel, as I would expect. Hmmm...
It has a typical vintage blue Seiko dial...AMAZING! surprised-scream-smiley-emoticon The dial markers are very intricate, and the lume is on the dial ring end of them. It is reflected off of the dial ring. The hands have very fine horizontal grooves running down the middle, the sides are polished smooth, and the end features a white stripe which extends off the tip of the hand. The back end of the hand has a perfect notch cut into it. Very cool, and some of the most intricate hands I have ever seen. It actually looks much nicer on the wrist than in this Q&D pic.
Glad I didn't give up on it. This must have been quite a thing to have on your wrist in 1974.
