Seiko Automatic Ladies Watches

[doc]

Hello guys first of all im am curious if you guys are passionate about lady's watches. 
They are cheaper than their male companions thus I horded some lady Seiko's, and tried to learn how to fix them which went quite bad but I am slowly getting the hang of it and learning about watch repair. 

Do you guys also buy them or am I the only damaged individual here  
What do you think of them 

[small]

I've tried a couple. 215droc it's all over them. My attempt at a 2906? Didn't go well. Working on manual wind ladies cocktail watch movements has gone much better. Going from working on one of those little guys to a men's auto is like working on a pie plate.

[meanoldmanning]

I've done a few 2205s and had ok to very good results. They are mighty small which mentally is intimidating but actually aren't too bad to work on.

I have a few 2517s to work on next including one that is running out of control, but the dial side on those is kind of busy and has put me off to diving in.

[ausimax]

I try to avoid ladies watches, not because I don't like working on them, I have restored quite a few Seiko & Swiss. Trouble is my wife says she has enough, and they have little resale value. "Darling I have bought you a beautiful second hand watch" doesn't seem to gather much favour with the ladies!

[Mr.Jones]

I gifted four Seiko ladies watches to my wife and I guess she has enough now... One quartz everyday wearer, one high-beat automatic for special occasions, one orange dive watch for rainy days *cough* and a funky 70s digital watch.

[Rod]

There are some very nice ladies divers and most are under valued, my Wife absolutely loves hers (but likes the quartz more).

[215droc]

Here are is my wife's current collection.  I serviced them all, except the Longines on the bottom which was already serviced. Done some for her mom and sister as well.  Most are 22XX's, and a few 27XX's.  The 22's put out great numbers on the timer especially.  They are great for developing your skills, and all hand-wind, which made me seek out that feature in the men's equivalents, so I've been working on lord matics etc. of late.




Probably the nicest time graph I've produced came out of the 2205 diver near the bottom.  After service and new spring.



Next in line a 2625 quartz with battery damage awaiting a donor movement.

[Deleted]

They aren't popular with everyone but I have a few. A couple of 2205s and a few 4205s.
I also have about 50 various calibre movements in the 2xxx and 4xxx series.

The 2205 and 4205 divers are the most interesting.

[doc]

small , hope that I'll get better, am glad to hear that it worked out better, it was intimidating and frustrating for me  

I'll look out for the parts. The hardest part is the oiling for me I have little knowledge regarding oiling

[small]

Hang around here and ask questions. Some of the threads have been destroyed because of Photo bucket but I'm guessing some will be resurrected and maybe another "Group Project" will begin anew. There are dozens of places now on the net that will pretty much show "how to" step by step on the more popular Seiko movements as well as some Swiss. 

Search threads for which tools to buy and which movements to start with. If you get stumped a post in the questions section will bring help sooner or later. Generally sooner.  

[doc]

ausimax, 

I love them if they were not so small, pfff. I am thinking of wearing the orange 2205 diver myself. 33 is hard to pull of though. 
I bought her like 10 watches, she has had enough but loves them. 

[doc]

Nice pieces mrjones, have had no experience with the quarz ones 

[doc]

@rod

Thank you for posting, love the pictures the look awesome. Did you fix them ? 

[doc]

215droc


Great job love them, and how well they are cosmetically. The quarz a complicated world for me have no understanding of how to fix them. 

Its also quite hard to get it fixed here in Vienna 

[215droc]

Jul 21, 2017 15:34:22 GMT -8 doc said:

215droc


Great job love them, and how well they are cosmetically. The quarz a complicated world for me have no understanding of how to fix them. 

Its also quite hard to get it fixed here in Vienna 

Thanks, I probably have $200 USD into those 12, the most from the longines.  Several were $1 or less, and callout to "Small" who gave me one of them!  Now all fully serviced they must be worth at least $220!  It is a nice little niche of low cost, high quality watches, and if you have somebody who likes them, it can be even more enjoyable than doing them for yourself.

[doc]

215droc
It surely is beautiful to make your loved one happy