6119-8460 Gene Kranz.

[diverdave]

Hi all,
Just had my latest "Kranz" 6119 back from service and refurbishment.
Both were running and sourced from Ebay US and just needed a Benchdweller service, new correct profile crystal and a light case refurb by Tompkins.
Good as new now and I think this is the set.

[HiBeat]

Both are beauties.  Congrats.

Assuming the silver dial is 100% original, the case back (Proof) and dial (Resist) make this yet another example of a Transitional Seiko.  Super cool.

Sept 1970 Proof back, Dec 1970 Resistant back.   Cool.

[earthphase]

Very very nice

[Mike_B]

Absolutely gorgeous. Nice refinish too, I'd have loved to have seen how they were before. I'm just starting out on learning how to refinish cases.

[Groundhog66]

Nice looking pair, love those.

[diverdave]

Thanks for all the comments.
Both original but the black one has a NOS bezel as the writing on the original bezel wasn't that visible, so looked a bit odd.
I get all my watches refinished professionally by a specialist in London, who had never touched a Seiko watch until I started collecting them. They do a good job in my view as I'm really picky about keeping the edges defined and not losing the correct case contours.
Black 6119-8460 with old bezel

[diverdave]

Sept 10, 2017 12:49:42 GMT -8 Mike_B said:

Absolutely gorgeous. Nice refinish too, I'd have loved to have seen how they were before. I'm just starting out on learning how to refinish cases.

Found a couple of photo's where you can see it as received, case is what you'd expect for a watch of that age.

[Fergus]

[alessandrob]

Nice watches, congrats!