Post by tempelkim on Sept 21, 2020 11:32:52 GMT -8
Hey, I'm back.
I've been away for quite a while. How did that come? I started with watches years ago (Russian mainly). But that was only collecting. If one stopped running it went into the box and was finished with. That changed, when I went into Seiko. I liked them better than the Russian watches, but I noticed they need a service from time to time. And if you get a nice one for cheap it will definitely need a service. Unfortunately I cannot afford to have them serviced by professionals - at least that would mean getting only very few watches - but there is YJ and there are many watches to get there, so the only reasonable thing was learning to service them myself. So I bought some tools, started watching videos on youtube, started reading this forum and one day started my first 6309 (not a diver of course - a cheap dress watch).
That went well. Then a 6106 followed, a 7019, another 6106 and so on. There were drawbacks like broken mainsprings and lost screws, but most of the time all went well. One day I dared l to open a 5606 and even that that went well - though it was much more complicated. I did a dead Elnix and it's running now. More 7019 followed (I really like them, because they are easy and fun to work with).
The best Seiko in my eyes are the 52xx and the 56xx. The 52 I like a bit more because Daini was the underdog and the 56 have that stupid plastic date rocker. So earlier this year I spent a considerable amount of money and bought my holy grail - the King Seiko Special. A 5256 that was in desperate need of a full service. It arrived and I started the service. Being very careful I dismantled it without losing a thing. I took lots of pictures (this time not forgetting a shot of the mainspring orientation). Then it was cleaning time. All parts were nice and shiny and went back into the parts boxes. And then there was this horrible moment, when I realized that I had lost one of the two shepherd crooks that go inside this movement. I know I did extract both of them successfully and put them into the parts box and all was fine before cleaning. After cleaning one was gone.
The usual suspects in Europe don't have parts for a 5256. So I bought a beaten 5216 on Yahoo, but that meant weeks of waiting - and I completely lost the will to continue. Eventually the donor arrived, but I did not feel a need to continue. I put it in the cupboard and did other things.
Still don't know why, but suddenly I wish to continue with that King. First thing was putting the mainspring into the barrel (still have no winder, so I had to do that by hand). Put the Main plate into the holder and inserted the escape wheel. Next was the second setting lever and the third part that is needed is that stupid 'second setting lever spring'. So I picked the 5216 out of the box. First thing I noticed was that it comes with a bracelet that I really need for another very beautiful Lord Matic Special (12mm lug with - I did not expect to ever find one). Took me less than 20 minutes to take the donor apart and get hold of that spring. Inserted it with no problems added the center wheel and covered all with the train wheel bridge.
Unfortunately after that the wife wanted me to clean the table for dinner, but the game is on. The pictures I took when dismantling were taken on first of May.
I've been away for quite a while. How did that come? I started with watches years ago (Russian mainly). But that was only collecting. If one stopped running it went into the box and was finished with. That changed, when I went into Seiko. I liked them better than the Russian watches, but I noticed they need a service from time to time. And if you get a nice one for cheap it will definitely need a service. Unfortunately I cannot afford to have them serviced by professionals - at least that would mean getting only very few watches - but there is YJ and there are many watches to get there, so the only reasonable thing was learning to service them myself. So I bought some tools, started watching videos on youtube, started reading this forum and one day started my first 6309 (not a diver of course - a cheap dress watch).
That went well. Then a 6106 followed, a 7019, another 6106 and so on. There were drawbacks like broken mainsprings and lost screws, but most of the time all went well. One day I dared l to open a 5606 and even that that went well - though it was much more complicated. I did a dead Elnix and it's running now. More 7019 followed (I really like them, because they are easy and fun to work with).
The best Seiko in my eyes are the 52xx and the 56xx. The 52 I like a bit more because Daini was the underdog and the 56 have that stupid plastic date rocker. So earlier this year I spent a considerable amount of money and bought my holy grail - the King Seiko Special. A 5256 that was in desperate need of a full service. It arrived and I started the service. Being very careful I dismantled it without losing a thing. I took lots of pictures (this time not forgetting a shot of the mainspring orientation). Then it was cleaning time. All parts were nice and shiny and went back into the parts boxes. And then there was this horrible moment, when I realized that I had lost one of the two shepherd crooks that go inside this movement. I know I did extract both of them successfully and put them into the parts box and all was fine before cleaning. After cleaning one was gone.
The usual suspects in Europe don't have parts for a 5256. So I bought a beaten 5216 on Yahoo, but that meant weeks of waiting - and I completely lost the will to continue. Eventually the donor arrived, but I did not feel a need to continue. I put it in the cupboard and did other things.
Still don't know why, but suddenly I wish to continue with that King. First thing was putting the mainspring into the barrel (still have no winder, so I had to do that by hand). Put the Main plate into the holder and inserted the escape wheel. Next was the second setting lever and the third part that is needed is that stupid 'second setting lever spring'. So I picked the 5216 out of the box. First thing I noticed was that it comes with a bracelet that I really need for another very beautiful Lord Matic Special (12mm lug with - I did not expect to ever find one). Took me less than 20 minutes to take the donor apart and get hold of that spring. Inserted it with no problems added the center wheel and covered all with the train wheel bridge.
Unfortunately after that the wife wanted me to clean the table for dinner, but the game is on. The pictures I took when dismantling were taken on first of May.