Post by yandards on Apr 27, 2022 3:57:50 GMT -8
Had an interest in watches for decades and after spending too much time watching Youtube videos of people rebuilding and servicing them I fancied a go.
Been an aircraft engineer for 25 years so whilst its smaller the appeal of mechanical bits and pieces and fault finding is strong.
Decided to go down the vintage Seiko route as its a lot cheaper than the Swiss stuff!
Had success with the nice and simple 7005A movement albeit I don't have a timegrapher as yet so impossible to tell how well or not things have gone. Invested in a range of tooling as experience has taught the right tool is required.
My cleaning process seems fairly good under a microscope (another recent purchase) and aside from developing a passionate dislike of diaspring fixings its all gone fairly well so far.
Completed 3 x 7005A movements including diagnosis work on a snapped escape wheel pivot and 1 x 8305C so far.
Got a couple of 8306 movement and a 6206 in the pipeline and I'm keeping an eye on a 5606 which needs the dreaded day date rocker wheel replacing at least. Next up is a timegrapher so I can regulate the watches and see if my work is any good or not.
Been an aircraft engineer for 25 years so whilst its smaller the appeal of mechanical bits and pieces and fault finding is strong.
Decided to go down the vintage Seiko route as its a lot cheaper than the Swiss stuff!
Had success with the nice and simple 7005A movement albeit I don't have a timegrapher as yet so impossible to tell how well or not things have gone. Invested in a range of tooling as experience has taught the right tool is required.
My cleaning process seems fairly good under a microscope (another recent purchase) and aside from developing a passionate dislike of diaspring fixings its all gone fairly well so far.
Completed 3 x 7005A movements including diagnosis work on a snapped escape wheel pivot and 1 x 8305C so far.
Got a couple of 8306 movement and a 6206 in the pipeline and I'm keeping an eye on a 5606 which needs the dreaded day date rocker wheel replacing at least. Next up is a timegrapher so I can regulate the watches and see if my work is any good or not.
