|
|
Post by seikoholic on Nov 26, 2013 17:16:35 GMT -8
Remember that 6601-7991 Silverwave I picked up last week? Missing it's rotating ring, crystal, bezel. The dial area and rotating ring channel filled with fuzz and gruk:  I had a few extra minutes before quitting time today, so I finally got around to popping the back off. The movement looked great - shiny, bright. Hmm. So I force-wound it, and put it on the timegrapher. Keep in mind this watch hasn't been serviced ever as far as I can tell, and has been lurking in the bottom of someone's junk watch drawer for time out of mind. So, without any cleaning, adjustment, or fiddling, here's what it was putting out. I stopped and started the timegrapher three times to get cold readings.    |
|
|
|
Post by Groundhog66 on Nov 26, 2013 18:04:13 GMT -8
Awesome...I really hope you can locate the parts needed, to get this one some wrist time.
|
|
mikeyt
Needs a Life!
Krusty Olde Pharte
Posts: 4,821 
|
Post by mikeyt on Nov 26, 2013 18:06:23 GMT -8
For lack of an intelligent comment, I'll just say "Wowsers!"
|
|
sdoocms
Is a Permanent Fixture
Carl
Posts: 5,296
|
Post by sdoocms on Nov 26, 2013 18:35:36 GMT -8
Spencer is there any chance you would explain the different read outs and how they affect the movements function?
|
|
|
|
Post by seikoholic on Nov 26, 2013 18:49:20 GMT -8
Spencer is there any chance you would explain the different read outs and how they affect the movements function? Sure. Left to right: accuracy, amplitude, beat error, lift angle / BPH. Accuracy needs no explanation. Amplitude is the measure of the degree of rotation of the balance. Higher numbers are better. 300+ is unreal. beat error is when the tick doesn't match the tock. This has most no beat error. The lift angle is a setting that varies by watch model - the right setting has to be input for the amplitude reading to be correct. |
|
|
|
Post by cannop on Nov 27, 2013 1:13:09 GMT -8
What hands have you fitted Spencer? They look suspiciously like a set of these  |
|
|
|
Post by cannop on Nov 27, 2013 1:15:34 GMT -8
Which are of course original to one of these and as such would be perfect for your watch   As far as I have established Seiko used at least four different styles of hands with the early silverwaves! |
|
cobrajet25
Needs a Life!
"Underweared curmudgeon!"
Posts: 3,357
|
Post by cobrajet25 on Nov 27, 2013 2:35:54 GMT -8
Lol...typical old '60s low-beat Seiko. Pick it up after 40 years of slumber, give it a shake or two, and away it goes!
Can't wait to see how it turns out!
|
|
|
|
Post by seikoholic on Nov 27, 2013 6:38:55 GMT -8
What hands have you fitted Spencer? They look suspiciously like a set of these Close but not quite. I dug through the hands stash and found a set of hands that were very similar from some Swiss post-war wristwatch. They're missing the sharp point inside the lume window but otherwise are quite close. Did any other Seiko use the same hands? |
|
|
|
Post by cannop on Nov 27, 2013 8:04:33 GMT -8
Not that I know of Spencer. If you want the set above (original NOS Seiko) give me a PM mate. The lumes a bit greener in real life, the picture was taken under artificial light.
|
|
|
|
Post by seikoholic on Nov 27, 2013 11:19:48 GMT -8
Not that I know of Spencer. If you want the set above (original NOS Seiko) give me a PM mate. The lumes a bit greener in real life, the picture was taken under artificial light. PM sent! |
|
