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Post by seikoholic on Jan 24, 2015 10:40:01 GMT -8
At long last, picked up a bullhead worth owning. Every other one that has ever come my way has been a wreck, or had a horribly overpolished case (why does that happen?), but not this one. I've owned a JDM speedtimer before, it was my first bullhead. Case was so polished it looked like it had melted. I sold that one off years ago. But then this one came my way yesterday, totally unanticipated. Wow. First real shots, haven't done anything to it. Crystal is hazy like someone sanded it. It's got vertical scratches all down the surface, no idea why. It literally looks like someone put it on a belt sander. Insert is great despite this. Caselines are like knives. Movement is beautiful but needs service. No fading to anything. I don't know when I'll ever get time to do a service on this, but it'll happen sometime, someday.     threw it on a bracelet!  |
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Post by scubarob99 on Jan 24, 2015 10:54:26 GMT -8
It's a beauty, with a new crystal it will be stunning. Congrats!
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Post by Groundhog66 on Jan 24, 2015 11:35:39 GMT -8
Love it! Yeah, that's definitely a keeper.
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Post by sdoocms on Jan 24, 2015 11:41:13 GMT -8
Nice find!
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Post by estrickland on Jan 24, 2015 12:16:58 GMT -8
Looks fantastic under that cloudy glass. Nice one!
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Post by rob3rto on Jan 24, 2015 12:23:26 GMT -8
Very nice. I love bullheads.
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Post by tritto on Jan 24, 2015 12:57:15 GMT -8
That's a beauty and will scrub up very well with that new crystal.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2015 13:33:33 GMT -8
I just worked on one of these. Sadly the case was corroded where the case back gasket fits. There was also a fair amount of rust on the movement but it was running fine. I touched up any pivots I could reach(without taking the movement completely apart) with some fresh oil. The oil helped boost the amplitude and then I adjusted it. In spite of the sad looking condition, the movement has excellent amplitude(240+) in all positions, 0.0 to 0.1 beat error and a rate that only varies between +7 and -4 sec per day. All the chrono functions worked perfectly and the big chrono hand snapped smartly back to 12 exactly. He wanted me to tear it down but I just couldn't bring myself to destroy such a wonderful machine even if it is aesthetically challenged. I will have to practice my hand on a donor that I can't make worse than it is  I don't know if the owner is going to sell it as a parts watch or hang on to it until he finds a good case. Maybe he will offer it up in the sales forum. |
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Post by Otosi on Jan 24, 2015 14:01:23 GMT -8
I love the colors. It's like a snapshot of a particular era. It looks fantastic on that bracelet. Good luck with the project. Looking forward to seeing the finished product.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2015 14:15:19 GMT -8
I love the colors. It's like a snapshot of a particular era. It looks fantastic on that bracelet. Good luck with the project. Looking forward to seeing the finished product. I agree; the brown and smokey topaz colours are very specific to that era. Seiko was good at picking colour schemes that worked and have become timeless  |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2015 14:31:54 GMT -8
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Post by russtmurray on Jan 24, 2015 15:27:14 GMT -8
Great score Spencer. That will be a great weekend piece to work on.
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Post by HiBeat on Jan 24, 2015 16:41:09 GMT -8
Wow! Really nice. The bracelet looks 1000% better too.
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Post by arco10 on Jan 24, 2015 16:51:25 GMT -8
Really nice Spencer ... will look 100% when you work your magic ... remember this one? thanks again ... Best, Ross  |
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Post by 69ChevelleSS on Jan 24, 2015 18:40:16 GMT -8
Beauty Spencer . . . congrats!
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Post by cd_god on Jan 24, 2015 18:45:13 GMT -8
 I'm sure you won't be able to resist fixing it up for very long 
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Post by jringo8769 on Jan 25, 2015 12:28:13 GMT -8
well that is gorgeous...looks like it will have a great home with you for sure...it looks amazing on the bracelet too
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Post by seikoholic on Jan 25, 2015 15:30:58 GMT -8
I didn't service it, but I did put a new crystal in. The original one was clearly sanded. I think someone was trying to work on getting scratches out. They literally took a sanding block to it.  |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2015 1:32:52 GMT -8
I didn't service it, but I did put a new crystal in. The original one was clearly sanded. I think someone was trying to work on getting scratches out. They literally took a sanding block to it. Looks great, the new crystal has really made the watch standout. |
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Post by Otosi on Jan 26, 2015 8:49:11 GMT -8
It looks like a new watch! What a find.
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