trandy
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Post by trandy on Feb 12, 2015 8:32:56 GMT -8
The is the first Seiko watch that I ever bought...a 5Y23- 8A69...I bought it at a J.C. Penney store in Va. Beach, Va. in the mid-1980's. It has been stored in various locations over the years (dresser drawer, desk drawer, etc.). For the last eight years or so it's been sitting in one of my "auxiliary" watch boxes....it's been dead for at least ten years or so....needed a new battery and I just never got around to it. The back was a bear to get off....but with the help of a new acquired holder and Jaxa-style case tool I finally got it off (thanks for the help guys!)....it was actually very clean on the inside....I put a new battery in and it fired right up....I ran the bracelet through my ultrasonic cleaner and got an unbelievable amount of crud out of it. It's been running for two days now with no problems....even the lume still glows pretty bright!...is it a new favorite?...not really and these sell for pretty much next to nothing these days....but it's 30+ years old and brings back some memories of home....or what was home at one time anyway. Here's a photo of me wearing it in the 80's:  This is today:    |
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Post by Groundhog66 on Feb 12, 2015 9:08:39 GMT -8
That's awesome, glad you finally brought it back to life!
And to have an old pic of you wearing it, is a huge bonus!
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Post by Otosi on Feb 12, 2015 9:15:01 GMT -8
Cool! I can almost hear Foreigner 4...
I love the 80s.
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Post by russtmurray on Feb 12, 2015 9:22:46 GMT -8
Cool! I can almost hear Foreigner 4... I love the 80s. I wonder if it still "Feels like the first time"? |
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Post by Otosi on Feb 12, 2015 9:27:36 GMT -8
Cool! I can almost hear Foreigner 4... I love the 80s. I wonder if it still "Feels like the first time"? That's why it was so "Urgent" to get this watch running again! |
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Post by sdoocms on Feb 12, 2015 11:49:48 GMT -8
That's a nice looking watch! The bracelet cleaned up real nice!
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Post by longbike on Feb 12, 2015 12:26:00 GMT -8
 , and it is very clean. Great looking and you still got it now.  :winner: my first watch was a Pocket watch my Dad found and gave it to me one of those Westclox ones, with a D6 Caterpillar insignia on it too. Might have been a Scotty. Well that was in 1958 , man that was a long time ago.  |
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Post by Rod on Feb 12, 2015 13:19:01 GMT -8
You need to dig out that shirt and glasses for a photo shoot  Great to see and old classic loved again |
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trandy
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Post by trandy on Feb 12, 2015 13:25:20 GMT -8
You need to dig out that shirt and glasses for a photo shoot Great to see and old classic loved again I'm afraid that the shirt and those 80's glasses are long gone.  |
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Post by siralan on Feb 12, 2015 13:26:44 GMT -8
Ah the '80's.
We WIS talk about them like the Jurassic period. Its only when you see photos that you remember that some of us were actually there!!!!
Great watch and an even better back story.
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Post by bladedogg on Feb 12, 2015 13:55:19 GMT -8
Thank you for sharing that story, cool deals!
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Post by Groundhog66 on Feb 12, 2015 14:58:52 GMT -8
I wonder if it still "Feels like the first time"? That's why it was so "Urgent" to get this watch running again! You guys need to stop playing Head Games, with him! |
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Post by russtmurray on Feb 12, 2015 15:33:28 GMT -8
That's why it was so "Urgent" to get this watch running again! You guys need to stop playing Head Games, with him! Ugh, I knew there was another one in there somewhere.... You're just a Dirty White Boy, Tim! |
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Post by Groundhog66 on Feb 12, 2015 16:51:01 GMT -8
You guys need to stop playing Head Games, with him! Ugh, I knew there was another one in there somewhere.... You're just a Dirty White Boy, Tim! Damn, Russ...you're Cold as Ice. |
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Post by jringo8769 on Feb 12, 2015 16:57:45 GMT -8
well there is nothing more satisfying that getting that old loved watch back working...great job...thank God not many pics of me still exist....and they would recognize me from back then either
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Post by 69ChevelleSS on Feb 13, 2015 6:16:43 GMT -8
Very cool . . . nice to get an old friend back on the wrist. I think that style was Seiko's homage to Rolex . . . .
Congrats on getting that beauty back in fighting shape!
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Post by earthphase on Feb 13, 2015 7:04:29 GMT -8
that picture is so 80s its awesome!
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Post by cd_god on Feb 13, 2015 20:17:10 GMT -8
That one looks pretty good for spending all those years in the trenches |
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Post by 69ChevelleSS on Feb 14, 2015 8:10:09 GMT -8
Ugh, I knew there was another one in there somewhere.... You're just a Dirty White Boy, Tim! Damn, Russ...you're Cold as Ice. Hey Tim . . sounds like you're saying "I want to know what love is". |
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Post by Groundhog66 on Feb 14, 2015 8:46:05 GMT -8
Damn, Russ...you're Cold as Ice. Hey Tim . . sounds like you're saying "I want to know what love is". Yeah, but That Was yesterday...  |
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, and it is very clean. Great looking and you still got it now. 
