The hands must be replaced with genuine Seiko hands. You may use ones that are a bit aged to keep the authentic look . Keeping those hands makes the watch look busted rather than vintage

7:35 no, john arnold saw this problem and told breguet of his idea and breguet realised the concept after arnold's death. he also acknowledged that john arnold came up with the idea and gave the first tourbillion to john arnold's son as a tribute.

This one with roman numbers would have been just incredible

Cigulas. ? Xs

The finishing lets this watch down badly which is a shame as most of it is down to carelessness. Better standards in the factory would not cost significantly more in production costs, just a little more staff discipline. Their ethos seems to be - 'Does it look OK to a blind man on a galloping horse'.

Thanks.

Hi, I have a JAZ watch with LEDs, bur the pusher to make time appear does not work ! As it is used as well to set the time, I cannot even adjust the time. It is a pity, and I am afraid there can't be lots of people able to repair it.

How can I Find best A omega dial for A seamaster cosmic from the 1970’s 🧐

I have a Seiko quartz dive watch (7548-700F) that I bought around 1980. A few years later I took it back to the store to have the battery replaced. The guy said the watch had to go back to Seiko since it would need a full service (O-rings, etc.). Several weeks passed before the watch was returned. I don’t remember the exact cost except that it was bloody expensive. Now, there is a ring around the outer edge of the dial that has thin individual minute marks with a thicker mark at each 5-minute interval (it probably has a proper horological name). The first thing I noticed was that the ring was incorrectly positioned; the thick marks were one minute past the batons of the dial. I didn’t want to lose the watch for another several weeks, so I decided to live with it. But it has frustrated me ever since. So, having done a tiny amount of work on manual watches from Rotate Watch Kits here in Los Angeles, I’m planning to strip the Seiko down to see if I can rectify the situation. I couldn’t get the back off using a rubber ball, so I’ve ordered a watch case removal tool from Amazon that should arrive today. Hopefully, the damn ring isn’t glued to the face!

Hi Mike, great video. The loupe on your glasses that you mentioned at 10:10, is ir one of the Donegan USA from Cousins? I'm looking at getting the x10 one but wanted to know your thoughts.

I have a mechanical and quartz watch. I check my computer to check if the time on my mechanical watch is correct. I check my quartz watch if the time on my computer is correct.

Great job Mike, enjoyed the restore.

Lovely watch. Thanks for all the effort put into making the video. I recon it must be a pain in the rear to work on a watch with all that filming equipment in the way. Definitively restore that case brother, it will still be vintage, just not beat up like it was owned by someone who got it as a gift and didn’t even like watches to begin with.

Thanks; I appreciate a lot sharing the word of things that aren't so much talk on. Look forward next anniversary!

- Incredibly talented. Hat off. -

great story about an unfortunate fascist and his watch…

I am binging on Seiko repairs.

Man I can’t tell you how much I appreciate you doing Seiko. Most the other Chanel’s are a bunch of yuppies that only work on Swiss cheeses. My hat is off for you dear Sir. Greetings from Bolivia.

Good video. Gave me a lot of data on the data that the Weishi Timegrapher displays. And saved me a few dollars (since I was considering buying an app). Keep up the great videos!

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Hello Mike, thank for this amazing video. You did a great job in any aspect!

Good afternoon a very informative video. One question how do I unwind the main spring? So far I have cleaned with Renata the balance wheel moves freely so thinking main spring.

Awesome interesting movement. Thank you.

Watched part one. Had to catch part 2 as well.

Thank you so much for this! This was so helpful! Great video! definitely subscribing!

Absolutely amazing story!! If Seiko would find out they should be proud about . Immersed in hot oil for many months still works!!!

Lovely....glad you stuck with it....

Another great one Mike. I feel your pain when one of those watches doesn't want to go easy. But you never give up, never surrender. Cheers and carry on.

Hi mike Ive an 1970's omega seamaster hz300 with battery acid damage over the years Can you put me in touch with any who can get the quartz watch up and running Regards terry

Good thing you did keep the original hands. Part of the history imo. Love your videos. Shortly im going to try and service a 6309a movement and your vids are really going to help in this process. Would be my first full service.

About the faded lcd, maybe try change/add polarized tinted? Many gshock modder use it the change the negative display to positive and vice versa.

Love your channel, and this is your best yet!! What a lovely watch and story to go with it. The Willard, as you say, is all over the internet watch world, due to the Steeldive homage (I'm waiting for mine to arrive :). Personally, I love the fact that you kept the original hands & some of the funk on this 6105. It makes it a more tasteful restoration. Cheers!

Looks great as is to me good patina quite acceptable. 😊

Watches are never dull are they Mike. 😅

That sure seems either badly or overly engineered.....

Love the Story to go with the fine watch !

Rain and clouds again :) 2024.06.18. So no Astronomy today :) Watching old watch videos :)

I watched all three of your videos, I really loved it. The greatest watch restoration story I’ve heard of.

No lume shot in the dark?

Great outcome and I’m glad you shared the lessons learned along the way! I have a soft spot for the facet crystals and I love the dial and style of case (are they called helmets?) as well. - Chris

Great video!! Congrats on getting your operation done! Makes all the difference to have somone there to even chat watches!!

This is your best without question. Thank you for a wonderful Journey.

Another great video Mike! Have you thought about doing a video on the Bulova 214 tuning fork movement? There's not many videos out there on them. I did see your excellent video on the 218 date movement, those are much more complicated than the 214.

That's a beautiful quartz movement.

The Hangzhou 7 series are the base calibes that are used to make rolex clones, the forgers usualy put the 2 adjustment levers on the back or clip them and decorate them to look like rolex, dandong makes similar movements but the quality is worse. I think these are amazing movements but I wish they had micro adjust like on eta movements or the hz5000. Hangzhou is the best movement manufacturer in China and they make the best ETA clones, I have a hz6300 (2824 clone) and it's more accurate than even my eta 2824 cosc movement. HKpt5000 is in second place Avoid most seagull eta clones as they are not piled and avoid dandong clones as the QC is awfull. I love these affordable 4hz movements especially the miyota 9 series, sure it can be noisy but a little silicone oil on the rotor and it's fine, 50 dollars or so in bulk, very accurate when regulated but I wish they had a micro adjust. I hope they come up with more affordable accurate 4hz or 4hz+ movements, the spring drive patents are expired so a company could clone them. As for 3hz movements I prefer the s Epson (Orient) YN55 over the nh35 and miyota 8x15 as its very reliable, the materials are great, accurate and actually made in Japan unlike the NH3X series. It would be nice if a Chinese movement manufacturer made a 18,000bph auto and habdwinder for vintage or seiko changed their meccaquartz so it had 5 ticks instead of 4. The Seiko mecaquarrz movements are great but unless it is the sibsecobds varient then it looks very off as it ticks slower than a 18,000bph so the sweep looks off. Great review

Is the balance staff a tiny bit short allowing it to wobble?

can i put this caliber in a seiko 5 case ?

Great video! Something struck me - the Casiotron 76CS-41 shown at 10:15 has an almost (or potentially) identical bracelet (and clasp) to my late 1970s Omega digital (1616). How fascinating!

22:57 Thats what she said! 😅