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Now speaking as the reviver, getting a small mechanical object functioning again gives a great satisfaction to do-it-yourselfers, in any realm but watches are especially fun, for me.
If only this watch could talk...
For everybody else this is just unremarkable, beat-up old Seiko with a 0-Jewel Quartz Movement and a rattly, folded bracelet.
But for me this is so much more - it was the first "real" watch I got from my parents when I was about 12 years old. Fast forward 25 years later - in the meantime I became a "watch guy" with many other timepieces in my collection but from time to time this old friend of mine finds its was back in my wrist. Not only for sentimental reasons, but because I still like it for what it is - a robust, no-nonsense watch with a nice size and a tinny but comfortable bracelet.
This little Seiko was my only watch which I wrote every Single day for about 15 years and it really shows - chipped and scratched mineral crystal and countless severe marks on the case and bracelet. One day it received such a vicious blow that the dial feet Broker off. My parents brought it to the local watch repair shop in our small town and the blacksmith, err I mean watchmaker there fixed that in a creative way. He drilled two holes through the dial and movement plate and drove two pins in it:
Well, as a kid I didn't a f**k about it, I was happy my watch was working again - which it did and still does. This watch went with me through everything - good times, bad times and everything in between. Apart from the "repair" of the dial and new batteries it never got any kind of maintenance. That was until a few years ago when the crystal started fogging up when I was wearing it. I decided to get new gaskets installed along with the next new battery and there she is -happily ticking along for the (hopefully) next 25 years.
This little Seiko was my only watch which I wrote every Single day for about 15 years and it really shows - chipped and scratched mineral crystal and countless severe marks on the case and bracelet. One day it received such a vicious blow that the dial feet Broker off. My parents brought it to the local watch repair shop in our small town and the blacksmith, err I mean watchmaker there fixed that in a creative way. He drilled two holes through the dial and movement plate and drove two pins in it:
Well, as a kid I didn't a f**k about it, I was happy my watch was working again - which it did and still does. This watch went with me through everything - good times, bad times and everything in between. Apart from the "repair" of the dial and new batteries it never got any kind of maintenance. That was until a few years ago when the crystal started fogging up when I was wearing it. I decided to get new gaskets installed along with the next new battery and there she is -happily ticking along for the (hopefully) next 25 years.
Great post!
That watch possesses a higher value to you than the most expensive watch in the world.
Thank you very much for your reply,
indeed - this watch has a special place in my heart because so many memories are attached to it.
Congratulations on this "Watch Revival"
You are a lucky guy!
I had the same experience when I worked in a bicycle shop and someone would come in and say,
"This is my old bike from grade school, it was in the hedge (or behind the garage) and I would like to ride it again. Even if it makes no sense economically (within reason)."
Most often these are requests from old guys wanting to give their watch to a son or grandson; other times the previous owner has died and the heirs want it revived, not to sell but to wear.
The first one I revived belonged to my uncle who wanted running again, just for himself. Look at the grime it had accumulated!
The list goes on quite a long ways -- all lucky people who have a small piece of history ticking away on their wrist.
Cazalea
Wow, great pictures!
I'm also very surprised every time I put one of my bracelets in the ultrasonic cleaner... 
Very cool story !
As per coincidence i have been wearing my only Seiko quartz for the past two days now.
It was also gifted to me … by a friend.
Cool watch!
Quite a bit older than mine, but damn, are these watches tanks. Pretty much invincible!
You're my candidate for 'Purist of the Year' . . .
. . . and January isn't even over yet.
