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SEIKO 6138-0011 Yachtsman [aka UFO]
circa: 1971
circa: 1971
Seiko SKX009J - Automatic Diver's 200m Made in Japan
The 6138 was my faithful companion from second year in med. school in 1976 until the late eighty's, when it just stopped working. Then I bought a Seiko quartz. My only quartz I ever had.
I still have the 6138 in my collection, after 20 years being broken finally fixed up. One of the greatest chronograps ever made!
This watch was purchased by my friend Jim in Mexico in 1972
He wore it to death, then threw in a toolbox in the garage for 20 years. One day I was visiting him and saw it on the bench. He said “Yeah, I ruined it” and gave it to me, finishing with “it’s hopeless”.
I cleaned off all the epoxy, repaired the bracelet and polished the crystal.
Some months later I was advancing the date about 3 weeks, and broke the stem that sets the day/date and turns the inner bezel. I hunted around for a long time before I found a guy with parts to fix it. That took the better part of a year. Then COVID happened and my friend went off to Montana.
Minor lubrication and thorough cleaning inside.
I cleaned off all the epoxy, repaired the bracelet and polished the crystal.
Some months later I was advancing the date about 3 weeks, and broke the stem that sets the day/date and turns the inner bezel. I hunted around for a long time before I found a guy with parts to fix it. That took the better part of a year. Then COVID happened and my friend went off to Montana.
Last summer he called me and said when he was cleaning out a file cabinet, he came across the original receipt and user guide.
“How’s my watch?” he asked, to which I replied “The hopeless one that will never run again? Let’s have lunch and talk about it.”
So we got together and he almost had a heart attack when I gave him this watch back.
Cazalea