1982 Seiko 5 Automatic watch repair, 6309A Calibre Restoration - A (hopefully) happy birthday 

I have just stripped a Seiko 6309 for my first time ever thanks to this video. It was scary but not as bad as I thought. It is so much smaller than it seems in videos. Putting it back together will be the test. It's been a good learning curve though. Thanks for your video 👍.

first time i see someone hand winding the main spring... i loved it

Thanks so much for this mate! Really appreciate the work you went to - it's so cool to see how much goes into it!

Happy birthday 😊

Very attractive and fascinating watch. With the green, sharp hour markers. Good work - but should sand and polish up the case. It's missing .. And restore, polish and use the bracelet. Its that det watch is best looking whit.

good job mate !

Great work and video. One piece of advice, ditch the kitchen towel, it’s shedding fibres and doesn’t give you a stable surface for doing things like oiling jewels. Master watchmaker George Daniels used a sheet of Bristol paper, but just normal A4 would be better than the towel.

My dad had this watch! Nostalgia

This was the same movement I finished up last week on 1985 diver. It was advertised as a 21 jewel, and i was a little disappointed when i opened it up for the first time...but it was an early purchase in my repair journey and i didnt really know what i was looking at. It was a great rebuild however, and...someone mentioned a timegrapher app, i have one on my phone and love it...the watch is running in the minus 10sec/day range. Ordered some new gaskets for it, and its my daily driver.

I heard somewhere a “bridge” is secured, or screwed down, at both ends. A “cock” is only secured at one end.

Tidy rebuild there, looks amazing now with a bit of tlc, I do recommend the app for checking the watch after a rebuild it’s so easy to use and only needs a pair of earbuds with a microphone on them to listen to the watch and hey presto you have a timer graph and tbh it’s invaluable once you start using it. Hope to see more watch builds you have good narrating skills and well documented footage. 👏😉🍻

Solid restoration. Decent timepiece.

You’re doing a great job

wow

Homie, you can get a watch winding tool set for about 40 bucks

A face only a Seiko doctor could love.😁😒

Надо было ещё больше смазки в барабан натолкать 😂

that other week days are arabic سبت احد اثنين ثلاث اربعا جمعة, seiko is also very popular in the middle east and arabic countries

I am in need of this watch seiko 5 1982, black & green,is any body have to sell.....

The day and date rings won't align on the left because 31 is odd and 14 is even 😉

Actually, while you did have more oil than needed, an old watchmaker told me more damage is done to watches by folks that under-oil them. Another tip, try using a razor blade instead of a knife to remove the bezel. BTW, did you count the jewels to see if there were 21?

Men and children sitting barefoot on the ground make these “Seiko” watches mainly from parts taken out of many other old Seiko watches and they use face plates that are made in India that they think looks groovy but for the most part Indian face plates are very colorful and not that very pleaseing to look at by pretty much the rest of the world.

I wan repire my watch wher

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Mumbai Special no chance at all that face is from the factory. It’s a good bet that back plate is from a different watch, who knows what the history is of the individual parts. The Indian watch makers do not know how to service the movement, they merely take movements that seem to work’ish and use them in their builds.

6309 only has 17 jewels, the dial is fake

Never ever oil the pallet fork jewels