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@@HorologyBiology I understand the temptation. That dial is in such good shape for a 55 year old watch, and these bad boys are really rare to find in the resale market. Glad to see the new watch spring being immaculate, as boy that USA parts company charged me a pretty penny for it.
Awesome fresh job. These old Seikos are under appreciated. Everyone focuses on the dive watches but the dress autos from way back when are super fresh pieces and affordable.
That was about as fresh as it gets mate. Firstly thank you so much for the very unexpected shoutout. For some odd reason I’m known for Seiko but I’ve actually done the same amount of videos on other brands now. Still love Seiko though and so many more to collect😂 Does not feel right giving you a tip but here we go. Diafix jewels with the little horseshoe springs. You don’t need to remove the spring you just unlatch it by pulling the tab out. Lift it over the lip of the setting and slide it forward slightly. Sometimes they stick up in the air a bit. This gives you enough space to remove the jewel. I remove these and clean them put them back in dry. Get yourself a Bergeon 1A auto oiler and jobs a good un. Auto oilers make those jewels simple. No messing trying to flip them over to install. Well worth the money mate. Anyway great video on one of my favourite movements. You should try the 8306 version with day date. There is a killer spring on that one!
Cheers mate 🙌 I never seem to get on with those little horseshoe springs. I have tried this flip method but they just come off 😅 I've actually got that used to them now they seem to go on quite quickly even though I still have to have a famous moan about it. Regarding the auto oilers that's another one I have never seemed to get on with. I think it's a control thing, meaning I want to decide how much I'm putting on. Each to their own I suppose as there isn't anything wrong with the autos. Cheers for watching mate 💪💪💪
Just one thing to add Mike, I agree the auto oiler makes a big change however, the centre second pivot always uses a different size of jewel and for me personally i will pre lubricate because the oiler just gets really messy. Had this happen on the 4500 series and 4400 series of seiko movements other then that auto oiler all the way.
@@alexanderkamerbeek9693 I only use the A1 for shock jewels. It’s not designed for anything else other than vertical oiling. Posts, cups and other bearing jewels unless you have the other auto oiler A3 I think , you can only do manually. The diafix on Seiko are a real pain to oil flip over and position which requires some nifty tweezer work. The oil oiler eradicates that immediately.
@@MyRetroWatches I agree and that's exactly what I use for the jewels aswell. I think and hope it's just with the movements I mentioned, on the centre seconds jewel of the wheel bridge a different stone is used, it's wider so the oiler slips inside of the jewel making an absolute mess I've tried it a lot and gave up on those. Its very difficult to not slip and get your needle out straight. I mean it's even easier to do it flipping the jewel for me.
@@HorologyBiology great that your channel finally is taken off.... i love this channel and it deserves much more traffic....o congrats with your birthday
HB when your heading out on the new E bike for ice cream I mean to the gym be careful as old granny might take you out and what would we do in our spare time. Nice work as well. Keep well from New Zealand 🇳🇿
Hi Mat. Another great build close to my heart as I picked up three vintage Seiko's this year. Very happy to see that subscriber number stepping up! 10K by years end ?
Next time just release the nose tab of the shock spring and slide it it that direction until the two feet clear the cap stone. Remove, clean, oil and replace. Then slide the spring back in position and tuck the tab under!! Much easier my friend😊
hahh thanks. I got this one in the video below. I actually took this guys advice and have ordered the same brakes upgrade he did as the ones on the bike by default are terrible. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-jx17qqYm5EE.htmlsi=PtBtDm_zm_AkTt9w
A nice restoration! I like those raised indices on the dial. Are the tweezers you use made by Horotec? For some reason, it is very difficult to find curved brass tweezers here in the US.
Hi Mat Great video as always. Not needed for this watch, but how do you “vintageify” the new lume for a dial with more “aged” lume to keep it both superfresh and in keeping for a more vintage look?
Thanks for watching Matthew. I recently relumed an Ops and used the same lume. However in order to get that tritium style vintage look I mix in a very small amount of orange Email Color paint. It sets really nice and looks aged however it will lower the brightness of the lume.
Hello, nice video and some a lot of useful advices! I like the brass tweezers but I'm still looking for the right one, what brand are you using or think it's the best?
Thanks for watching 💪🏻💪🏻 The curved ones I mainly use are from Horotec. Not insanely expensive. I’m not going to say they are the best but they work very well for me.
To be honest I’ve actually done more of late than I ever have. Sometimes it just works like that. Yes for Bulova but I can only do what come in or find 👍🏻
