Worn, Torn, and Worthless? Not Anymore! An Epic Watch Transformation! 

That would be amazing! Hopefully he still has it!

Great story . Every watch has a history !!

@@WeekendWatchRepair Hello! How reliable, durable and accurate is the 7019 movement? Thank you.

@@alexandrsv2596 They are good movements. The 7019 is a 21 jewel version of the 7009. Very reliable and serviceable. If it is in good condition, you regulate those to within a few seconds a day. Seiko advertised somewhere between +/- 20 spd if I remember correctly, but generally you can get them to be much better than that. They are fine movements.

My Dad also had the same watch, I inherited in 2014 when he passed away and have it in my hand right now, even the condition looks exactly the same…..this is a great video….many thanks.

Thank you for watching.

Wow, thanks!

Thank you. Ironically, two other people have mentioned that same thing recently. I honestly do not hear any similarities between Marshall's voice (which I think is fantastic) and my own. Mine sounds horrible to me! I suppose we all hear our own voice differently than others hear it. I take your comment as a great compliment. Marshall is obviously the undisputed king of RU-vid watch repair videos. I very much enjoy his channel, and have been a fan of his videos long before I decided to upload my own content. I have been compared to him in the past. While I am not trying to emulate him, there is only so many different ways you can film a watch repair, lol. I try to keep my videos more focused on the technical side of things, and try to show each individual step I'm taking. Marshall is much more of a storyteller (at least I think), and I really appreciate his videos for many reasons, but none more so than how he does a great job telling the stories about the watches he works on. They are engaging and really bring you in. My thought process when I made my channel was to try and make videos focusing more on the technical aspect of the watch, and hopefully they'll be useful for people like me who are interested in working on their own watches and might use my video as more of a guide on how the movements are assembled. I am no expert and might make a mistake along the way, but at least they would see a detailed video of how a particular movement can be rebuilt. That target audience is much smaller, but that is where I'm coming from when I'm making my own videos. If people compare them to Marshall's videos, I take it as a great compliment, but I am really trying to make mine unique and want to offer something not always seen on other videos.

Haha! Thanks.

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So glad, thank you. That was always the goal with these videos. I wanted to help people who are hobbyists like myself, and try to make the videos as detailed as possible.

Thanks for watching.

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Haha. A couple of people have said that. I honestly do not hear any similarities between our voices, but I take it as a compliment! Thanks so much.

I thought so too, wondered if they were from the same area as the acsent were so similar.

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I did say "Knock On Wood" before making that statement, haha!

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Glad you enjoyed it!

It really is! Seiko did a great job on those dials. Thanks for watching.

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I have an eBay account but it's always been for personal stuff. I don't regularly sell watches. I've sold some of them from the channel, but only so I could use those funds to purchase other watches for future projects. I've sold those locally though. I've never sold any watches from the channel on eBay, and have honestly wanted to avoid doing that because I didn't want people to think I was trying to use my channel to generate watch sales. That wasn't the purpose for creating this channel and I didn't want to use this platform just to sell a watch for profit. I'm probably overthinking it though, lol. I will say that more than one person (locally) has tried to buy this watch off my wrist! It's really stunning in person. All but one of them do not know I have this channel, and just wanted the watch when they saw it, not knowing that it has been featured on RU-vid. The other person who wanted it knows it's me who does this channel and talks to me about every other watch on here!

It really does, thanks!

Thank you for the detailed comment. I'm currently trying to research options to deal with the dust. Any thoughts you may have would be very much appreciated.

Thank you. I appreciate it.

Haha, that made me literally laugh out loud! I appreciate the comment, thank you.

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Glad it was helpful!

Thanks so much, I really appreciate it. I'm still learning both!

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Mine too.

I have 3. of them

I hope not too much! I'd like to find them less expensive if possible! Thanks for the comment. I can understand your thoughts about the faceted crystals. They are unique, and in my experience they become less distracting the more you wear it. I suppose it's just something different they tried back in the 70's.

There's just something about 1970s Seikos.. Love em.@@WeekendWatchRepair

Agreed.

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Wow, thank you!! I really appreciate it.

That's fantastic!

That's fantastic, thanks Ross. Those 7000 series movements a great to work on.

I really appreciate that. It honestly is a lot of work trying to put these videos together. I'm very glad that you enjoyed it.

Thank you very much. I agree, it is a really good looking blue color.

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Thank you. You might like the next giveaway watch then........just saying!

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It sounds like I made the right decision then. Sometimes I think it may be a bit monotonous hearing me narrate a video and that some other background audio might help break it up a bit, but I totally agree with you on the polishing wheel and ultra sonic cleaner noises. I'll avoid putting them in the videos!

Thanks so much. I’d better get started on that 5k giveaway watch now!

Agreed.

Thank you.

Thank you so much. I’m glad you enjoy the videos.

Haha! Thanks a bunch.

It happens to us all. It can be a double-edged sword! I'd highly advise getting an old Seiko to tinker with. They are great watches.

Thank you. I agree and I'm really glad I had that strap available. It now fits me nicely and looks really good on the watch.

Oh, also have you got the link you mentioned to the other guys RU-vid video on polishing!

-Hard felt wheel, stitched cotton, and unstitched cloth mops, -Grey, blue & green Dialux -320, 1000, and 2500 grit sanding sticks -320 & 800 grit sanding paper (for brushing) -Polishing motor (can also be bench grinder) with adjustable speed -Horotec watch caseback holder (used to hold multiple items). -Vertical disc sander -Voltage Regulator I'm sorry I don't have any affiliate links or anything like that. If you want to email me at WeekendWatchRepair@gmail.com we can go into specifics and share some links if needed.

@@boydsargeant7496It's been a long time since I've watched it, but it was a very old video. I remember is didn't have very many views, but the guy explaining it was a professional. Hopefully I can find it. If not, the Chronoglide channel on RU-vid recently did a 3 part series on restoring vintage watch cases. Kalle over there is professional watchmaker and does exceptional work. There was a lot more information rather than demonstration in some of those videos, but it was all critical info that people should know in order to achieve good results. That channel is definitely worth a look if you haven't been there before.

@@WeekendWatchRepair Many thanks Adam, much appreciated. Yes, I know Kalle and watch all his videos and follow his live streams. Thank you for your info!

@@boydsargeant7496 You bet.

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Thanks so much. The voltage regulator didn't slow down my sander too much, but it did slow it down some. A VFD might have done a better job of it than the regulator, but I don't have one. The regulator did a better job of slowing down my polishing motor. My motor had a variable speed controller, but I was able to get it slower using the regulator. The sander was a Ryobi model # BD4601G.

Thanks. Single phase AC motors really can't vary their speed much. VFDs are for 3-phase motors and even then, the types of motors supplied with these consumer-grade tools are not designed for inverter duty so they still don't like running much below 50% frequency. If I could, I'd swap out my motor on my belt/disk sander combo and replace it with a DC motor. But I may just buy a separate cheap disk sander from Ali that already has a DC motor to pair with my cheap-o belt sander. I find this is only part of the problem as the work table being precise and rigid is even more important. Like you said in your video, it takes a long time to get the right angle set up. God help us if we have to go back later and match that same angle with some finishing passes. I'm thinking of buying an expensive Ciclope Saturn 3D table to pair with my cheap power tool junk from China to see if I can have a decent hobbyist setup.@@WeekendWatchRepair

Also, I have the same Horotec polishing vise and had the same problem with it not adapting to my motor shaft. I bought a coupler that is 14mm OD and 8mm ID from Amazon that fit just right, but it still is not fully true and requires tweaking from time to time. I wish I had acess to a lathe like you and had a better adapter for this, but I can get by with it for now. The alternatives to such arrangements are known (watch lathe w/ 4-jaw chuck for example) but expensive options. For my limited budget, it works pretty well when I want to turn a case or case back. All of this effort to work on a case seems not worth it, but I hate seeing scratches and I've been able to take old banged up cases and make them look pretty darn nice without rounding over the edges. Really, the exact same considerations and procedures you outlined in this video. Thanks again for taking the time to share your experience. Link to coupler here: a.co/d/iEe37UK

That's basically exactly what I had made up for mine! Good to know I'm not the only one who attempted case work in this manner! It seems to work well enough. I really appreciate the detailed comments. It sounds like we are working on the same type of setup. You've given me a few things to read up on!

Thanks for watching. This watch definitely looked good with the generic non-faceted crystal. I might switch it back at some point. The facets don't really bother me that much, and I find that the more I wear the watch (I have a few old Seikos with facets), the less I notice them. I appreciate the comment!

I'm a Trek fan as well.

I'm not aware of the specific part number. I don't believe Seiko offered that part individually. I bought a bag of 10 of them from eBay quite a while ago and have been working my through them using them as needed.

Glad you enjoyed it! If you want to talk about being nervous, I was seriously nervous when I first put that case on the sander. It worked out though.

Thank you. I am looking at air purifier options right now. I appreciate your comment and will read into those options as well.

Possibly. Frankly I've never tried to close the hole on a steel bushing. I suppose if the stakes are harder than the bushing, it would work the same. Normally when closing the hole it is in a brass bridge plate or main plate. These bushings aren't too difficult to find (neither are the jewel kits for the Seiko movements). I suppose if one was stuck with the option of a jewel upgrade or a replacement bushing, it wouldn't hurt much to try.

Thank you. I still had a few from a pack of five I bought quite a while back on eBay.

The 7S26 has some differences with the 7009 movement. I haven't shown a 7S26 on the channel, but there are a number of videos on other channels showing how to service that movement. I'm glad you find the channel helpful though. My most recent video is of a 6139-6012. I hope you find it useful.

@@WeekendWatchRepair hi there, yes I have watched that one. I have one of those too to work on, a gold dial, gold plated example.

I wonder, do you get watches sent to you for videos or do you only service ones you have bought personally?

Thank you so much.