Pocket Rocket Refurb
A few weeks ago my good mate Craig @Guvnor64 sadly lost his Mum. There's a much longer story there but it's not mine to tell. The long and the short of it is that, having found this rather lovely J.W. Benson hunter pocket watch (and a number of other watches) in her house, he asked me if I'd like to take a look at it.
Surprisingly it was running reasonably well but it looked a little sorry for itself, the crystal was cracked and the dial was filthy
The movement was pretty dirty too.
I didn't want to entirely remove the wear and tear from the case as both Craig and I thought it would better to keep that history, but it did get a thorough clean and polish...
I gave the dial and hands a gentle clean too..
Then it was onto the movement which I stripped down, cleaned and rebuilt (oiling where necessary)...
From there it was just a case of putting it all back together...
And finally fitting a nice new crystal...
I think it turned out pretty well and it's running like a good 'un.
See, I'm not just Mr. Seiko, just Mr. Mostly Seiko. 😁
Until next time beautiful people.
♥
A self-confessed Seikophile who spends far too much time looking at bits of watches under a microscope. Probably the finest restorer of vintage Seikos in my house. https://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/gasworks
Can’t love this enough. You do great work, good sir.
That came out beautifully. I wish I could find an old watch like that. I see too many "I know what I have"'s for sale.
Great job.
Thank you so much mate! You have done a fabulous job. Should I describe it as a sensitive renovation? You should do this stuff for a living! Incredible job!!
That looks absolutely amazing!!
Thank you so much mate! You have done a fabulous job. Should I describe it as a sensitive renovation? You should do this stuff for a living! Incredible job!!
I tried to be sensitive... I'm a sensitive soul me. 😉
I'd do it for a living but the NHS would miss me. 😏
Beautiful restoration,that movement looks amazing
Great work going on good to see something a bit different getting a second life
Awesome job, you've worked some proper magic on it.
Lovely watch. The movement appears to be this...
http://www.ranfft.de/cgi-bin/bidfun-db.cgi?10&ranfft&2&2uswk&Cyma_19_6_sav
...by Cyma. The only minute difference is the design of the hairspring stud carrier, but these varied in Cymas. The layout is pretty much it.