TheBeardedWatchmaker

Gert
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Drowned, with battle scars (Part 2) - with video

And finally, she's done! After what took a lot longer than it should have I can wrap this one up.  Editing actually took the most time and is pretty t...
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Drowned, with some battle damage

I have 4 * 6309 divers that I grabbed in a job lot, with this 729A being the worst of the lot as you can guess. It’s a September ‘85 date - I can reme...
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Tired Tissot Seastar Restoration

Finally had time to finish editing the video diary of this watch. I’m pretty pleased with how it turned out to be honest. There’s something for everyo...
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Recent Comments

commented on Which one next.? ·

Glad you went with C. The blue dial, always the blue dial

commented on Drowned, with some battle damage ·

You know what, I was actually considering that. Good idea!

commented on Drowned, with some battle damage ·

Thank you sir, and my thoughts exactly. Rather revive something from the dead using AM parts than tossing it in the bin to appease the purists.

commented on Vintage Seiko Diver 6309 Service Complete ·

Nice! I have my first pile of 6309’s incoming tomorrow so I’m loving the pics you’re posting.

commented on New Arrival on the bench Vintage 1981 Seiko 7548-700B ·

I await the results in bated breath ;)

commented on New Arrival on the bench Vintage 1981 Seiko 7548-700B ·

Nice! I’m curious myself to see what you‘ll be able to manage with those hands. I’ve felt the pain of re-plating damaged nickel on Lume rottened hands

commented on New Arrival on the Bench Early 6309 Turtle from 1977 ·

Wonderful! Ooh Pepsi anything works for me. Except the actual drink. That's only fit for cleaning the toilet :)

More posts

Tired Tissot

Seeing as another member brought up the point of where to draw the line on a restoration, I figured I’d chuck this one here. It‘s by no means expensiv...
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Fellow Seiko Crunchers, lend me your ears!

I'm busy with a Seiko Black Knight (SKXA49) and this one came without a bracelet. The internals, dial and hands are perfect, so it is definitely worth...
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2nd dumpster watch rebuild video

Hi there Crunchers! 2nd video of the dumpster watch rebuild video is live on YT. I show how to polish tarnished gold plated hands, how to redo Lume an...
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Seiko Frankenwatch rebuild

Some before and after pics of a dumpster watch I recently rebuilt. Internals were rusted to bits and oh boy, that case was hideous (even when new lol)...
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Seiko SKX repair video

One of my recent projects finally completed. I’ve never seen this amount of wear inside a ‘modern’ watch, all because of a loose rotor. Anyway, someon...
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A recent ratty Seiko rebuild project

Not sure how many restoration / mod on here. A recent project where an srp425 was destined for the scrap bin. It was in a sorry state with bezel epoxi...
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