A rare one!
This is a bit of a treasure, I think.
A neighbour of mine was selling three non-working Seiko's on auction online, which I won with $20; nice! It had a Kinetic model, and two Seiko Quartz with the SQ-logo on it, exactly what I wanted.
The Kinetic one needs a new capacitor and probably a service, but the case and bracelet is so scuffed, so I am in no hurry getting that done.
The first SQ is a 6922-7000, which also is quite rare, and I even bought the only movement on eBay, which was also not running; high hopes for this one..
Now. The first repair.
The Seiko SQ Sports 100 7123-8220 with a beautiful, dark green dial. From the 80- or 90's, this one is also hard to get parts for. When I received it it had no crown and no stem. Little did I know that that was all that was missing! I found one OEM crown+stem on eBay, for the low-low price of $50, and knew that it was that, or not having a functional watch.
I got it, and it didn't fit. I had to rebuilt the movement. My first quartz rebuild, in fact! All it was; a rotated clutch wheel, hopefully.
I put it back together, cased it, and put in the stem; it fit! The crown even screwed down like it's supposed to! I put a V390 battery in and put in to my ear..... tick, tock, tick, tock. Yes!! Finally!
Biggest relief in a while, I was so happy! There are still some things that I'll have to fix, but no hurry (New sapphire crystal, for instance).
Thank you for reading this far, I just had to share this one! Will of course share the other if / when I get them fixed.
Cheers!🍻
Watch enthusiast and photographer Hobby watchmaker, finding and fixing older watches for fun! Grail watch: Rolex GMT-Master II «Rootbeer» 126711CHNR
Congratulations, it looks nice and I am glad you got it running again
Very cool😎Love the green dial. It's possibly from late 70s, depends on the serial number. Definitely not 90s.
Congratulations on the watches and the successful rebuild.
Very cool 😎👍
That looks fantastic! Great work!
Wow, of all my time on eBay, I’ve never seen this model before.
Congratulations, it looks nice and I am glad you got it running again
Thank you! Was a good feeling..
Very cool😎Love the green dial. It's possibly from late 70s, depends on the serial number. Definitely not 90s.
Thanks! I ran the serial and it said either ‘81 or ‘91. I am leaning more towards ‘81, as you’re saying
Congratulations on the watches and the successful rebuild.
Thank you!
Very cool 😎👍
Thank you!
That looks fantastic! Great work!
Thank you very much!
Wow, of all my time on eBay, I’ve never seen this model before.
Same! I have searched it up now and there are two on sale, and both is without bracelet and is very very scratched up. Guess I was lucky!
Gorgeous watches!
So cool! I love the look of these Seiko SQs. Definitely unique.
May I reccomend @A1Watch ? I use him for all my vintage work
May I reccomend @A1Watch ? I use him for all my vintage work
Thank you! Might have to pass him a dm.
Gorgeous watches!
Thanks!
So cool! I love the look of these Seiko SQs. Definitely unique.
Absolutely! Seeing way too few of them around..
Great dial, congrats on fixing it up! Should be a keeper this one for only 20$
Great dial, congrats on fixing it up! Should be a keeper this one for only 20$
Thanks! Absolutely.
Well done and good for you for saving a beautiful watch! It found the right home. ❤
Well done and good for you for saving a beautiful watch! It found the right home. ❤
Thank you! I like to think so, at least! Can’t see it going anywhere else.