Reviving History: Restoring a 1960s King Seiko Watch with Custom-Made Parts
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- Опубліковано 14 бер 2024
- Together with my friend Alexander from @anengineersfindings we restored this King Seiko Watch. You can find his with video about manufacturing the part here:
• Machining a Seiko Wris...
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In this captivating journey through time ⏳, join us as we breathe new life into a vintage King Seiko watch from the 1960s. Encounter the challenges of a restoration where crucial parts were missing and unavailable, compelling us to craft custom replacements from scratch 🔧. Collaborating with a fellow UA-camr, [An Engineers Findings], who documented the meticulous process of machining the components, our restoration tale unfolds in tandem with a captivating narrative of service, repair, and case refinishing. Witness craftsmanship, dedication, and a profound reverence for horological heritage converge in this remarkable restoration adventure. Watch as history comes alive on our channels, where every tick echoes the legacy of a bygone era. ✨
Really excellent video! I like the captions, always with very useful information. 👌🏼👌🏼
Thank you, it‘s nice to read it as it is a lot of work 😊
I feel like I’m watching Wristwatch revival without the commentary
seiko should offer the spring because its crap.
New part @ 31:00 for anyone who is from An engineer's findings
Thank you!
Nice job and great filming!😊
Thank you!
An absolutely beautiful job...and proof it's good to have friends with machines!
Thank you. Yeah Alex is a great friend
Ein schönes Stück Uhrenkunst, faszinierend wieder zum Leben erweckt!
Danke fürs zeigen!👍
Danke für die lieben Worte!
Hammer Video und 10 von 10 Punkte für die DIY PI Python Nerd Waschmachine .
Danke :D
Amazing work. Thanks for sharing it in such detail! I had no idea that seeing a watch disassembled, cleaned, and reassembled would be so riveting. No, seriously.
Thanks for watching!
Found this from engineers finding , from milling mechine now im watching watchmaker . Such small parts very interesting im subscribe
Great video. Many of the vintage Seiko watches have beautiful dials and hands. I have a few Seiko Lord Marvel 36000 bph watches with different dials, they are my favourite dial and handsets of all the watches I own. Just a little small on my larger wrists. Love your videos. Thank you for a relaxing and enjoyable 43 minutes. 👍
Thank you! I really love this dial. And also the movement looks marvellous imo.
Excellent video quality - I'm sure that a lot of work went into the editing.
Thank you. Yes indeed
I love the original king Seiko watches. I’m debating on getting the 44 or 45 as my first vintage watch.
I love the 44 so much! Someday I hope I will own one for myself!
Hi love the 44 series! I do have a little tip for you which will make your live with diafix settings so much easier, only thing it requires are 2 automatic oilers/ thin oilers to oil from below and a little change of order but doing this will really make working them less frustrating. I know lot of people oil them and flip them with their tweezers but a mishap can set you back doing it all over again so what I do is as follows. When disassembling the movement I will take the jewels out of their setting then will rub them over some watchmakers paper to clean them off any residue left from previous service. Then I will put everything back together so I know the jewels are clean now only need to be chemically cleaned in the cleaning cycle with the rest of the movement. I use alcohol as a final rinse before heating it dry, this ensures me the jewels are clean and ready to be oiled. Then with the oilers I will lubricate them from underneath. Since doing it this way I never had any issues or frustration with those knarly jewels.
Thank you for your advice. I really apreciate this! Unfortunately I do not have automatic oilers. But they are top 5 in my wishlist. Let‘s see :D
You Are right flipping them is really delicate!
@@UhrenDantler you can also use broken pivot from a balance staff and work them in to som wood to make a handle then you can also oil them from the inside however this may also cause a mess maybe. Auto oilers have a learning curve so make sure you have a spare needle handy because they are fragile. But once you know how to use them they are of invaluable worth for seiko movements in particular.
@@alexanderkamerbeek9693 that‘s good to know. Most tools for watchmaking need experience right? 😅
Beautiful vintage submariner and king seiko 😌
Haha you have good eyes my friend!
Another great video. Thanks for the excellent footage!
Thank you. I like your videos too!
Super cool Watch! Great video!🎉
Thank you ☺️
Nice video and the close-up quality is good too. One aspect of polishing the case and removing dents is that it rounds off all the sharp edges. I hope this watch was for your personal collection or you always plan on discussing the polishing aspect with a client(s) before doing this work. Many collectors would rather keep the original shape of the case! 🙂
Thank you. I am extremely careful to not round edges. I try to keep the original form as much as possible. That makes it sometimes really hard to polish. :)
Top, wie immer. Grüße aus Freyung-Grafenau
Danke! Grüße zurück :)
Wah!
Buh!
A Dream!
Well, did you find the broken off parts or did someone else work on the movement before you?
I haven‘t found them. So I guess somebody worked on the watch and maybe destroyed it
Did the broken parts not causing damage when they came off?
No, luckily not. I even did not find them inside the watch. So maybe someone „serviced“ the watch and build it together with broken parts?
do you have any experience with the STP1-11 movement?
It is like the ETA 2824 and I have had a lot of them. So I guess yes :)
@@UhrenDantler i sent my super sea wolf to zodiac and they would not fix it saying that they dont have the parts for a three year old watch. fossil really screwed them up
@@zillsburyy1 wow, that is embarassing for a watch company…
The cleaning machine is an old Glashutte one, isn't it?
Yes it is!
That is a weird way of executing a hack. Even in very high end watches the hack is often a spring which acts against the balance wheel.
The Diafix settings on the train wheel actually aren't antishock settings; the springs are just there to keep the cap jewels in place and to provide a convenient way of servicing them.
True, Never Seen it like this before
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What?