Vintage Watch Restoration: Seiko High Beat 5246A
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- Опубліковано 29 кві 2023
- In this video I show how I restored this vintage Seiko high beat watch. Nice tricky movement in this one reference 5246A
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Such a real and true person who shows it all. No fake excerpts of anything! Gotta love that in you 😊
Thank you Mike. Just trying to keep it real!
Nice video Mike! And that Seiko is 100% 70's, in a really good way. Thanks for leaving in the hiccups, it really helps to show both what can go wrong AND what the correction is. Very nicely done video and fantastic work again. Cheers!
Thank you as always. I did cringe in edit when I saw some of my oiling! I will be buying some more auto oilers for future videos hopefully.
i have always wanted one of these movement holders. and the rotating lidded parts holder tray you have. never have been able to find those over here in the US. Also I wanted to say, Thank you. this video just helped me to repair a 1971 king seiko superior chronometer special edition with a gorgeous silver linen dial. Thanks again for the super informative video!
What a little beauty! I agree, she looks better on the mesh strap. Always enjoy watching a rebuild - it's like relaxation therapy
Thanks Zay. I think this rebuild video flowed quite nicely and for once I got my lighting right!
I wonder why this brilliant date changing part of the movement wasn't used on the 56 movements with their crappy plastic wheels. I guess this came later. Cheers for a superb video Mike. One of your best!
Stainless band looks the best but all in all nice rebuild repair and service love the content keep up all the good work and next one please .
Agreed - magnificent! Love the watch and really enjoy seeing your work. Brilliant face. For me, strap? But that's just subjective.
Great job Mike & the the watch looks proper pimp on the milanese as well ...niiiice .
A cool looking watch actually! 🎉⏰🍸🍸
Having worked on a few of these myself, seeing you put on the keyless parts and calendar mechanism before the hour wheel hurt my soul. Definitely been there!
I’m so used to the hour wheel being the last thing I just didn’t think.
Painful indeed as you have to remove quite a bit to put it to correct the mistake.
Loved the video. That day finger action was satisfying to watch. It’s a great design. I also liked the hand press you showed. Thanks for taking the leap on the Ali version. I may consider it now ;)
I’ve been eyeing up the tool for a while. Never thought I needed it as the hand tools I have from Horotec are fine but I got some spare cash to spend so I bought this and a jeweling tool set also from AliExpress .
...nice work and nice two-tone effect with the new steel case....👍
Great rebuild, nice looking watch, keep safe Mike and thanks
Great video! Especially enjoy all of the tight shots showing the intricacies of the restoration process.
The Seiko high beat is certainly on my list to add to my collection. Thanks for sharing, great video.
I can't believe its taken me so long to get a Seiko hi-beat. Nice movements.
thanks for sharing Mike, I hope you are well...
All is good here thanks.
I enjoyed this very much and the close-up views are great. I like having the occasional hiccup in the video, it's much more real than some sanitized version.
Thank you. I had the lighting right for once in this video so the closeup shots were much better.
I love the retro look of that watch! Hope you are keeping well :-)
Nice. Just like old times. Almost. I don't miss the annoying cleaning machine timer alarm. 😂
Great work, great looking watch. 👍
Great job!! 💯
Greetings from Portugal. 🇵🇹
Hey Mike, thanks for posting the "Good, the Bad & the Ugly" of watch restoration. It's amazing how some other channels show a restoration that is trouble free and goes perfect! Your past videos have inspired me on the hobby and I'm giving it a try. One thing I'm trying to figure out is how you find time with work and family? Me , it is tough to balance both. Thanks again and talk soon.
Very late nights is the answer! My passion is an obsession so they just put up with it. When I was working on other peoples watches I could make a little bit of money which was an insensitive but I’ve stopped that now. UA-cam does not pay anything meaningful for the views I get unfortunately.
Nice watch Mike, Squares usually do wear bigger that their dimensions. Really like vintage brown dial watches,1970s especially, and square shaped case style..classic.
Thanks David
An interesting video, and beautiful watch. The diagonal is longer than the width, so the watch is bigger than it is (sounds like a tardis watch!) I've got a round watch that sort of colour and always had a black strap on it, which I think is fine.
Interesting watch and well performed restoration. I like the leather strap more, though. Greetings from Italy
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One of the best looking square watches I have seen.
Good job! I wish I had the patience to be a watchmaker, but I suspect I would loose my temper far too often.
Thanks. I have quite a few TV Seikos now and love the look. As for getting angry, well it happened to me in the early days but I found it got no where so now have a more relaxed attitude and laugh when things go wrong but I am also always determined to not let a watch beat me. Thanks for watching this episode.
Great video, Mike.
Thanks
Simon
Good video. I had never seen this caliber inside. You can see with this caliber how Seiko has been simplifying and improving functional aspects within its caliber with each iteration.
That's beautiful, the yoke spring is another brilliant solution from Seiko, one of the nicest you've posted.. thanks Mike.
Thanks for the compliment. This video didn’t get the attention I hoped it would sadly. Such a nice watch and movement
what a watch i love it 😊
Blimey, that date jumper spring looked like a paperclip!
About the same size too. I was dreading it to be honest. So much power when under load that if it flew that one would break records!
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Lovely job, esp. for your early goes at that fascinating and complicated movement. The yoke looks like it was drawn by Dr. Seuss in Mechanical Drawing mode.
It is a striking watch, and SO 1970s. Like an episode of "Kojak." Lol. The Milanese bracelet is the better choice between those two straps, for sure, and very thin and gleaming as it does -- although the brown leather briefly evoked watching the Masters Tournament circa 1978 when Gary Player won at Augusta, Georgia USA. It also resembles the current Seiko Recraft SNKP23/25/27 (esp. the 25). INTERESTING: That Milanese looks very, very close to the one on my new Lilienthal Berlin LE Chrono III. I think those stout steel (?) sleeves that surround the spring bars while tightly abutting the lugs might obviate the occasional need for a NATO strap? It looks to me like those sleeves would prevent any spring bar from bending and popping out under duress??
I would love to see that case get the full bright polish treatment but I understand why you left it relatively untouched. It looks great anyway. I'd love to have one and it's nice (!!! :) :) to hear the way you got it. I think you know why! :) Very impressive work/watch/story.
Gorgeous watch Mike. A think a different brown strap could look good, one with less of a red tone more matched to the dial colour brown.
Nice watch Mike 👍
Great content Mike, thanks for sharing
So great to have you back at it !!!!! Great video !!!!!!
I never stopped Sonny!
Beautiful time piece!
Very interesting movement. Thanks.
Hello, a nice: video, mechanism, job and watch ! you are lucky! and we learned something!
Another neat video! Not sure what to think about the strap/ band situation. I would incline a bit toward a gold color recasing, because to my eye stainless and brown don't mix. On the other hand, there are stainless accents on the dial. Would be a quandary for me. Oxblood leather? Just not sure. But thanks for the video! Off to the review video!
you know what helps me to seat the train wheels into the bridge on the reversing wheel style of auto Seiko's like the 52s 56s and 83s the tapping trick. the first time i saw someone do it i was like "what wizardry is this, this cant be real" yet when i tried it for the first time, worked like a charm. you gently tap the movement holder on the sides and the slight vibrations of the plates and wheels causes the wheels to seat themselves (95% of the time, sometimes you get a stubborn movement XD)
Great job! I think the reason the leather strap didn't quite work was that the strap was a reddish brown whereas the dial tends towards a greenish brown. I'm sure you could find a brown leather strap in a different shade that would work. The Milanese looks very nice.
HI Hamish, agreed the brown was not the right shade but for me with the shape of the case being so angular I felt any strap would not look quite right, for me anyway. Thanks for watching.
Oo thats a nice movement holder
I agree, the metal band looks a little nicer with the watch.
For sure Daini have introduced a good movement at the time, instant day date change, hi beat, durable, good timekeeping. Seiko later introduced 4S35 movement based on 52xx series and that was an answer to eta2892-a2. Better than modern Seikos of today.
nice job, enjoy your videos. I liked the brown band better. :)
I used to assume one oil type was used in watch lubrication. I had no idea there were several types.
Watch oil is a big can of worms . There are many types and uses and everyone has their own opinion.
What we would all agree on though is the sheer expense of them. £30+ Uk for 5ml
Definitely milanese strap in this case. Nice job. To bad Seiko does not use high beat movements today in their watches in lower and mid price watches. Did eye meself similar Ali hand tool but it had no stand. Did you have to buy separately the stand?
Hi Mike, I'll be watching this on the big screen as I have a 5206-5080 LM that works but when the crown is in the date set position it won't turn.
I know the 56** series has that failure point but the 52** are not prone to this.
Hopefully I'll spot something amiss when I compare them.
Thank you for the video. Have not tackled a Seiko yet. Is the rotating movement holder a hinderence at times? Thanks again Mike
I am used to the movement holder but I don't always use it. Mainly for filming so I dont accidently go out of shot.
It could work with a strap but I would put it on a black one.
5246s are class. But for the industrial finishing on them. They are absolute work horse of a movement. So many still ticking away after 50-60yrs with barely any servicing.
Most if not all 70s Seiko movements are tough and durable. I did a video years ago on what I called my Rat watch. Its a 6106 but it was battered and left for dead but I still managed to get the watch going again. Seiko's never die
very nice work! 8 beats a second, what does a normal watch do?
Can anyone in our group help me find a bracelet link for my Grand Seiko SBGA015/9T65? Oyster style with 10mm center section. Please!
Hi! Can you guide me please?
I want to do used original watches business. Where can I buy such watches in huge amount online.
At 12:26 Is that yoke giving me the finger...
Haha
Something that just struck me... Do screws in movements never come with torque specs? I'm kind of surprised
I have never seen it or read it in any guide. You just "know" when they are tight enough.
Will you be selling this? I love it
Sorry no. It’s my only Seiko high beat .
I think Seiko is now selling a reissue of this watch...
I did liked in a leather strap steel doesnt add to this case
Interesting movement, 8 beats smòoth. The brown strap looks great but your wearing it on wrong arm.🤣🤣
When you think about it I am wearing it on my right arm😉
Hi I notice in most swiss movements many of the wheels and gears are made of brass. Seiko don't seem to have as many brass wheels or gears in their movements. Is there and advantage or disadvantage to this?
Most Seiko I work on have brass actually.
:)
Be VERY CAREFUL of the click spring when working 💪 on the calendar 📅 wheels on this type of watch ⌚️. There's nothing more sickening 😢 than to have it spring away. Your friend, Jeff.
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