Seiko Alpinist - 5 year service under a macro lens - Seiko 6R15
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- Опубліковано 13 чер 2024
- Seiko SARB017 green Alpinist needs service!
How does the quick set date mechanism work?
How does the date change work?
How does the compass bezel work?
All this and more explained in a great detail.
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:36 Initial timing
03:29 Uncasing
05:31 Hands and dial removal
06:20 Dial side disassembly
08:50 Train side disassembly
16:39 Balance jewels, epilame, oiling, installation
18:35 Escape and 3rd wheel jewels
19:47 Keyless
23:55 Mainspring
24:24 Train assembly
30:04 Pallet fork and balance
32:09 Timing
34:38 Automatic assembly
36:16 Eye-candy macro footage
36:33 Dial side assembly
42:19 Quick-set-date explanation
43:20 Date-change explanation
44:24 Dial and hands installation
45:17 Rotor installation and casing up
47:51 Final words - Навчання та стиль
Now THIS is how all service videos should be done! Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it! 🙂
This is easily the most comprehensive, concise and easy to understand tutorial I've seen. Thank You!
Great to hear! 🙂
This was fantastic, the video alone is A+, but with the commentary, this is in a class all it's own. Thank you very much Leo.
Glad you enjoyed it!
this guy is so sarcastic, i love it. I got all the repair tools from China and they are surprisingly very high quality
Glad you enjoyed it! The Chinese tools can be good. The problem is you never know until you get them
Great ending ,glad I stuck around ...
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it 🙂
You put a lot of work into that video and gave me a great insight into how the motion and keyless works interact as well as how other parts work together. Appreciate you for taking the time to explain all this for a very keen hobbyist and novice. Thanks Leo! 👍
Glad it was helpful! 👍
Superb video!! The commentary is a little wild lol, but superb video! Easily the best breakdown and explanations I've seen! Not to mention all the things you were able to capture on camera, very impressive! I wasn't planning on watching the entire thing but I was so fascinated I couldn't stop. Thank you 👍
Glad you enjoyed it! 🙂
Absolutely outstanding, holy cow. I'm midway through starting a watch career, with plans to supplementally attend watchmaking school for a certificate next year. This is the single finest breakdown of a typical watch service I have ever seen, it was like going from having read a book on the subject to seeing it in VR, so to speak. Thank you so much for this!!
When I started there were not many videos on watch repair and most of the time I wasn’t able to see much. I wasn’t very happy so I decided to make my own videos the way I’d like to see them.
Glad to hear you enjoyed it! 👍
Good luck with your career! A great decision!
Hopely you make it.
it's an accomplishment learning and using a scope in your craft...I did when I was in automotive...you will be respected by your peers...composite materials are ok, it's doesn't mean cheap, it's to make the contact points quite and or if too much stress is put on the item the gear i.e. will break not the rest of mechanism...kind regards
Grazie molto interessante, belle inquadratura e ottica superba, da questo video tuttavia emergono tutti i limiti di un calibro che è troppo simile ad un nh 35, finiture top calibri nella fascia media di seiko così così.
this watch looks amazing
Thank you 😊
A perfect service with added humour...from both of you.
Nice to hear you enjoyed both of us featuring in the video! 😆
Both of them 🤔🤔🤔
Oh, when he talks to himself! Ha! 😂😂
@@4by_yotaguy373 Correct 😁
The model without the Prospex logo is far more desireable for me.
Excellent video, thank you.
Glad you like it!
WoW, so Well made, I’m a watchmaking student here in Canada, learned from you, keep on posting, cheers
Awesome, thank you!
They still watchmaking schools in Canada?
What you do here is amazing. Thank you for letting us see this.
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it 🙂
Wow the old algorithm brought me here and what a nice surprise it was. Great video
Glad you enjoyed it! 🙂
I was glad to see a jewel in the baseplate for the barrel Leo. Perhaps not so necessary in the bridge. I agree that it would have been better if it did have one in the bridge. Great video Leo, thanks.
Thank you!
I do like to see jewelled barrels because people don't get their watches serviced often and the bushings tend to wear out. But it's not the end of the world, it can get sorted 👍
This is the best watch service video I have watched. Great explanations, especially the keyless works.
Glad you enjoyed it! 🙂
I love this watch for daily wear. Everyone asks about it and it's a great conversation piece.
It's a great watch 👍
Hands down best one I've watched so far
Thank you!
I bought the eTimer software several months ago after watching one of your videos. Its fantastic and I trust the data much more than the other machine i was using. Great video!
It’s nice. Don't forget to calibrate it though. I like the read out for all six positions and the long term log is great. You’ll see what you’d never see with the timegrapher. But don’t take me wrong, for a quick check, I still use the timegrapher because it’s right there on my desk ready to be used immediately.
Loved your video Leo! Your humor is great, thx for the content!
Glad you enjoyed it! 👍
Thanks for another great video, Leo! I'm learning a lot from them, and they always cheer me up!
So nice to hear you enjoy them 🙂 Thank you!
Fantastic video. I'm new to the hobby, but it is falling into place for me at the moment.
This video was a real shot in the arm for me.
You're a really funny guy and a great teacher at the same time.
Thanks.
Thank you! So nice to hear you enjoyed it 😉
Facinating! My first insight into a watchservice. Loved it!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I really enjoy watching your videos. Thank you Leo.
Glad you like them! 👍
I have an early personal import of that JDM watch which is still going strong.I have it on the same bracelet which I can highly recommend , it is a perfect fit..
I always wondered what it looked like inside. Thanks to your great photography now I know.
Nice to know what’s going on inside 👍
I can only do battery changes and bezel and strap changes on G Shock,but,I love wat ching this man at work.I love his voice too.
Thank you!
Just fantastic. Ironic, but some of the work you show reminds me of complex fishing reel assembly, even down to the lubricants. Many people will prefer their own lubricant recommendations over factory, especially people like me who help design the reels. I make all sorts of custom oils used not only to lubricate parts but also to tune the reels performance. Oil is used to tame /control and tune spool rotation speeds and feel, as friction modifiers for drag components and water sealing. All of this is used in harmony with centrifugal brake blocks, mechanical friction and magnetic forces to tune and modify spool performance. Seems so simple in theory but in practice a real struggle to get it right (balanced).
These reels when properly adjusted and paired with proper line, weights and rod can cast a 5 oz / 150 g weight over 900 ft / 275m. This is huge sport in the UK and a very enjoyable hobby to test yourself. BTW, the color of one of my favorite high-performance casting / multiplier reels is the Abu Garcia 6500 C3CT Mag Elite in nearly the same color as the dial of this Seiko.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Probably a little different with watch lubricants. They are highly refined due to the tolerances. We're dealing with hundredths of mm.
I have the Seiko greases but favour the Swiss lubricants.
I agree, all kinds of mechanisms have to be properly adjusted to run well. It takes time and patience 👍
Another fantastic video, really look forward to getting the next one. All the best Leo. 👍
Thank you Captain! I’m glad you enjoy them all 👍
Awesome presentation of a beautiful watch.
Glad you like it!
I do not understand how a person can remember all this information. Very nice.
Thank you! It’s daunting at first but after you’ve serviced a few watches you realise they all work on the same principle, the parts are similar and it becomes easy to remember all the parts.
Excellent explanations and amazing camera work. Thank you. Great content.
Glad you liked it! 🙂
I just found your channel and it was so very informative. I subbed and plan on watching all your videos.
Awesome! Thank you! 🙂
Wonderful video, perfectly explained. I enjoyed it. I also have this same watch and I love it.
Good to hear you enjoyed it 😊
This is top-notch videography. Thank you Leo!
Glad you liked it! 😊
This was a very fun video to watch, thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great video, appreciate the explanation and film work, really enjoyed watching it.
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it! 👍
Superb! Absorbing. Many thanks 👍👍👍
Glad you liked it! 👍
What a classic piece! Wish I got it earlier during my college days/early professional career
A very nice watch indeed! 👍
Nice job! I bought mine from Seija Japan with the optional bracelet. I love it.
Oh, he does bracelets now. I bought this Alpinist from Seiya and there were no optional bracelets them days. You had to find your own elsewhere if you didn’t want that dreadful strap it came with.
Lovely work on the video. Huge effort paid off on the screen
Glad you liked it 🙂
Cracking tutorial Leo, nicely done! And thank you.
My pleasure! 👍
Fascinating! Learned so much. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Very entertaining and very informative. Great video.
Glad you enjoyed it! 🙂
Awesome video tutorial and this watch is just stunning.
Thank you!
My favorite watch in my current collection. Now I know what’s going on inside. Thanks
Great to hear! 👍
The re-released ones have a see through case-back, but are now thicker because of that 🥲
This was very informative! thanks
Glad it was helpful!
Fine photographic work!
Many thanks!
Amazing video Leo ! Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great video! It reminded me to put on my SARB033.
Good choice!
Thank you for making this video. When I first bought (new) my SARB017 in 2017 it ran well within spec, then it started to run several minutes fast per day, I was always careful with it as far as around anything magnetic, etc. I made one attempt to regulate it myself, which worked for a little while, then it started running fast again; sometimes it ran in spec, now it runs several minutes fast per day again.
As the watch is running fast, it would make you think it’s magnetised but it could anything. After six years of owning it, it really would be good to get it serviced.
My recommendation is to service watches at around every 5 years or whenever the timekeeping is no longer what it used to be, whichever comes first.
As you’ve had for six years now, the best solution to this would be to get it serviced. Even if you’ve not worn it every single day, the oils and greases will dry out over the years and the timekeeping will suffer.
@@MacroTime28800 Thanks! I was thinking the same thing about having it serviced.
It would be the best thing to do. It’s not only that it’s running fast. When the oils dry out, and they do, the parts start wearing out and you don’t want that. That can be prevented if it’s serviced, just a like a car.
Really enjoyed this vid ! Great job man !
Glad you enjoyed it! 👍
Nice work !
Informative , educational and satisfying to watch .
…… 😘
Glad you enjoyed it! 🙂
That's absolutely gorgeous
Thank you! 🙂
Great video Leo! This is the first video of yours I've seen and you've got yourself a new subscriber. I actually have a SARB017 in for service at the moment but mine was in a much more sorry state. My watch was running for 10-15 seconds when moved, but then stops. I'm hoping all goes well with the service 😅
Thanks for the sub!
I’m sure your watch will be just fine when you get it back and you’ll be able to enjoy it again 👍
Amazing knowledge
Thank you!
amazing video quality, great info....thanks for sharing.
Glad you enjoyed it! 👍
Comment....It's just amazing how anyone could even come up with this mechanical design and it even works....just amazing...
Glad you enjoyed it!
If I ever get a fancy watch...I'm sending to you to have any work done and that is a fact. @@MacroTime28800
very nice piece
Many thanks!
As always, great stuff.
Thanks again! 👍
A wheely wicked video!😂 Funny, entertaining and informative… as always.
Wicked! 😄 Glad to hear you enjoyed it 😉
Good job. Keep it up. Thank you👍
Thank you, I will!
Very nice video, and its Great watch too, defintly my alpinist needs this, its loosing time, keep the great content, greetings from mexico!!!
Glad to hear you enjoyed the content! Yes the Alpinist is a very nice watch indeed 👍
Wow I need to get my serviced soon!
They need doing from time to time 👍
Thanks for the lovely video. I have the same (Kuzuya) Alpinist and love mine, mines a year older than yours.
Did you know... Seiko designer Sakai who worked on development of the first green Alpinist in 1995, the green dial colour was inspired by his green Rover Mini.
He is quoted as saying "We had the option of using olive green or military green, the car I was driving at that time was what’s called Almond Green, a rather dark, classic shade of green. I wanted to make the dial color like that with a real sense of depth".
When the Sakai Alpinist was redesigned in 2006 by Kuzuya the dial colour was kept identical.
Wow, I never knew that.
It’s amazing when you find out how it was created. There is always something nobody would ever expect. And here we have it, the designer’s Mini. It makes you smile.
Thank you for the info, much appreciated 👍
Thanks Leo I appreciate your video
You are very welcome 👍
Great job.
Thank you!
Own a several seiko watches, love taking care of them. Would love to do some service on them :) great video!
You should!
They look even better with the Astroid Strap-code bracelet on them.
A nice looking bracelet. I had to look it up, I didn’t know about the Asteroid.
PERFEITO ÓTIMO SERVIÇO PROFISSIONAL ! MELHÓR VÍDEO EXPLICANDO FUNCIONAMENTO DAS PEÇAS 👍👍👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 🇧🇷
Thank you! 👍 🇬🇧
Very educational... thank you
Glad it was helpful!
What a beautiful watch
Thank you! Glad you like it 🙂
PERFECTION! BRAVO!!!
Hello @Macro Time, glad I found this video as I unluckily damaged the front casing of my SARB017 and looking to change the casing.. do you know what alternatives should i get for its casing and the sapphire glass? Thanks a lot, appreciate you doing videos like this. Subbed!
Many thanks!!
I don’t think you should get an alternative case, I don’t even know whether there is an alternative, you need to get the Seiko case. If the damage is bad and it’s not something that polishing would sort out, I think you’re best sending it to Seiko for a service to get the case replaced and they will also sort out the crystal for you 👍
@@MacroTime28800 Thank you for the reply. I agree.. Yup it's that bad. Already reached out to Seiko. Thank you so very much for the advice! Appreciate it! 🙂⌚🙏
My favourite watch Iv got both the old and new version the SARB17 is best looking.
It's great looking watch. Seiko got this one right 👍
Great video, Leo.
Glad you enjoyed it! 🙂
Great video i just ourchased a watch with a 6r35 and i hear that they arrive from the factory all over the map as far as regulation. Good to know the movement can be improved with some tlc. Great video
It will probably take some time to settle. The timekeeping will most likely change over the first few weeks. When I bought mine it was running fast but it was OK after a month or so 👍
Great video thanks. On the NH15 version the post for the day wheel is missing, at least it was on the one I bought from cousins. I buy NH36 and break them for spares (about £30 from you know where), you can rob the post and the other bits needed to make 6R15 with day wheel and don't forget to swap the hour wheel. If the stem is in the wrong place you will need a different day wheel, order a JDM one for a bit of flash.
The NH36 mainsprings can be used on lots of the 7 series movements but the barrel teeth are cut different to most. The whole escapement is a great upgrade to the older 7 series. Cheers.
Nice to hear you enjoyed it.
The NH36 is great for spares, especially at that price. Seiko certainly designed the movements in a way to make the production as cost effective as possible. I don’t mean cheap, they thought of how to reuse whatever they already have to make different movements.
I also use the NH36 movements for all kinds of testing. Any work I’m not familiar with as the NH36 movements are cheap and it doesn’t hurt that much when something goes wrong.
fascinating thanks
Glad you think so! 🙂
A master craftsman.
Thank you!
I watched the entire video. According to the University of YouTub, I am now a watchmaker. Off to buy a bunch of tiny tools !😎
Cool! I hope you'll enjoy it 👍
Amaizing
Thank you! 😉
This was a fantastic video for someone who wants to get into watch servicing as a hobby! Thank you very much!
Can I ask what bracelet you are using here? The only thing turning me away from the Alpinist is that leather strap :p
It's the Strapcode bracelet 👍
Thanks!
Thank you! 😉
Amazing
Thank you!
Leo, I have a Bergeon 4854 cannon pinion tool. I found the same problem as you. I used some small diameter electrical heat shrink which I heated to size on different sized screw drivers. Sometimes using two or three layers of heat shrink. Each piece of heat shrink being just a few millimeters in length - similar to the scale of a cannon pinion. Now I have a selection of small rubber tubes, with different diameters, which I can fit over small cannon pinions to increase the diameter to suit the Bergeon tool.
If you don't have access to heat shrink let me know and I can make a similar selection of tubes for you. They are tiny and can be sent in a letter by post. By the way I very must enjoy your streams.
That’s pretty cool. I have seen few different modifications, including different collets. I just don’t understand why Bergeon doesn’t make it smaller. Or perhaps two or three different collets which could be interchanged as required. Thank you for the offer, very kind. I’m happy with the presto tool, it does the job, it’s quick. I’m just annoyed that they make a tool that’s very much useless unless you work on larger watches.
Cheers,
Leo
Liked and subbed immediately at the edible dial joke. Love it hahaha
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it 🙂
Wow! I'm kind of in shock now seeing how many plastic parts are in there. Hopefully these are durable enough. Thank you for detailed explanation how this all works and thank you for the entertainment.
Glad to hear you enjoyed it! There are a few plastic parts there, they should last a long time 👍
I know it's heresy, but if a part is not under high torque or in the escapement, I have no problem with it being made of plastic. They have come a long way with plastics, and some are really hard, and it lightens the watch a little.
Extra great .
Thank you! 🙂
My first mechanical watch.
It's a nice watch, good choice 👍
What a legend this is brilliant! I am currently struggling with a quickset day and date on my 4r36. I took the dial and hands off then realised my crap screwdrivers are useless on the small screws so I put it back together again/ shitting myself whilst doing this. I am hoping the problem is the white plastic date setting wheel? Or a keyless problem? This is my first attempt at a fix so any advise is greatly appreciated before I have to buy a nh36😂. This message is sent from the year 2254 so the movement is 230 years old and Seiko head office is in Preston uk ooooo you’ll be glad to know the term wicked wheel has been adopted. 👍
Oh, wonder how much Seiko costs in 2254, probably millions! Back in the day over 200 years ago it used to cost around £300!
It’s very difficult to say what the issue is without seeing it. Did the quick set date stop working and that’s why you took it apart? Or did you take it apart and now the quick set date doesn’t work? Is the white plastic wheel in the right way? Not upside down?
Great video sir.
One question please.
Do you recommend the watch for the price asked?
Thank you.
I just subscribe I have this watch amazing service 😊
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it! 👍
Wow great vid. Really interesting. So many different things types of grease and oil. I was wondering how you feel about oil filled watches?
Now you got me. Oil filled. I remember seeing a diver years ago that was oil filled, between the crystal and the dial if that’s what you mean? Pretty cool 👍
Wonderful video. Thank you. Truly an art form. I’ll stick with simply buying a new movement for $65 and swapping it out, lol. 😂
It makes you wonder sometimes. Some movements, the NH36, 7s26 etc. cost very little and it would cost more to service them. But I service them because I enjoy it.
The 6R15 is more expensive, probably around £300, but for Seiko, it would be much cheaper to put a new movement in rather than service it.
Personally, I like the fact that the movement is original which came with the watch when it was purchased.
great!
Thank you!
Thank you for this!! I just built my first watch with nh36 and I was becoming increasingly interested in how all of this works. I think I need some time to get familiar with the terminologies, but I think I also get a lot of dopamine seeing all the gears move by themselves. How did you get into watch servicing in the first place? I'm quite interested in trying it out for myself, mainly trying to disassemble it and reassembling it.
I always liked watches and one day I decided I’d start servicing them myself and I did 🙂
Plastic on plastic interface actually makes a lot of sense, especially when there's barely any force required to turn that bezel. If something gets stuck, it's better for the wheel/gear to get its teeth sheared off than to cause some serious damage to the bezel and movement. It applies to other parts of the watch too.
That’s right, the bezel and also the day and date change are plastic which are the parts that the user could damage. There will be less damage if the user does something wrong.
@@MacroTime28800 Ha, didn't expect such a quick answer from my new favourite youtube watchmaking persona :P I understand how in the world of plastic-everything people prefer metal. Too bad plastic has some pretty big advantages here and there, however, plastic pallet fork from certain swiss movements is just too ugly to exist :D
Лучшее обслуживание которое я видел👍
Thank you! 😊
Love my 017, 033, and 035 SARB’s.
Thank you or the great video.
I have all three as well! 👍
@@MacroTime28800 modern classics for sure. They are keepers for me. Really like fine art . The 33, and 35 look so much like my grand Seiko snowflake in so many ways . I appreciate your expertise and great videos very much.
Holy crap, after only two vids 6r15 & nh36 I feel way more confident regarding my tasks at hand!! Than you so much for the stellar video and step by step explanation. These parts are becoming more familiar and their functions while not obvious, are falling into perspective. Bravo once again Mr Vidal. Which horological books do you read and recommend for my growing library?? time 4time would like to know. All the best and see you soon. Byron
I listed my favourite books in the description 👍
SEIKO ESTE O CAMPANIE DE CEASURI DE LUX DE MÂNĂ DIN JAPONIA!👍🙂🙂
Indeed, a very nice Japanese watch 👍