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After trolling eBay UK for 36000 bph watches & particularly looking for the titoni cosmo 99 as it has the eta 2832 movement. I was having no luck what so ever. Then I remembered reading in someone's post within this forum about using other eBay countries. So I tried the refine my search & selected other countries. Unfortunately, still no luck. Then I decided as my last effort to try eBay.com & hey presto. I found 2, contacted the seller in India & he was more than happy to ship to the UK. He altered his listing to accommodate this & bam. £109 Inc shipping. Can't wait to receive it & get to work on servicing. Sent from my GT-I9505 using Tapatalk

Have a read of this thread Ginger. http://www.watchrepairtalk.com/topic/2181-filthy-watches/?p=22041

Hi ginger, I recently cleaned a movement that had similar signs of water ingress & I found this video Mark did very useful. Although it's of a 7750 movement, he does show & discuss a couple of methods he used to clean the particularly bad areas. I think it's round 14mins in https://youtu.be/BesSK67Mzms.

I think the movement is an ETA 2836-2. If so the strip down and drawings can be found on the ETA web site. It looks like the movement has had water ingress so a complete strip down,clean reassembly & lubrication will be required.

Hello Graham! You've had the good fortune to light upon the friendliest watch forum on the web, with members who'll give you solid advice and with a superb video resource provided by Mark. What we all love is photographs of whatever it is you're working on, be it ever so humble. I've still to commence my first service but I like to post up items that I've bought, to elicit opinions and information about them. What's your latest project?

This watch case has us glued to the channel for the conclusion....

Yes they are . The one with the Herring bone bracelet was a basket case when I got it . It took me a while to learn to learn how it works , put it together , and make the small adjustments to get it to work and reset properly . I picked the other one up recently for parts or repair...$56... A case tube for one of the pushers must have been replaced a little crooked , because the pusher got stuck each time you pushed it. I reamed and polished the inside of the pusher and it was good to go . I've attached a pic of my Pogue . It's a water resist . They first came out with water proof , shortly after with water resist , and then no markings . I've also attached some pics of a couple of other Seiko Silverwave models . I have some quartz models stashed away someplace . The Seiko 6139 - 6002 Water Resist "Pogue".... A Silverwave Ana-Digi.... Silverwave Automatic.....

Hello all, First post here. I recently acquired a mid 70s Seiko for parts (I spent more for the parts watch than a complete runner was worth, sentimental reasons and all). Anyways, I tried the rubber ball (I always start with that one) then the wench with no success. I then tried superglue with much doubt , it ended as I suspected I would. So I waited a few days and finally gave in to temptation. I put the watch in a case holder and into the vise it went , out came the hammer and chisel. One small tap in a slot for the wrench was all it took and didn't even leave a mark. First time I've had to use a hammer on a watch. Also , once I had it open and looking on the inside of the case back there were no marks to indicate that it had even been opened.

Here's my adaptation of an old pair of eyeglasses, 2 large rubber o-rings (to hold the eyegalss in the metal frame) and an elastic band (to pull it over to the side a bit) !!!!!!

That's good Patrick. If you don't have a press for closing the back and are doing it by hand, make sure you squeeze at the edge of the case as it is easy to break the crystal by pressing in the middle.

Of course, before doing all this you must ensure you have the correct tool and accessories to refit the caseback. Case/crystal press with the correct size/shaped dyes.

I haven't opened one myself, so I could be wrong. Just go carefully!

Welcome to the forum Transam. What you describe above sounds correct. You may have to remove the bracelet to find the little notch for the case knife as it is sometimes hidden there. Once you have removed the bracelet, clean around the edges thoroughly with a stiff brush, then using a loupe check around the case to find the notch. When you find it, use a good quality case knife to prise the back off, but do it I such a way as not to slip into the movement and cause damage.