Jump to content

Crystal/movement Replacment


DMS

Recommended Posts

I own a Seiko watch which is quite a number of years old and my grandson, aged 5 took it out without me knowing and has smached the crystal on the watch.  How do I go about sizing it, and where should I look for the Crystal?

 

On a second question, I would like to replace an automatic movement from a VOKEN watch,  that has a lot of damaged, with a new movement, the watch has a day/date and has these numbers on the back plate;  V6 8W     4V-00009 ..  How do I go about sizing this up and making sure that it will fit with the day date the right way round, Also where could I order one from.

 

I know that you gentlemen have a lot of experiance between you, and I hope you can help this amature out of this situation.

 

Thank you all very much.

 

David.

Edited by DMS
Link to comment
Share on other sites

There's a lot of confusion about Voken - some say it's a Russian make, others a Japanese - and others a Japanese movement in a Russian-made watch...

 

My guess is that it's a Japanese movement, but it's fairly obscure stuff from the '70s or '80s...

  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Hi David,

 

About the Seiko, there is a number on the case should look like 7S26- XXXX. the first for letters/numbers are the movement caliper and the last 4 numbers/letters (represented by X) is the case type. With those numbers you can order the right crystal. Here in US I either go to Esslinger or to ofrei....

 

The other watch I'm not familiar with. In any case, if you could post pictures of both it would be very helpful.

 

Bob

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 2 weeks later...

For the Seiko watch the numbers on the back read; 7123 - 8540-P G,  The crystal that's on there at the moment is flat and not domed so should I order a flat one or domed one as WRT Addict suggests?

 

Thank you.

 

David.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Best to install an original if you can get one.

 

This case number shows up on Cousins and the glass is available.

 

Just pop S15430 into the search on Cousins and this should be the correct glass.

  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites



  • Similar Content

  • Recently Browsing

    • No registered users viewing this page.
  • Topics

  • Posts

    • This forum is a big part of my life. When I retired from horology many years ago due to poor health I missed what I had trained for. On here I can still do my bit in helping and advising others and have a little fun as well.  
    • First thing this morning, make coffee, second, check the forum.  I would really miss the forum, not on any social media, not interested in telling the world what I had for breakfast!!! I do consider most of the regulars friends and would wonder what had happened if they stopped posting. 
    • Hi all Thought I'd show my small and trying to keep under control watch collection! Apart from the Enicar all were under £12! At least if I destroy them in the process then I won't be too worse off. A few pics to start off with First of all my first attempt. A Thuya pocket watch. It was only running face down and would stop when vertical. So now it still works face down and only slows down when vertical so at least an improvement! 😄  I only have a generic watch oil at the mo so that won't help but I'm hoping to get some more appropriate oils in a couple of months for my birthday. I did have to get a crystal for it since it didn't come with one. It didn't look as though it would friction fit (and I don't have a crystal press in any case) so I glued it to the case with PVA. So far so good. Next up above are a sekonda and citizen automatic. Both non runners. Both with broken balance wheels amongst other things. I'm hopeful the citizen will start when I get the new one I ordered but the sekonda is being kept for spares and trial of new techniques. And finally the Enicar and the timemaster. Both running when I got them. I wanted to get running watches so that at least I stood a fighting chance of still having a running watch after the service! It was all going well on the Enicar until I dropped the balance wheel during reassembly...😔. Unfortunately they are quite expensive to get so for now I'll won't do anything with it but I would like to fix it at one point. The timemaster is still running (yeah!) but I managed to break a dial foot during the deassembly. First repair attempt failed so now I am looking at soldering it back on... So there we go. My initial foray into this great hobby. Thanks for sticking with this tale so far.  I'm hoping that once the balance wheel arrives for the citizen I will be able to say I bought a non runner and fixed it! So fingers crossed. Thanks for looking, Nick
    • Like losing Ranfft. That was a wake up call. We took his website for granted. Miss him terribly.  
    • Its 4 o'clock in the morning here in the Uk, i cant sleep, i dont sleep, not much ever really. My brain never shuts off to rest, I'm just a constant thinker, i have to be very tired to be able to sleep,  i guess eventually it will be my undoing and my health will suffer because of it I'm sure. But while I'm here i want to get as much out of life as i can, and give as much as i can, to help,maybe to make a difference to someone's life if that is within my capability,recent events have made that need even more clear to me. I'm not sure where I'm going with this or why i bring it up , or if its relevant to want i want to talk about its just in my head right now. What i do want to talk about is something thats been on my mind for ages. I like to be prepared,  I'm not fond of surprises because surprises take control away and i am a bit of a control freak at times. This forum, Our Forum if i can call it that, is here because of two reasons. The guy that created it and keeps it funded and the people that joined it.  Without either, it would not exist, and lets face it one day it won't ( I'm a realist and i talk about things others dont or who are afraid to in other words folk that dont particularly prepare for the inevitable). How many of us visit here regularly ?  How many among us almost depend on the forum as a way of socialising because they are stuck at home and how many of us has it become part of a daily routine to check in and see if they can offer advice or get help with something they are working on or just to have a chat and engage in some banter. The members here are in the thousands and thousands have disappeared over the years many had just a fleeting visit. But there are a good few of us that know each other quite well and visit regularly. I dont know about you but i wouldnt want to lose that communication with you all, in all honesty it has become an important part of that side of my life and helps to feed my passion for all things watches. Some of you may think differently and thats ok, some of may stop and think # what would i do " Without Our Forum " # 
×
×
  • Create New...