My first "Real" project

[Jacacanta]

Hello Forum

I would like to share with you my first "real" project and also wanted to say a Big Thank You to those who answered my questions and helped me achieve it  - until now I had only disassembled and reassembled basic Unitas and ETA 2801 movements and this was my first attempt at repairing and restoring a complete watch.

The watch is a Seiko 66-9990 which belonged to my father who gave it to me in the seventies - I don't remind ever using it for the past 30+ years during which it has been sitting in different drawers.

The watch:

Case back opened:

 

Thanks to advice from the forum I could extract the movement and dial from the front:

 

And completely disassembled the movement (following Mark's online lessons  ):

 

Then cleaned all the parts:

And oiled (not very good at that, fell I still need a LOT of practice ... ) and reassembled the movement back into the cleaned case (and crystal replaced):

 

And proudly on my wrist  :

 

Thank you again for your great help, time to move on to a new project (and ask you many more questions  )

[eccentric59]

Very nice job. Now that watch has even more meaning to you. Enjoy it.

[SparkyLB]

Well done.  That picture of the parts looks vaguely familar. 

[Jacacanta]

50 minutes ago, eccentric59 said:

Very nice job. Now that watch has even more meaning to you. Enjoy it.

Thank you. And yes, you are absolutely right! I have a few nice watches but the pleasure of wearing this one is totally different  

[Jacacanta]

14 minutes ago, SparkyLB said:

Well done.  That picture of the parts looks vaguely familar. 

Thank you ! And yes, as I said, I really follow the guidelines !! Step by step and ALL steps ...