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Hello all, I have in my possession a Seiko case for an automatic movement. The back is not original to the case. the bezel is missing .  the I.D. and O.D. are 32.10 mm and 35.50 mm  for the groove the bezel would sit in. Could anyone suggest how I might find such a bezel? 

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On 11/23/2020 at 2:18 PM, yankeedog said:

The back is not original to the case. the bezel is missing . 

if the case back is not original you're definitely going to have a problem. Usually when ordering components for cases for Seiko watches everything is based on the case back number. It could be a different case back as long as it's the right case back for that case then you could use the number. But if it's totally wrong case back here in trouble sort of? If you look at the dial usually on the bottom there is a dial number it's not exactly the same as the case number. But it helps to narrow down the range of what you're looking for.

They is probably I was Seiko is that they've made so many case components. They haven't old it's been discontinued desk of even a bigger problem.  I know their sites out there were people are modifying their Seiko watches if you can find one of those sites may be they of something generic.

 

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That's what I was thinking. There is ALOT of interchange between Seiko cases, things are easy to swap around, too easy ! it does make for efficient manufacturing. The modders out there now seem to be mostly interested in dive watches , in that case bezels abound. This is a standard watch case, probably a Seiko 5 that got cannibalized along the way. I want to make something out of it ! I can find bezels of this type with Seiko part numbers from different vendors. There has to be documentation out there somewhere that can match these numbers to their dimensions, but WHERE ?

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