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Orient Star Explorient 'not winding'


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Just finished my latest project. eBay purchase at a very reasonable £53. Described as not winding. The head of one of the movement holding screws had sheared off and was sitting on top of the escape wheel, what luck! Fully disassembled, cleaned and serviced. Replacement screw was from a seiko 7625 just filed down a bit as it was slightly too long. I was surprised to find that the crystal was glass and not acrylic as I had read previously. Strap is vintage burgandy, the brand is 'bros' (Italy) and it's really nice. Lightly polished and is running like new, amplitude over 280 in horizontal and vertical around 260 +-3 SPD across positions. A definite keeper.

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20 minutes ago, VWatchie said:

£53! Wow! Congrats! Why do I never find these watches!? ?

Seiko or ETA style automatic winding works?

Seiko 'magic lever' style winding. Very similar movement to Seiko 7625 in many ways. Movement is Orient 48748 for reference.

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