Service Of A Seiko 6R15

[rogart63]

I have been asked if i can service a Seiko 6R15 ? Anyone here that has done that . Can't find any parts anywhere or if i just should replace it . Can't find that either . There seems to be a Seiko movement that is called NE15 that replaces the seiko 6R15 . But seems to be hard to find also . 

[ro63rto]

I take it you have the tech guide?

http://service.seiko.com.au/i/seiko/documents/technicalguides/6R15B.pdf

[rogart63]

I take it you have the tech guide?

http://service.seiko.com.au/i/seiko/documents/technicalguides/6R15B.pdf

Phuuuu  :sleep: .That is something to bite on . Wish me luck .

[rogart63]

There seems to be a replacement movement from Cousinsuk . Costing £72 . It's the Hattori NE15. There is a technical guide for this here . I don't now how i compares to the Seiko movement .https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=Z2xlYXZlYW5kY28uY29tfHRlY2huaWNhbHxneDoyMjg2NTNhMDY4OWViZjM2

[ro63rto]

Hattori is part of Seiko is it not?

[ro63rto]

Phuuuu [emoji99] .That is something to bite on . Wish me luck .

Yeah. Little bit more complex than my 7s36. It has hacking and hand winding.

Quite a high quality movement.

[Ishima]

Hattori is part of Seiko is it not?

 

Yes, Hattori is a subsidiary of Seiko, named after Seiko CEO Shinji Hattori. 

I'm not sure but, I think when they decided they were going to sell movements to other watch manufacturers they didn't want the conflict of having their watch brand name 'Seiko' in non Seiko watches, because it might lead to intellectual property issues and also lead to people thinking Seiko make Animal watches and such, Hattori is basically their line of movements for the general watch manufacturing market, at least that's the best guess I can make. 

Edited June 10, 2015 by Ishima

[ro63rto]

Here's a very interesting piece on what Seiko did to "upgrade" the 7s26 to 6r15.

Http://seikoholics.yuku.com/topic/48/Inside-the-Seiko-6r15-with-a-comparison-to-the-7s26-

[bobm12]

Hi rogart,

 

I made a walkthrough of the NH36 and Lawson made one of the 7S26/7S36. Those should cover the whole thing. No big deal and if you have a question we are standing by! :)

 

Cheers,

 

Bob