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My Seiko 6119-8083 restoration project


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Hi All,

Just thought I would post a few pics of my restoration project of a Seiko 6119-8083 I picked up off ebay. It was pretty scuffed up but the dial looked ok and the seller had decent pictures of the movement.

Once I opened it up the dial was indeed in near perfect condition and the lume was still going strong despite its age! I wanted to get this looking as "new" as possible so gave the case a bit of attention and popped in a new crystal.

I only noticed after it had all gone together that the day-disc is offset; it does not feel loose so I suspect it was taken from another watch with a different crown position.

Overall, Im really happy with it.

 

 

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13 hours ago, bobtheterrible said:

the day-disc is offset; it does not feel loose so I suspect it was taken from another watch with a different crown position

I would agree that the date disc is probably from a different movement with a 3 O'clock stem position and not 3.4 position, what also gives it away is that the day disc is white and the date disc is black, so I'm 99.99% sure they are not a pair. Fortunately it's a quick fix to switch out the disc, maybe from a donor 6309 (I assume they are compatable?) movement which you can pick up quite reasonably for less than £12 - link Here or less than £6 on the same site for just the disc.

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