Timex 400 watches

[Keylessworks]

I found a Timex 400 men’s watch in an eBay lot that I purchased. When I removed the case back I was surprised to find a standard looking 17 jewel movement with bridges instead of the typical Timex 2ate design. This watch does not have a stem/crown. The movement is a 70-6 Japan movement. I would like to source a stem/crown before refurbishing this watch but so far have not been able to find one. I am thinking that based on the movement design that the stem and crown are separate parts unlike typical Timex vintage watches which use a stem/crown “one piece” design

 

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[Marc]

Googling Timex 400 comes up with a number of resources which reference a collaboration between Timex, Laco, and Seiko in the early '60's resulting in the Timex 400 series, so your Japanese movement is almost certainly a Seiko which may make finding a replacement stem a little easier.

Digging a bit deeper comes up with this which shows a Timex 400 movement, and this which shows several Seiko Laurel movements. They look remarkably similar and are from the same period.

So maybe you're looking for a Seiko Laurel stem. However there seems to be more than one Seiko Laurel movement and so far I haven't been able to get any kind of specific ID.

Is the whole of your stem missing or is it just broken? If you still have the end that goes into the movement then some careful measurements may help to isolate the specific stem that you need. Then you just have to find one, but at least you will know what you are looking for.

[Keylessworks]

Marc,

Thanks for the feedback.  No stem or crown with the movement.  I did find 2 different Timex 070 stems on eBay but without having any part numbers I don't know if these would fit. or are for the 70-X movements (as Timex calls them)

I started searching the Timex stem/crown listing up to 1971 but quickly realized that this "400" movement would probably use individual stem and crown.

Thanks for the leads. I will keep looking

 

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