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Tissot Seastar Auto 2591 #2

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I posted this one when I first picked it up back in July. Came in parts and the automatic works was put together wrong. I learned a lot on this family of movements and really am happy with the outcome as well as the journey. First I will post how it arrived, the for now final, the parts I sourced for replacement,  and the latest disassembly for service in case it helps someone else. I had to match every part to the tech sheet and found only 1 missing screw, but the calendar and date rings were toast on arrival. They were good for practice during assembly because they only had the paint removed and I separated the hour wheel from the day ring so that I could work on the calendar and day advancements and see the bridges on the dial side.DSCN54184.thumb.JPG.b07c36af059d514914f5105079910706.JPGDSCN54194.thumb.JPG.b134264a07778c74798686cc3a9cbfc6.JPGDSCN54822.thumb.JPG.7a43d850bfbd557ec69a2264edaff6ec.JPG20231023_1906222.thumb.jpg.ece7ee9a2434957ae0d0a04538fcbe2c.jpg20231023_1908312.thumb.jpg.4caeb80fd5d5c7715a7b9809b3733de8.jpg20231023_1906592.thumb.jpg.e0c68f5973b50dc942b650df6b5a4a12.jpg

The original bracelet is a little different with a single link style and needs a little adjustment to get the end covers to lay flat.

The watch has been going for about 22 hours with more than 14 hours on the wrist. I am never sure when a full wind is reached on these that have a manual wind function as well. The watch has gained a bit over that time and the timegrapher numbers are pretty decent with not much delta on the horizontal for either the beat error or the Amp. On the vertical 2 of the 4 had good numbers and deltas on the Amp and beat error but the other two are off a bit.20231023_1603072.thumb.jpg.bfa884119c1df9f6dce3aa25949b4682.jpg20231023_160632.thumb.jpg.90986a411a2aeb6171fbf1a5d2df642a.jpg20231023_1611582.thumb.jpg.7b3e7be36846b0fb8183e0c19eb8e58b.jpg20231023_1610252.thumb.jpg.904e699628200034732a804cb6a42280.jpg20231023_1615542.thumb.jpg.248298e2366735860aacc3ab9af8fbea.jpg20231023_1613222.thumb.jpg.98fdebdd60e6258ab82305b14e5de352.jpg

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