Favourite timepiece.

[tomh207]

3 hours ago, Neverenoughwatches said:

I really must get into pocket watches , its something that i haven’t thought much about. I imagine after tinkering with mens and ladies wristwatch movements for a while that the new scale of pocketwatches will be something nice to get used to. 

I’ll be getting into them sometime this year, my grandfather’s pocket watch was one of the reasons I got into this rabbit hole. Funny enough last week whilst I was replacing a couple of batteries for the missus she done the old “I just remembered something “ and wandered off. A couple of minutes later she hand me her father’s and grandfather’s pocket watches. Apparently she got them from her brother years ag because I was into watches and thought I might like them. Not looking forward to looking at her grandmothers watch, solid gold and the head is pretty much the size of my little finger nail.

 

Tom

[Terrinecold]

My favorite is my first mechanical watch.  I received it as a present when I worked in Japan about 20 years ago (don't remember the exact year but it was between 2004 and 2006).

It is a Seiko SAGN011 with the 4S27 movement and a titanium bracelet.  I unfortunately dropped it in a way that made it stop working.  I sent it to Seiko US for repair, they sent it to Japan without looking at it and the service and repair ended up costing $610

By the way one link in the bracelet is damaged and needs replacement and I have no idea how to find one.  If any of you know how it can be done it will avoid another expensive repair, right now my wife has a trip to Japan planned for the fall and we are thinking about having it repaired then.

It is exactly like this one

https://wholesaleshop.ru/product/134848968779

Edited May 23 by Terrinecold

[Neverenoughwatches]

1 hour ago, tomh207 said:

I’ll be getting into them sometime this year, my grandfather’s pocket watch was one of the reasons I got into this rabbit hole. Funny enough last week whilst I was replacing a couple of batteries for the missus she done the old “I just remembered something “ and wandered off. A couple of minutes later she hand me her father’s and grandfather’s pocket watches. Apparently she got them from her brother years ag because I was into watches and thought I might like them. Not looking forward to looking at her grandmothers watch, solid gold and the head is pretty much the size of my little finger nail.

 

Tom

No pressure there then, i expect I'll be up against you bidding for ladies joblot watches in the coming weeks then, I'll back off for a while and let you build up some practice pieces

1 hour ago, Terrinecold said:

sent it to Seiko US for repair, they sent it to Japan without looking at it and the service and repair ended up costing $610

Ouch, bet that was a hard pill to swallow. If you gonna have something fixed you at least like to know how much it will be .

[HectorLooi]

3 hours ago, Terrinecold said:

By the way one link in the bracelet is damaged and needs replacement and I have no idea how to find one.

Could you show a photo of the damaged link. Sometimes it's just the link pin that needs to be replaced.

[RichardHarris123]

I have found a site with genuine seiko links, $25 a link.  Probably better buying a new one. 

[Waggy]

12 hours ago, RichardHarris123 said:

I have found a site with genuine seiko links

Link?

[RichardHarris123]

https://www.watchbands.com/departments/shop-by-brand/seiko-watchbands/genuine-seiko-links.aspx

https://unclestraps.com/en-gb/products/extra-links-for-seiko

 

 

 

Edited May 24 by RichardHarris123

[Terrinecold]

@RichardHarris123 thank you very much , checking if they have it. 

Edit: couldn't find the right links on their website, I sent a request to them to know if they could source them.

Edited May 24 by Terrinecold
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