Just refurbished Seiko 6139-7049

[Scottster]

Just refurbished this classic. Cleaned and serviced. All new gaskets and domed crystal. New Seiko bracelet. New bezel and insert. Runs great. 

[jdm]

Nice, but should be a 7002 perhaps? The 6139 is a cronograph and did not had a -7049 case.

[Scottster]

11 minutes ago, jdm said:

Nice, but should be a 7002 perhaps? The 6139 is a cronograph and did not had a -7049 case.

You are exactly right. The watch I refurbished is a 6309-7049. I am currently working on a 6139-6019. Too many numbers. Thank you for correcting me. 

[jdm]

Strange, I can't see the 6309 turtle shape in your watch

However sometime 6309 case were skilfully skimmed and reshaped, especially in the Far East. Or it's a 6309-729A with a swapped caseback.

 

 

Edited May 21, 2016 by jdm

[Scottster]

I just rebuilt another 6309-7049 for a guy and noticed that the case was chunkier than mine. I wondered what the difference was. This is a picture of his. It's noticeably  bigger. 

[jdm]

9 hours ago, Scottster said:

I just rebuilt another 6309-7049 for a guy and noticed that the case was chunkier than mine. I wondered what the difference was. This is a picture of his. It's noticeably  bigger. 

This one is strange too because of distorted shape on the left, as if a big dent was removed together with a lot of metal.

6309 divers were made in two generations. Some history, and pictures of a fake one

http://quartzimodo.com/the-controversial-seiko-6319-7040-diver/

Edited May 21, 2016 by jdm

[Dccrzr]

On 5/20/2016 at 6:55 PM, jdm said:

Strange, I can't see the 6309 turtle shape in your watch

However sometime 6309 case were skilfully skimmed and reshaped, especially in the Far East. Or it's a 6309-729A with a swapped caseback.

 

 

Very nice example of a Seiko 6309-7049 Hong Kong Dial. Looks Great !

[Scottster]

Very nice!

[arkobugg]

On 20.5.2016 at 11:23 PM, Scottster said:

Just refurbished this classic. Cleaned and serviced. All new gaskets and domed crystal. New Seiko bracelet. New bezel and insert. Runs great. 

Very nice!! Is it original dial and hands ?

[Scottster]

Original dial and hands. 

[arkobugg]

11 minutes ago, Scottster said:

Original dial and hands. 

Looks very nice, how is the lumination ?

[Scottster]

The dial is in great shape. The hands show their age a bit. The lume is completely dead. I thought about reluming them but I'm really not very good at it. I've only re-lumed a couple of dials and I wasn't very impressed with my work. I think I could do the hands ok.  

[ramrod]

scottster - it looks like you might have a 6309-7290 there. if the caseback says it's a 7049, it might be the wrong one. the angle of the picture might be askew, but it looks like a 7290 case.

[Scottster]

On May 21, 2016 at 4:52 AM, jdm said:

This one is strange too because of distorted shape on the left, as if a big dent was removed together with a lot of metal.

6309 divers were made in two generations. Some history, and pictures of a fake one

http://quartzimodo.com/the-controversial-seiko-6319-7040-diver/

Great article. Thanks. 

[Scottster]

Could be. Thanks.