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SEIKO Sportura Kinetic Chronograph SNL015P.... also known as a 7L22 - 0AM0....

I picked this up at the swapmeet and it had a not very attractive reddish rubber watch band . I installed a SS fine mesh band I had in my stash until a carbon fiber band with red stitching I ordered shows up .

Some of the features are : 

  • Energy depletion forewarning function.
  • Overcharge prevention function.
  • Duration of full charge is approximately 5 months.
  • Screw down crown.
  • Screw down See-Thru case back.
  • Anti-glare sapphire crystal.

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Some of you may remember my search for good 1960,s seiko sportsmaster diashock dial. well after about a year of checking the bay religiously I came up trumps after finding a none runner with a really scratched glass and battered worn case but I could see the dial looked ok so I left my bid went to bed and luckly won it so here it is back to its original best.575ad5764caeb_IMG_03621.JPG.d0069efb71cd6ea54e7a8879a893de75.JPG.9fb57d790ec1e2d0b256c6f3852c32a8.JPG

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On November 16, 2016 at 10:27 AM, ricardopalamino said:

SEIKO Sportura Kinetic Chronograph SNL015P.... also known as a 7L22 - 0AM0....

I picked this up at the swapmeet and it had a not very attractive reddish rubber watch band . I installed a SS fine mesh band I had in my stash until a carbon fiber band with red stitching I ordered shows up .

Some of the features are : 

  • Energy depletion forewarning function.
  • Overcharge prevention function.
  • Duration of full charge is approximately 5 months.
  • Screw down crown.
  • Screw down See-Thru case back.
  • Anti-glare sapphire crystal.

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The carbon fiber watchband showed up.....I like it......

 

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Wearing a 'Trylon' boy-sized watch, about 32mm across without the crown, probably from the fifties,

Powered by a Felsa 692 "bidynator'. I believe this was the first watch which could wind both ways which doubled the winding efficiency. Dial has the typical 'dead' lume with some of it breaking away from the minute hand, hour hand is a disaster. I haven't serviced it since I got it a few months back but will get around to it. Will fix the lume then. Watch is currently running ok.

This would be a typical micro-brand from the 50s but the stainless steel (unbranded) makes it slightly above average. Waterproofing and shock-proofing also add to the quality.

Dial has some patina but its even and doesn't detract from the watch. A lot scratches on the surface which I will attempt to polish out.

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Case-back...'all stainless-steel'. This is a good thing.

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Humming away

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Felsa came up with a simple way of removing the auto-wind rotor, next to the rotor-pivot there is a pin in a slot. Just move it as indicated by the arrow and the rotor is free. All the rotors I've come across so far have been jeweled, I don't know if there were any jeweled rotors. The case screws on most of the Felsa automatics from the 50s and 60s are not as elegant compared to other watches, depending on winding a screw out against the lip in the case.

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French made case.

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Trylon are still around, surprisingly.. not sure what to make of this watch...trylon-watch.jpeg

Have a nice day!

Anilv

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I picked up this non-running Hamilton with a Swiss ESA 9158 electronic movement on the bay for $25 . It has a screw down crown , and when it arrived I could see that a bezel was missing . I searched the internet to see if I could find a picture of what the old bezel looked like , with no luck .

The rubber watchband was salty , dirty , and twisted into the shape it was stored in .

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When I opened it up I was presented with a movement that was swimming in oil ,...you could almost pour the oil out . I had to clean my tools and work surface when I got it out . I removed the dial , hands , and dial ring and cleaned them up hoping that the finish on the dial and hands wasn't ruined .                                                                                                                          

I was able to find a complete working movement for $20 .

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Fortunately,  after cleaning up the case , dial , hands , and watchband , everything looked good enough to re-use with no apparent damage done by the oil soaked parts .

 I reassembled the watch with the donor movement and it was off and running .

I checked my stash of parts to see if I happened to have an old bezel that would fit the case . I pulled out a Seiko bezel that I had changed out on a Seiko 6138-0011 UFO / Yachtsman I have and it fit .  I used a piece of brass wire of the right diameter to form a bezel spring to fit between the bezel and case , as each part had a slot where a ring would fit .  Luckily all the parts fit very well . The bezel fits firmly and turns as it should .

The Seiko UFO ....

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And The Hamilton Electronic...I have since , reset the day and date...

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9 hours ago, anilv said:

wow.. that's fantastic, even the colours match up!

Now you're gonna be 1)overwhelmed by Seiko fans condemning the improper use of parts from an iconic Seiko' and 2)offers to buy said bezel.

Anil

You are so right about  #1 . if I was on another forum I won't mention , I would get feedback from the experts . That's why I like this forum ,....no politics ....and more fun.... I'm not really a mod guy , so this is about as far as I'll go . I will admit though , I have seen some very nice conversions by some of the members of this forum .

As far as  #2 goes , Both bezels are original . The one I used on the Hamilton has a tiny scratch by the R in tachymeter , That's why I changed it on the UFO .

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A Seiko Perpetual Calendar 6A32 - 00B0 today . 

I wanted to check the battery , performance , and functions of this watch and found the date to be one day off so I decided to do a time and date setting  using the owners manual .

In one of Marks videos he changes the battery and resets the calendar on a Seiko Perpetual calendar 8F32 . The procedure for the 6A32 is different and a bit easier .

The first thing I noticed on my watch is that it has a push button above the crown , and I thought it was to check the power reserve in the battery , or part of the quickset function for the day / date , but it is used to set the calendar . I won't go into the full procedure , but am providing a link for those interested .

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After attempting the setting procedure a couple of times . I finally got things squared away . This one is a conservative but nice looking  watch that really looks better in person than my photo gives it credit for .

 

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On 11/7/2016 at 10:33 PM, anilv said:

The date quickset is by the button at 3 o'clock. I believe this button is a replacement...from where I don't know as it doesn't look like any pusher I've seen before.

Anil

doh! how did i miss that one? i have one just like it.

that button looks like something you'd see on an older tissot - or a junghans.

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So, a lot of the guys on this forum really know their stuff and are heavily involved in servicing and the like.  Some of the other forums have groups of 'fanboys' (I suppose they might be called) who will defend their brand of choice to the death. 

I got into horology through Seiko because of their low entry point (for mechanicals). To use an analogy, I'm probably still using stabilisers when it comes to knowledge.

What I'm getting at in a roundabout way is....Should I be surprised that so many people on this forum love their Seikos so much? 

N.b. I've got several Seiko watches, so to mix it up a bit here's my Bulova Accutron Deep sea from 1970 (same age as me)

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Actually Tunokies ,  I think you just tuned in when there seem to be more Seikos presented under this posting by a few members . I think if you look at those presented under your watch collection , [but not this thread ] , and under Watch repairs Help and Advice You will get a truer picture of the watches shared on this forum .

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So I've been wearing this Sekonda which the wife bought me about 15 years ago for a couple of days  aIMG_0691[1].JPGfter finding it in the back of a drawer during a clean out. Popped a new battery in I was amazed I'd taken the old one out for storage and off she went. Its really comfy to wear but being solid Stainless it weighs about a half hundred weight. 

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16 hours ago, Cad101 said:

So I've been wearing this Sekonda which the wife bought me about 15 years ago for a couple of days  aIMG_0691[1].JPGfter finding it in the back of a drawer during a clean out. Popped a new battery in I was amazed I'd taken the old one out for storage and off she went. Its really comfy to wear but being solid Stainless it weighs about a half hundred weight. 

Lovely timepiece.

Just one question, are the numerals around the dial ie: 360 at 12 O'clock, 180 at 6 O'clock degree angle measurements ?   

 

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