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My first post here, found this site via Watch Repair Channel on youtube.

 

I've been looking to get a new beater watch and caught a bug for watches. I've always had low end quarts watches but for my first automatic I went with a Seiko SNK809 and put a leather strap on it. Spent the last month researching watches and think I might start a small collection over time. Here's a picture of my first "real" watch.

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I hope to learn a lot here and maybe even do some work myself. I've already had to regulate my new watch as it was losing about 24 seconds a day. Now it's around 2 seconds a day. 

 

Thanks for stopping by.

Ken.

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Welcome to the forum. There are many on here that collect watches. I like your seiko it has a nice clear face and to me doesn't look modern, I don't like modern designs, in fact I don't like quarts at all. I repaired/restored  manual movements, never touched quarts.

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I agree with you OldHippy, quarts watches just don't do it for me. I prefer the smoother movement the automatic watches provide. I'm also not a fan of flashy big watches. I like the old school look/size personally.

 

Thanks everyone for the warm welcome :D

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Greetings!
 

Several SNK's were among my first real watches. I like them a lot, but as my collection has grown, I don't wear them as often as I used too.  The 7S26 movement is also where I cut my teeth on movement service. Good stuff!

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11 hours ago, dadistic said:

Greetings!
 

Several SNK's were among my first real watches. I like them a lot, but as my collection has grown, I don't wear them as often as I used too.  The 7S26 movement is also where I cut my teeth on movement service. Good stuff!

Yea I've been going ham getting mine in time. So far I gain about 1-2 seconds a day and have left it there. I've been looking for proper tools to service this watch and I'm glad I started with this one since it's rather cheap price wise so I won't be to upset if I mess it up while learning.

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