Seiko quartz crown in Europe

[guiri]

I'm restoring a Seiko 6530-5090 for a friend, the watch was her father's, and has sentimental value. 

I've sourced everything except the crown, which needs replacing (overall poor condition, plus the seal seems to have swollen and doesn't fit back on the case properly. 

I've found the parts listing on Borel. 

http://cgi.julesborel.com/cgi-bin/matcgi2?ref=Wa|H[bdF

However, I can't seem to find this part, or the J alternative, outside the US, specifically Ofrei (the shipping cost makes it quite expensive)  http://www.ofrei.com/page_115.html

Any ideas on finding a suitable crown for a decent price in Europe? 

[rogart63]

4 hours ago, guiri said:

I'm restoring a Seiko 6530-5090 for a friend, the watch was her father's, and has sentimental value. 

I've sourced everything except the crown, which needs replacing (overall poor condition, plus the seal seems to have swollen and doesn't fit back on the case properly. 

I've found the parts listing on Borel. 

http://cgi.julesborel.com/cgi-bin/matcgi2?ref=Wa|H[bdF

However, I can't seem to find this part, or the J alternative, outside the US, specifically Ofrei (the shipping cost makes it quite expensive)  http://www.ofrei.com/page_115.html

Any ideas on finding a suitable crown for a decent price in Europe? 

Have you checked cousinsuk? Maybe Stefan radymski in England could help you. Send me a PM if you want his email adress. 

[WatchMaker]

I'm not a Seiko expert but if you do an ebay search for item 132505656524 then this says that a 6530-5420 crown will also fit a whole bunch of other Seiko case references ... including your 6530-5090.

Assuming you're actually looking for a 'yellow' crown then, as rogart63 suggests, CousinsUK is a good place to start and indeed they list a 6530-5420 gold plated crown for a Seiko.

An alternative source could be http://www.nwcsupplies.com. If you navigate to Named Crowns -> Seiko Crowns you'll see they have 430 listed! It's not the most user friendly website so I'll let you see if they have what you need.

 

[Chopin]

Other than what has been posted you can also try https://www.speedtimerkollektion.com/

MWCsupplies have some pretty rare parts so you might find one there.

This looks like a pretty generic Seiko crown so it was probably used on a handful of watches.

[guiri]

8 hours ago, WatchMaker said:

I'm not a Seiko expert but if you do an ebay search for item 132505656524 then this says that a 6530-5420 crown will also fit a whole bunch of other Seiko case references ... including your 6530-5090.

Assuming you're actually looking for a 'yellow' crown then, as rogart63 suggests, CousinsUK is a good place to start and indeed they list a 6530-5420 gold plated crown for a Seiko.

An alternative source could be http://www.nwcsupplies.com. If you navigate to Named Crowns -> Seiko Crowns you'll see they have 430 listed! It's not the most user friendly website so I'll let you see if they have what you need.

 

Weird, I don't find that part number in any other lookups, where did you see the case reference for this? (checked boley & julesborel). I find 35R34NS1/35R34NA1 for the 5090 case (which certainly is cross referenced on many other cases). For 3 gbp, it's probably worth a shot either way, and I regularly order from cousins anyways, so the shipping is worth it.

[guiri]

11 minutes ago, guiri said:

Weird, I don't find that part number in any other lookups, where did you see the case reference for this? (checked boley & julesborel). I find 35R34NS1/35R34NA1 for the 5090 case (which certainly is cross referenced on many other cases). For 3 gbp, it's probably worth a shot either way, and I regularly order from cousins anyways, so the shipping is worth it.

Sorry I re-read your comment, you were getting that from the eBay listing, makes sense now. It looks like this is a potential solution...I'll order it and give it a go from Cousins!

 

Thanks to all for the ideas, definitely more resources for future Seiko parts searches.