[Torsten]

All,
As a teaser here some pictures of the process so far.

Cheers, Torsten

The Purchase:

The Arrival

Unpacking:

The Stripping:

The spare parts:

The Final Product: 151 movements plus spare parts

Next step: Shipping for refurbishment

 

[hked]

Thank you Torsten for your excellent suggestion in using the ST5 movement as the basis for our 2013 project. You deserve more recognition for the time and effort you put into this project since its inception; for the months you spent purchasing the vintage movements (using your own money up front), dismantling them and making sure they were up to scratch.

We hope to make you proud of the final product even though you probably don't want to see the innards of an ST5 watch ever again ;-).

 

[ColinW]

All...

Cool!

And thanks!

 

[mcfr]

Very nice te see!

 

[Martin_B]

Thank you Torsten for your excellent suggestion in using the ST5 movement as the basis for our 2013 project. You deserve more recognition for the time and effort you put into this project since its inception; for the months you spent purchasing the vintage movements (using your own money up front), dismantling them and making sure they were up to scratch.

We hope to make you proud of the final product even though you probably don't want to see the innards of an ST5 watch ever again ;-).

+1 on what Ed says :-!

Just wondering, what do you do with the guttet remains of the watches?

Regards,

Martin

 

[Colin63]

Wow!

 

[merik]

This project is really cool. How old are the movements?


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[Torsten]

This project is really cool. How old are the movements?

Anywhere between 30 to 40 years.

 

[Torsten]

Just wondering, what do you do with the guttet remains of the watches?

Regards,

Martin

I will take some more pictures of the dials to share the various designs with the forum. Most of the dials are in bad shape or have scratches. The acryllic crystals are beyond salvage, too. There are mainly cases, case backs and movement spacers left that could be reused. Everything else including dial and movement holder screws is part of the shipment for refurbishing. Oh and a few main plates are left as well.

Haven't decided what to do with this yet. PM me.

 

[MHe225]

Thank you Torsten for your excellent suggestion in using the ST5 movement as the basis for our 2013 project. You deserve more recognition for the time and effort you put into this project since its inception; for the months you spent purchasing the vintage movements (using your own money up front), dismantling them and making sure they were up to scratch.

We hope to make you proud of the final product even though you probably don't want to see the innards of an ST5 watch ever again ;-).

+2 on what Ed says :-!

And I like to point out for all the highlighted portion of Ed's post - even as a Committee member I don't know this detail, but by my estimates, Torsten has shelled out in excess of $3,500 .... think about it .... Torsten is not making any money off this project; he just wants us to have a really cool and unique watch at an affordable price.
I say chapeau!! This man has a bigger heart than most of us. And because of all of this, I think we should respect Torsten's ideas about how this watch should look (read: limited voting).

Torsten, allow me a few questions:

Are these the (only?) NOS watches / movements you were able to source?

Still, that's 30 out of 150 |>
These must have left you with useable parts after dismantling, no? Plus, didn't that leave you with an uneasy feeling, stripping essentially brand new watches?

Also, did I spot in your pics a few watches with a date-option? Do these have a different movement, or is there a date "add-on" for the ST5 movement (ok, I just made a fool of myself / demonstrated to all that I have only very limited knowledge of (vintage) Chinese movements - apologies for that).

RonB

 

[Torsten]

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[shawn977]

Thank you Torsten for your excellent suggestion in using the ST5 movement as the basis for our 2013 project. You deserve more recognition for the time and effort you put into this project since its inception; for the months you spent purchasing the vintage movements (using your own money up front), dismantling them and making sure they were up to scratch.

We hope to make you proud of the final product even though you probably don't want to see the innards of an ST5 watch ever again ;-).

++ on what Ed says :-!

 

[Torsten]

Torsten, allow me a few questions:

Are these the (only?) NOS watches / movements you were able to source?
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While the cases, dials and hands appear to be NOS the movements don't look like they are. As you can see in the pictures below they are in different states of machine tooling and appear re-used. Still the bottom side, the part which we are interested in, looks good.

Still, that's 30 out of 150 |>
These must have left you with useable parts after dismantling, no?

Basically just the case, dial and hands. Not all watches had movement spacers, another indicator that these have been assembled by someone else but not Seagull.

 

[Stone Hill]

Wow wow wow! That is really something.

 

[lvt]

It's very cool, pls keep us posted |>

 

[Cosmograph]

Wow, just Wow. Torsten, Thanks for taking the time, money and effort to make this a reality for all the forum members here. It is much appreciated and indeed commendable.

 

[Machine Head]

Many thanks for all your hard work...defintiely would enjoy more pictures and see how things are done!

 

[aron]

Great stuff! Thanks for your work Torsten!

 

[tmr5555]

This is the kind of stuff that gets me exited about forum projects, super cool share!

 

[skywatch]

Please let me echo the others with amazement and gratitude. This is a very cool project. Thanks, Torsten!