[gshock626]

1969 King Seiko 45-7000

 

[Nic98765]

 

[Time Seller]

 

[MarMar3690]

 

[gshock626]

1972 King Seiko 5626-7040

 

[scooby-wrx]

Took a few of the vintage collection out to rearrange storage as there are a fair few more than planned.. + another 30 or so which are projects / Work In Progress

 

[Cover Drive]

Took a few of the vintage collection out to rearrange storage as there are a fair few more than planned.. + another 30 or so which are projects / Work In Progress This excludes other brands and the 20 or so SKX's which I keep separately.. Just the J's included in this photo.

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Love that Rally Diver hidden away in there Scoobs

 

[scooby-wrx]

Love that Rally Diver hidden away in there Scoobs

Cheers Well spotted!

 

[Evolutionary Reject]

 

[scooby-wrx]

The latest purchase in for restoration work. Bought from Canada, had been in the family since new. Sold as it no longer worked..

Stunning, perfect condition dial

Bit of touch-up on the main Chrono hand

Had lots of practice on crystals lately so felt brave enough to polish this one, absolutely thrilled with the results as some of the scratches were rather deep. This is honestly the same crystal as above

Shame about the dented bezel / insert, but its original so staying unless I can find original replacements.

Almost tempted to keep this one... but already have an immaculate one in my collection

 

[joedevivre]

7A38 7280 - on my wrist today (just like every other day)

 

[watchersam]

Has been a while, but I had to jump on this one.

If you look past the faded bezel and scratched crystal it's in great, untouched condition.

 

[hi_bri]

Had lots of practice on crystals lately so felt brave enough to polish this one, absolutely thrilled with the results as some of the scratches were rather deep. This is honestly the same crystal as above

You've got to elaborate on how you got that crystal polished, as that's one fantastic job!

-Brian

 

[JER3]

A new arrival... 7A48-5010

 

[scooby-wrx]

You've got to elaborate on how you got that crystal polished, as that's one fantastic job!

-Brian

Thank you Brian. Still working on the best technique, but just lots and lots of elbow grease; sanding with various grades of sand paper, then finished off with diamond polish - I use Scratch Genie. Honestly all there is to it. This model was a bit tricky as the crystal is slightly domed 😲

You can use a Dremel to speed the process up, but its difficult to get the right angle and consistency which often ends up resulting in additional marks / scratches that need to be polished out. Mineral or Sapphire crystal is more forgiving than acrylic for obvious reasons (hardness).

I've only done a handful of crystals so far. Practiced on old SKX hardlex crystals to start with and progressed onto just about everything else including faceted crystals which are by far the hardest in my experience to date.

 

[jays0n02]

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7A38 7280 - on my wrist today (just like every other day)

Love it! Here is my 7A38 7180

Hope to get a 7A28 7120 someday, .. someday

 

[thesharkman]

<* shark >>><

 

[windsmurf]

My 7009-4040 ... had a bad oscillating weight bearing, so replaced it with an NH36 weight/bearing.

 

[fyioska]

1975 4006-6040. My birth year!

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