Breathing New Life into a Legendary Seiko Chronograph - Lessons in End-Shake
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ก.ค. 2024
- Join us as we revive a legendary Seiko 6139-6010 Chronograph from March 1970, famously associated with Bruce Lee. This 'Proof' model required multiple repairs and precise end-shake adjustments to bring it back into running condition.
Experience the challenges and triumphs of reviving this well-preserved timepiece, as I am reminded of valuable lessons about end-shake adjustments.
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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:22 Inspection
03:40 Disassembly
18:36 End Shake Issues
20:01 Remaining Disassembly
23:28 Pre-Cleaning
24:33 Repairs
27:08 Reaming & Jewel Upgrades
30:36 Barrel End Shake Adjustment
31:16 Final Cleaning
33:00 Case Disassembly
35:20 Re-Luming Hands
37:21 Assembly
54:32 Chrono Runner Inspection
55:27 Initial Timegrapher - Post Repairs
55:49 Assembly Continued
1:06:16 Case Assembly
01:07:04 NEW TOOL TIME!
01:07:38 Casing & Final Assembly
01:12:42 Final Timegrapher Readings
01:13:27 Completed Watch - แนวปฏิบัติและการใช้ชีวิต
Nice service. This month (June 14, 2024), I have been wearing my December 1975 6039-6005 for 48 years. I am the original owner, and it is still all original. I had it serviced with the Blair Watch Project about 11 months ago. It runs great and is very accurate. I also had my upper and lower arbor ports jewel upgrade done on my Seiko. Regarding if you need to keep the chronograph running all the time: I leave my chronograph "Off / not running" 99.9% of the time for the past 48 years. It has never had any issues.
Hey David. I remember you contacted me a while back about servicing your watch, but I was unable to accept the commission work. I’m glad you got it done by Blair. Your history with that watch is fantastic. I generally only run my chronograph when I want to actually use the complication. I’ve never had any issues either.
I JUST BOUGHT ONE OF THESE FOR MY NEPHEWS 15TH BIRTHDAY!!! I give it to him this weekend! He will love to see this video!
That's awesome!
Must be one of the best commentaries and videography around, your instruction and explanations are so informing and understandable... 👏👏👏👏👍
Wow, thank you.
Let me hit the like button first, and then I'll enjoy your video.
Haha, thanks.
Always!
So excited whenever you post something new. Keep up the “self promotion” as well, you deserve it! As a newbie, I must say that I have learned a tremendous amount from your content and appreciate all the hard work you put into this!
Thank you very much.
Amazing close up photography! So instructive to see a concept like endshake illustrated so clearly. Thank you!
Glad you liked it. Thanks.
Superb job.
Many thanks.
Kool video, awesome watch.
Thanks for watching!
Great minds think alike. Marshall just did the same thing except he is selling kits on a website.
You do great work and explain it very well.
Watched all your videos,numerous times,love the chronographs I have the 6139-7002 racer (June 76)wear it everyday,not game yet to service myself.The content and info you give is so helpful & enjoyable makes believe I can do it 👍🏻More learning required🧐
Thanks a bunch.
Excellent job on this one, Adam. I could see your passion in your work. Thanks for taking us along on this project.
Thanks a bunch. I'm really glad you enjoyed it. I thoroughly enjoy your work as well. It gives me motivation to get my lathe together each time I see you use yours!
@@WeekendWatchRepair. Feel free to hit me up for any questions. Happy to help any way I can as I only started with the lathe a year or so ago
Will do, thank you.
Beautiful watch! I really enjoyed this one. That blue face is stunning.
Thanks. I'm glad you enjoyed it. The dial was exceptional on that watch.
I have the Seiko 6139a I bought in Suva Fiji in 1972. It's on the bench now and it needs a new stem that is hard to find, and the day of the week is unhinged. Otherwise it is still keeping time. Thank you for doing this! My Dad's Accutron is still going since the late sixties. We used the Accutron and the Seiko for navigating around the world. According to wwv my Seiko lost 9 seconds a day and I wish you luck in doing better. Cheers, Rob
Thanks Rob.
The blue color is amazing!
I agree.
Great work Adam excellent restoration. Regards from New Zealand 🇳🇿
Glad you enjoyed it
Great stuff as always. I'm continually impressed by the jewel upgrades and shake repairs.
Thank you.
Adam - Thanks for your channel. On the dial spacers, I have had some luck with broken spacers cleaning and using a dab of gel super glue to repair the crack. You do find many of these with degradations from age.
Thanks a bunch. I've done that as well, but I decided to just replace this one since I had a donor with the correct spacer. In my experience I haven't really seen them degrade, but they do tend to break. I believe Spencer Klein has talked about certain metal spacers being direct replacements for these plastic ones, but I didn't have any spares on hand.
I have my original 6012 model from 71 with automatic and 70m resist on the dial. Its aged well and the original rail road bracelet is also intact. The issues it had have now been resolved and it works perfectly. There were so many variations on the printing for these dials, as an example yours only has the suwa while mine has it and 17j above it.
Great way to start the day… A new Weekend Watch Repair video! Great job Adam, the video and the watch both look fantastic! 😁
Thanks! 👍
That is a thing of beauty!
That watch is really good looking in person. Glad you liked it.
Fantastic work, Adam! I hope you know that the quality of your videos just keeps getting better and better. I still haven't figured out what to do about that gold plating issue I mentioned to your Instagram... I figured that it's not as bad as I'm making it out to be, so im just going to leave it until I take the plunge into electroplating. I'm extremely jealous of this Seiko you got here. What a beauty!
Thank you very much. I’m trying to do my best and improve with each video. I appreciate you watching. Don’t be afraid to take the plunge into electroplating. I’m still new to the process myself. I’ve got a few projects under my belt at this point, but there is so many things I still have to learn. I think you’ll enjoy the process.
Greet job on the watch, so may layers on a chronograph watch. lol if I get a Elma, I’ll play your new machine sound with fireworks. 🎇🎇. Have a good one.
Haha, thanks.
Nice watch and great choice.
Thanks.
Fantastic! Really great video. Thank you also for taking the time to explain what things are and how they work… it really makes for a good show.
Glad you enjoyed it.
great looking result there, and so little evidence of previous work inside, a nice change and a bit more stressful as you don't want to be the one to scratch things up
Glad you enjoyed it
I liked that you upgraded the movement, two more jewels!
It really takes care of the only weak point in those movements.
thanks mate awesome vid!!
Glad you liked it!
Really enjoyed watching this and you do a great job of filming the important stuff in great detail, accompanied with good technical content.
One bit of constructive encouragement I would add, is that I wish that you would devote more time to the "money shot" of the final result of the timepiece.
A few of your contemporaries have nailed it in their outro's and it really does fulfill the goal of the whole experience.
I don't use this phrase lightly but people want and enjoy the money shot.
Fantastic otherwise!
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I appreciate constructive criticism, and thank you for your comment. That's something I'll be mindful of in the future.
I have a black dial March 1969. Very very early model The earliest found apparently was Jan 1969. This puts it before Zentih as the first automatic chronograph.
That's a very early model you have, congrats!
I think that watch was never serviced in the 54 years of it's life, you may be the first guy to do it, I bet the last guy to turn those screws was at the Seiko factory in 1970.
It's possible.
I was hoping it was another giveaway 😞 such a beautiful watch. 😊 1:21
Maybe when the channel reaches 15k or 20k subs. That would be pretty cool to do. I've got an idea for a watch that would make for a great giveaway. At this point in time though, we are at 12.9K subscribers, which is amazing, but it's not a nice round number to do a giveaway on. If the channel grows to 15K or 20K, I think we can do another.
if you restore the case as well, it was an amazing watch
I thought about it, but I think this case needed to keep its originality. Perhaps if it was a bit more worn down it would be a better candidate, I just didn’t personally think it was there yet. That is why I elected to just leave it alone and only clean it up. It is subjective though. Each person probably has a different opinion. That’s just what I decided to do.
@@WeekendWatchRepair I respect your opinion, but I could not wear a watch with such a damaged case
As always, great video! Great looking watch. That blue was so vibrant after all of these years. As to the inner tachymeter bezel, is it all just eyeballing it in place or are there indexes to indicate proper seating?
It indexes to a point on the dial.
Yes
Hey Adam. Great video. When you are boring out the main plate how do you ensure that you are centred. Cheers
The stump on the Seitz tool has a 6mm OD, which fits perfectly into the recess in the main plate for the barrel - Vintage Time Australia sells a stump for this specific purpose.
Great! 🕐⚙️🍸
Thanks.
Very cool watch and nice repair work. Q: No lube on the bottom of the barrel for the spring?
I lubricated the spring before I wound and installed it. No need to lubricate the barrel if the spring gets it before being installed.
@@WeekendWatchRepair cool.
Some watches require some polishing. This one sits firmly among them.
I completely understand where you are coming from. Polishing or not polishing is subjective. A watch is only original once though. I thought about polishing it for the video, but ultimately I decided to leave it in its original condition. There’s always the option to polish it later. Everything looks amplified under macro though! When looking at the watch in person and on your wrist, it looks quite good actually.
I have really been enjoying your videos. They are very relaxing to sit and watch. I have a Seiko that was my grandfather’s. My grandmother bought it for him the year I was born. He wore it every day. I recently had it serviced but they couldn’t fix the day/date function. Is there anyway you might be able to take it in and possibly fix it. Keep up the great videos. Love watching them.
Thanks for watching. I really appreciate you reaching out but currently I am not able to accept commission work. Perhaps one of these days, but I'm just not set up for it yet. Thank you though.
@@WeekendWatchRepairoh ok I understand. Thanks for replying
@@WeekendWatchRepair can you recommend someone that I might be able to contact that might be able to help me with it.
@@beauwilson3563 I'd suggest Blair Watch Project or Spencer Klein if either of them are accepting new work.
@@WeekendWatchRepair great thanks
Hi there. You mentioned that you sat on this watch for a few months. Does that in any way prepare the watch for it's eventual service? The warmth help with the oils? And, was it in any way uncomfortable for you during that time. Thank you.
Yes, the incubation was crucial.
As usual a great video. I’m curious: did you not need to replace the escape wheel, with the chamfer kind of effect on it?
No, that chamfer is supposed to be there. The escape wheel was good. Only the end shake for the wheel needed to be corrected.
I had never noticed that before! Thank you.
For the jewel upgrade, did the reamers and the chamfer tool come with the jeweling tool clone? They are not on your list if they did not.
Also, a your source for the jewels?
There are a few tools I have that are not on that list. I bought a bunch of tools from the family of a retired watchmaker. Pretty cool story that I’ll share one of these days. Those tools included the staking set, Seitz tool, and a few others. That’s why those aren’t on the list.
The reamers are part of the Seitz tool set. That tool is an original and not a clone. The clone is the Horia tool I’m using to push in the jewels. The Seitz is the tool I used to ream the hole in the main plate.
The deburring tool I use is separate. It is not on the list because that particular size I have is no longer in production. They do make other sizes that work just fine. I’ll try to add some of those to the list.
I was born in March 1970
Ironic!
does the expansion and contraction of the metal plates change the endshake?
I suppose technically it would change it very slightly, but I've never read about compensating additional end-shake for that purpose. The amount would be miniscule.
Is this the wheel for the seconds hand?
I have a Seiko watch I need to have repaired. How do I get ahold of you.
I’m unable to take commissions at this time. Still working on doing that at some point, I’m just not there yet. Thank you though.
@@WeekendWatchRepair Man I would rather trust you to fix something of mine then any of these locals. It just needs a good cleaning and the number 2 bar has come off the face and running around inside of the watch. If you ever do please let me know. Thanks
Hello I just bought one of these after watching this video, unfortunately after getting the watch the seconds hand isn’t working, could you possibly tell me why? Any info would be greatly appreciated
It could be any number of things. Very difficult to say without actually seeing it.
@@WeekendWatchRepair I have a little experience with pocket watches, I did uncase the movement and pulled the seconds hand off to make sure the pivot wasn’t broken and it wasn’t, also the hand fits like it should on the pivot, I also checked the clearance between the hand and the dial and didn’t see any issues there either, do you know what else it could be?
I don't know, I find myself watching but turning the sound off so I can just watch the man work. Took much talking...
I get where you're coming from. My intent when I started doing these videos was to talk more about the technical side of things. I understand that isn't to everyone's taste though.
There are other channels without commentary. Please keep your commentary in Adam
Not watching Star Trek Discovery season 5?
No, not yet. I haven’t made it past season three.
amazing watch, just you should polish case and make it like a brand new watch
Believe me, I thought about it. It's only original once though. I may do it at some point.
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Another Australian national treasure is snapped up by the Americans.
Haha! Don’t blame me. Blame eBay!
Hi I was watching and I seen one where zek gave you a watch are you from santa rosa ca
No, I'm not from Santa Rosa.