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Using your video as a step-by-step guide, I just finished the disassembly of my 6319a movement which is almost identical to the 6309a. This is my first time servicing a day/date movement. The dial side has a lot more parts. I like Seiko's wheel train where the 2nd wheel has 2 spoke holes, 3rd wheel, 3 holes, and 4th wheel, 4 holes. Easy to identify.
Brilliant. Never serviced a 6309 before and your video REALLY helped with those things you just don't know until you've had an "oh sh1t" moment. Will definitely follow the reassembly once I've cleaned it and serviced the mainspring. Which I also learned from one of your videos. Top man. 👏
Hi Michael. I love your videos on the 7S26. I am very interested in watches, initially battery operated quartz watches. Done quite a bit of battery Rplcmts for family n friends. Then ventured on to cleaning the watch crystal of fog n debris off watch dials and even reattaching dislocated hands. Even successfully replaced entire quartz movements for malfunctioning inexpensive Miyota and SII movements. Then I was given an old 6309 SEIKO that runs extremely fast. Something like "30 seconds" in a real 10 seconds time run. Attempted to see why it is running at such breakneck speeds. First time toying with a automatic self-wind SEIKO. Removed movement from casing after I took off the winding stem. And immediately reattached the stem once movement was out in the open. Did not dare touch the calender works on the watch face side. Saw that the balance wheel was gummed up with gooey stuff so the balance spring was literally stuck together and rendered extremely short. Thus oscillating crazily fast. Managed to remove the balance wheel n clean up with a sloshing of benzene. Reattached the balance wheel, regulated the accuracy .. against my quartz watch.. nothing Hi-Tech whatsoever. Patted myself in the back n I got a working 6309A. Yayy. The 6309A ran nicely for six months..was always proudly wearing the SEIKO I "repaired" myself. Then it stopped. No matter how much oscillation I gave the 6309A, just refused to work. So I guessed the balance wheel or escapement or pallet fork has malfunctioned. Disassembled, winding stem out, and i attempted to remove the train wheels bridge and mainspring (after removing "power" of course) I now realised I screwed up the winding stem, keyless entry mechanism, stem cannot be reattached, no "click" action and cannot advance the Date, Day and even the Time. The clutch came off & I cannot reinsert the clutch/stem back in. I am horrified!! Did not attempted further to rectify the non ticking of the balance wheel, pallet fork or escapement. Lost all will to continue. Do not want to damage the 6309A any further. What do you suggest, Michael.
Billy Lum I suggest taking it all apart. You can do it!! Take photos follow my guide and it can be done. Might take you days but it’s achievable. My 5000 sub giveaway playlist is a 6309 and shows in even more detail . It’s stopped and will probably be because there is debris in the train of wheels. With a clean it will run. Stem issue will be something out of alignment in the keyless works . A very common problem when you are removing and fitting
@@MyRetroWatches Thank you for the quick reply, Michael. I'll gather my courage on other weekends and will slowly revisit my 6309A. This SEIKO 5 was gifted to me by my work colleague's father. It is 40yrs old .. deciphered from the SEIKO serial number! A little about myself, Michael. I'm 58 this year. Accountant by profession. Born n bred here in Kuala Lumpur. We hv three kids, eldest just graduated last September. No.2 is doing her A-Levels. Our son, is nine! Watches.. self taught, repairing from videos, articles from the web, and great videos from you, Michael and Mark Lovriick (sorry, I must hv the incorrect spelling here) It all began when my wife's numerous fashion watches (plus two SEIKO / one TAG HEUER) started to hv flat batteries - one after another.. costs me a bomb to replace every other week! That was four yrs ago and I decided to take the plunge .. DIY! The rest is history, like the saying goes😁. Covid-19 update. We are in a lockdown since 18 March. Was to end 31 March, but the situation has not improved, extended till 14 April. Thanks for all your encouraging words, Michael. I was Crestfallen when problem #2 arose (winding stem refused to stay in correctly) when I was trying to solve problem #1 (non-ticking balance wheel) Thank you again listening to my ramblings. Take care. Stay safe from the dreaded virus, Michael. Warmest rgds, Billy.
Good luck. As long as your special is a 6309 you will be good to follow (or a 6319) Sometimes with those specials what you get is not always what the caseback says
Does the 6309a actually allow manual wind from the stem? I have a "mumbai special" I picked up to play with and it doesn't wind from the crown, only the auto, and I'm not sure if that is normal or not (it'll be a while before I get around to working on the movement).
I've got a 6309A Turtle that I bought from a refurbishing company in India. The rotor is very noisy. (Is that common with this movement?) It ran quite well for about 3 weeks and the power reserve decreased to about 8 hours. This decreased rapidly. They have installed a display case back. I can see the "magic hand" poking out one side of the automatic works bridge intermittently. The gears are not winding. I'm going to remove the case back and put a manual wind on it. Are these parts available? Can you suggest a supplier?
Have my videos have helped you? why not support the channel in some way
You can make a one off/ monthy donation here in only one click: www.buymeacoffee.com/MyRetroWatches
If you would like to purchase any tools & equipment then please see my Amazon affiliate & eBay (I do earn a small commission from any sales.) Thank you.
Link: Link: myretrowatches.co.uk/tool-sale-links/
If you would like to buy any of my T-Shirts then please look here: teespring.com/stores/my-retro-watches
Using your video as a step-by-step guide, I just finished the disassembly of my 6319a movement which is almost identical to the 6309a. This is my first time servicing a day/date movement. The dial side has a lot more parts. I like Seiko's wheel train where the 2nd wheel has 2 spoke holes, 3rd wheel, 3 holes, and 4th wheel, 4 holes. Easy to identify.
Ooooh! Done this bit too. So chuffed with myself!
Brilliant. Never serviced a 6309 before and your video REALLY helped with those things you just don't know until you've had an "oh sh1t" moment. Will definitely follow the reassembly once I've cleaned it and serviced the mainspring. Which I also learned from one of your videos. Top man. 👏
No problem Gareth glad my videos help.
If you look at my 5000 subs playlist that is also a 6309 which I restore over 10 videos (I think)
The end bit saved me from the loss of that little critter in the washing of the main plate. Thank you
I thought something had sheared off when I encountered that little piece! I'm glad he explained.
This is pure gold.
Pra quem não é profissional na área , você tá de parabéns , ótimo video.
Excellent thanks very helpful did you clean all the parts
Hi Michael.
I love your videos on the 7S26.
I am very interested in watches, initially battery operated quartz watches. Done quite a bit of battery
Rplcmts for family n friends. Then ventured on to cleaning the watch crystal of fog n debris off watch dials and even reattaching dislocated hands. Even successfully replaced entire quartz movements for malfunctioning inexpensive Miyota and SII movements.
Then I was given an old 6309 SEIKO that runs extremely fast. Something like "30 seconds" in a real 10 seconds time run. Attempted to see why it is running at such breakneck speeds. First time toying with a automatic self-wind SEIKO.
Removed movement from casing after I took off the winding stem. And immediately reattached the stem once movement was out in the open. Did not dare touch the calender works on the watch face side.
Saw that the balance wheel was gummed up with gooey stuff so the balance spring was literally stuck together and rendered extremely short. Thus oscillating crazily fast.
Managed to remove the balance wheel n clean up with a sloshing of benzene.
Reattached the balance wheel, regulated the accuracy .. against my quartz watch.. nothing Hi-Tech whatsoever. Patted myself in the back n I got a working 6309A. Yayy.
The 6309A ran nicely for six months..was always proudly wearing the SEIKO I "repaired" myself.
Then it stopped. No matter how much oscillation I gave the 6309A, just refused to work.
So I guessed the balance wheel or escapement or pallet fork has malfunctioned.
Disassembled, winding stem out, and i attempted to remove the train wheels bridge and mainspring (after removing "power" of course)
I now realised I screwed up the winding stem, keyless entry mechanism, stem cannot be reattached, no "click" action and cannot advance the Date, Day and even the Time. The clutch came off & I cannot reinsert the clutch/stem back in.
I am horrified!!
Did not attempted further to rectify the non ticking of the balance wheel, pallet fork or escapement. Lost all will to continue. Do not want to damage the 6309A any further. What do you suggest, Michael.
Billy Lum I suggest taking it all apart. You can do it!! Take photos follow my guide and it can be done. Might take you days but it’s achievable. My 5000 sub giveaway playlist is a 6309 and shows in even more detail .
It’s stopped and will probably be because there is debris in the train of wheels.
With a clean it will run.
Stem issue will be something out of alignment in the keyless works . A very common problem when you are removing and fitting
@@MyRetroWatches Thank you for the quick reply, Michael.
I'll gather my courage on other weekends and will slowly revisit my 6309A. This SEIKO 5 was gifted to me by my work colleague's father. It is 40yrs old .. deciphered from the SEIKO serial number!
A little about myself, Michael. I'm 58 this year. Accountant by profession. Born n bred here in Kuala Lumpur. We hv three kids, eldest just graduated last September. No.2 is doing her A-Levels. Our son, is nine!
Watches.. self taught, repairing from videos, articles from the web, and great videos from you, Michael and Mark Lovriick (sorry, I must hv the incorrect spelling here)
It all began when my wife's numerous fashion watches (plus two SEIKO / one TAG HEUER) started to hv flat batteries - one after another.. costs me a bomb to replace every other week! That was four yrs ago and I decided to take the plunge .. DIY! The rest is history, like the saying goes😁.
Covid-19 update. We are in a lockdown since 18 March. Was to end 31 March, but the situation has not improved, extended till 14 April.
Thanks for all your encouraging words, Michael. I was Crestfallen when problem #2 arose (winding stem refused to stay in correctly) when I was trying to solve problem #1 (non-ticking balance wheel)
Thank you again listening to my ramblings.
Take care. Stay safe from the dreaded virus, Michael. Warmest rgds, Billy.
Thanks for your nice video's, was a great help
You're welcome!
Thanks Michael very good as usual 👍
Excellent watch and learn. Cheers!
Both Videos are very good
Great video's , Have just bought a Mumbai special Mickey Mouse dial Seiko 6309A and these video's will hopefully be a great help in servicing it .
Good luck. As long as your special is a 6309 you will be good to follow (or a 6319)
Sometimes with those specials what you get is not always what the caseback says
@@MyRetroWatches The caseback is completely wrong lol , I have posted photo's on your FB page cheers .
Does the 6309a actually allow manual wind from the stem? I have a "mumbai special" I picked up to play with and it doesn't wind from the crown, only the auto, and I'm not sure if that is normal or not (it'll be a while before I get around to working on the movement).
No. All 6### series are automatic only
I've got a 6309A Turtle that I bought from a refurbishing company in India. The rotor is very noisy. (Is that common with this movement?) It ran quite well for about 3 weeks and the power reserve decreased to about 8 hours. This decreased rapidly. They have installed a display case back. I can see the "magic hand" poking out one side of the automatic works bridge intermittently. The gears are not winding. I'm going to remove the case back and put a manual wind on it. Are these parts available? Can you suggest a supplier?
Hi,
How would you compare the workhorse 6309A (17 jewels) versus NH35A (24 jewels?
Thanks!
I am sorry but I am not familiar with the NH35A to comment on this. Apologies
Hay good thank you
Thank you.
:)