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Seiko 2119-0090 P June 1969 Replacement crystal, Setting lever spring. Loose cannon pinion and sticking hairspring. All fixed and running properly again + 2 SPD on wrist. My uncles watch since early 70s. He gave a stranger a lift home from the pub. The guy left his coat in my uncles car and was never to be seen again to this day. The watch was found in the coat pocket. No way of contacting people in those days like there is today to be able to hand it back.

My son asked me to do a watch for him and his best friend to celebrate their exam results which are out in a week or two, so I let him loose on my 'to do' watches and he picked this one for his friend which is a Seiko 7S36 from November 2003. I was quite relieved that it wasn't a junker....but looks can be deceiving. I knew it was a non runner but there were a host of other hidden issues... Watch before: Gotta love that arm cheese When I came to remove the movement from the case it was very stuck... then I realised why... the dial feet were snapped off and the dial was glued in place with some kind of double sided tape which was sticking out and sticking the movement inside the case: Next I noticed that the crown wheel screw was sheared off, probably by someone not knowing it was a left handed thread... after a good clean I set about installing new dial feet: I then polished up the case restoring the correct finish, and here it is all back together and doing well on the timegrapher (no before numbers as this was a non-runner) - the amplitude isn't bad, and I expect it to improve in the next 24-36 hours... fingers crossed New crystal (broke 3 getting this one in - need to work on my technique) and new strap and here is the finished watch: And yes ... I contemplated keeping this for myself instead of handing it over to my son to give to his friend!

Is the case stainless Steel? If so depending on the depth of the scratches you may have to start off with cutting compound (grey) and finish with blue.

Do you have a protective goggle?

interesting? Quite a while ago I was inquiring with my local material house about a gasket for particulars Seiko data watch and the answer we got back from Seiko was send it to us. Which of course I was not going to do and basically the reason why was because they didn't have a gasket and they would fit it. I wonder if maybe grand Seiko is going to fit a new band or something? It is kind of unacceptable customer service isn't it for something that nice inexpensive

Hoping to sell this to a friend today. It's a rather nice Citizen Automatic. I was considering keeping this one, but I am between paychecks and extra money would be good right now. A friend called, asking if I had any vintage mens automatics. And this was the one I had so I will be showing it off. Fresh from a COA, and all polished up and sporting a new crystal. Lume is still bright, day & date move forward perfectly, and the rotor weight just glides. I have the calibre written down somewhere but, whichever it was, this is a fine movement. I'm only going to ask him for $30. Wish me luck. Update: alas, it was not his style. He prefers Swiss. Off to Ebay it goes.

As Richard stated, the movement has a cylinder escapement, quite common in these pieces referred to as Lepine movements. It predates the modern swiss lever escapement, and is much more susceptible to wear. Because of this, it will need to be serviced more frequently. Anyways, good job for getting it working again!