Seiko 7S26 Rotating Bezel.........

[Watchdog]

C.O.R. My 7s26 couple days ago,very happy with the out come,BUT..........

I thought I would polish the case and lubercate the bezel while I had it off the watch. I had a small spring,small metal tube a very small ball bearing on top of the two. Now my bezel will not rotate very well. Any ideal?

Did I reinstall it wrong?.. I used a crystal press....

Thanks folks

Phil

[Geo]

Hi Phil, was there a chance that the ball escaped when you pressed on the bezel?

[Watchdog]

No, ball sitting on top if spring. Spring inside of metal tube ...

Thanks

[Blacklab]

Can you post a couple of photos please. Something sounds odd as the last Seiko to use this system was the earlier 7002 series before they went over to a spring clip uni directional system on the later 7002 and subsequent 7S26 series.

[Watchdog]

Okie dokie. I tried to post a pic this morning before I left the house for work , but i guess I messed up. I'll try again tonight when I get back

Thank you!!

[Watchdog]

C.O.R. My 7s26 couple days ago,very happy with the out come,BUT..........

I thought I would polish the case and lubercate the bezel while I had it off the watch. I had a small spring,small metal tube a very small ball bearing on top of the two. Now my bezel will not rotate very well. Any ideal?

Did I reinstall it wrong?.. I used a crystal press....

Thanks folks

Phil

[Watchdog]

I am still new at this but the above is what I had. The stick is pointing at the little ball bearing that was stuck in the bezel when i pryed the bezel off. After which I noticed the little metal barrell was worn ( horse shoe shape at one end). So I turn the metal barrell around,

( now using the other true end) replaced the spring and bearing and now it works great. I guess the worn part of the barrell was keeping the ball from rolling?

Thank you....

[Blacklab]

What is the full case number of the watch (should be 7S26-0030 or similar). Can you supply a photo of the caseback if possible?

[Watchdog]

7s26-0040. That's the case number

Thanks for asking ...

[Blacklab]

Thanks for the info, apologies for all the questions but the reason for asking is that I am not over familiar with this particular model & was a little concerned it may have been one of the infamous 7S26-0039 feiko's. It does appear to differ greatly from the other models in the family by using a click ball system positioned in the 7:30 area when in the past this was in the 1:00 area and discontinued in favour of a spring clip prior to the introduction of the 7S26 divers range. The strange thing is that the tube holding the spring & ball appears to have come out, not seen that before! I would suspect that it has been re-dialed at some point as they normally only appear to be black or blue dials.

 

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[bobm12]

It might have been a left hand Seiko case retrofitted for right hand. That will explain the 7:30 ball system...The case can also be a 7002 original retrofitted with a 7S26...Just a thought!

[Blacklab]

It seems to be a peculiarity to this particular model and it smaller sister the 7S26-0050. All the 7002 cases have the stem at the 4:00 position.

[Watchdog]

Gosh guys. Very interesting. I was not aware of the different position of the spring in the bezel...

I bought this watch off ebay few years ago. It was sold as "recent over haul" but never liked the way it ran,so I went through it.

I've seen where guys where doing some modification such as dial,bezel,hands etc... and I thought that was pretty cool so, I had to have one ..

I like these watches,just wish you could stem wind the automatic like you can most others.

Thank you guys for educataing me !!!!

[Blacklab]

Apart from the 42XX series (mainly ladies sizes) most Seikos are autowind only.

[Watchdog]

I'm new by only a week to the forum. Already I love this. I'm going to really enjoy !!!!

One question......... How do I get to my post to see the comments? I get an email on my iPhone, but can't always see them till I get home. So, when I come to this web-site, where do I go to see the comments to my post?

THANK YOU ALL !

[Geo]

I'm new by only a week to the forum. Already I love this. I'm going to really enjoy !!!!

 

That's great to hear!