Newcomer from Switzerland !

[nico]

Hello everybody,

 

I'm starting to learn to service 60's/70's Seiko, thanks to all WRT members I've found a lot of valuable information here.

 

[RichardHarris123]

Hello and welcome from England. 

[rossjackson01]

30 minutes ago, nico said:

Hello everybody,

 

I'm starting to learn to service 60's/70's Seiko, thanks to all WRT members I've found a lot of valuable information here.

 

Welcome. Seiko's are excellent for us beginners. Mike's Youtube 'My Retro Watches' is a great source.

[nico]

4 hours ago, rossjackson01 said:

Welcome. Seiko's are excellent for us beginners. Mike's Youtube 'My Retro Watches' is a great source.

He's one of my favorite ones

[Nucejoe]

Welcome to the WRT forum.

[nico]

For now I'm working on a 2202, taking a lot of pictures and annotating them, step by step, day by day, getting tools when needed... Learning and practicing in other ways while waiting to be ready to continue on this one...

 

 

 

[oldhippy]

Thank you for your introduction and welcome to this friendly forum.

We all look forward to your contributions and continued involvement. 

[Knebo]

Hello and welcome to the forum and greetings from Geneva (you must be somewhere close).

Taking good pictures of EVERY step and every screw has been my recipe as well.

For the particular picture below, don't forget to note that the screws with three grooves are reverse-threaded (you screw them in/out the opposite way to normal).

Cheers,

C

  

16 hours ago, nico said:

 

[nico]

Hello Knebo !

 

You're right we're close ! Good advice, an improvement will be to automate the process of documenting all my steps. Maybe investing in a cheap USB microscope/webcam (working with linux) could help a bit.

[nico]

Update, few weeks after...

There's a lot I could say, so I'll try to focus on actions and results.

My first service, on a simple but small movement, was given for junk from the start:

A Seko 2220-3470 "socie"

No hope?

 

 

After a truly artisanal cleaning:

 

But in the end, while trying to polish the pinion, the wheel came off its balance shaft. No hope

Anyway, I reassembled and lubricated the rest of the parts (with NOVOSTAR 17313 Type B for everything, and Moebius 8300 grease) (I'll probably make a separate post for all the equipment and techniques I use, in the right topic). After that I opened the main spring barrel (thanks to WRT I found hints here, thanks to my luck at the end I retrieved very shortly all the pieces 1 meter away).

 

I also started to polish/renovate some cases and acrylic glasses, and started to implement a diary system (python/mkdocs).

During the Christmas holidays I brought back to life a Lord Matic, but that's another story

 

 

 

Edited February 9, 2024 by nico

[CYCLOPS]

Hi, you should be able to find an escape wheel for that movement....

[nico]

Greetings from La Chaux-de-Fonds - MIH (Musée International d'Horlogerie) !

Today I was to the 48th Swiss Watch Exchange https://www.mih.ch/en/calendar/48th-swiss-watch-exchange/27

 

@nickvon I'm sorry I found out about the event too late to offer you a lift. It could've been a really great opportunity to meet each other. I hope there will be more soon !

[Knebo]

I was there too! 

I met Philippe Dufour there 

@nickvon found out about another event in Geneva next weekend. Maybe another opportunity to meet. 

[nico]

 

On 11/3/2024 at 8:58 PM, Knebo said:

I was there too! 

I met Philippe Dufour there 

@nickvon found out about another event in Geneva next weekend. Maybe another opportunity to meet. 

It could be great to meet us altogether ! What is this event ?

Is it a topic relative to the events ?

Edited November 4, 2024 by nico