Tissot Seamaster Watch face dial broken

[MartinFromSweden]

Hi! I have inherited an old Tissot watch from my late grandfather. I thought it would be nice to get it to work again, so I handed it in to a proffessional to clean and fix since it didn't work. Now I got it back and it looks great! But... Still don't work since the dial is broken. As I understand there is some kind os "legs" on the back of the dial, and those "legs" are broken. Please forgive me for the description since I'm a rookie in this area and don't know the correct names. Anyway, I need a new dial. The store which did the work could not fix it nor find a new dial. I have been searching the internet also, but I could find a new/replacement one. The watch is a Tissot Seastar Automatic with date. There are some numbers inside the watch, 44 585-9X and 2481. And, under the text Seastar on the dial, there is another small round symbol.

Anyone has an idea where to find a replacement dial?

BR

Martin

[JohnR725]

pictures are always nice so we grasped exactly what were dealing with.

20 minutes ago, MartinFromSweden said:

The watch is a Tissot Seastar Automatic with date.

there are a variety of aftermarket fixes for things like this like sticky double-sided tape in the form of a small circle. But things like a date would complicate that depending upon the size the dial etc. Then there are companies that are known to refinished dials they can reattach the feet.

Then as possible Tissot may still have the dial you would have to find somebody who's part of Swatch group to access the database.

 

[AndyGSi]

So from the number and description I presume this is your watch taken from an eBay listing.

My suggestion would be to find a decent watch repair guy as refitting dial feet shouldn't be a problem.

Edit

Looks like this is yours with the blue dial.

And this is possibly the dial you're looking for.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/285404259041?_skw=tissot&itmmeta=01JABH16X3AGXG671B3R3AD143&hash=item42736b62e1:g:JSYAAOSwi-5j1oYs

Edited October 16, 2024 by AndyGSi

[MartinFromSweden]

10 hours ago, JohnR725 said:

pictures are always nice so we grasped exactly what were dealing with.

there are a variety of aftermarket fixes for things like this like sticky double-sided tape in the form of a small circle. But things like a date would complicate that depending upon the size the dial etc. Then there are companies that are known to refinished dials they can reattach the feet.

Then as possible Tissot may still have the dial you would have to find somebody who's part of Swatch group to access the database.

 

Do yo have a name of a company which refinish dials?

 

And, "somebody who's part of Swatch group", can I just walk in to any reseller of Tissot watches and have them to look in the database?

[tomh207]

4 minutes ago, MartinFromSweden said:

Do yo have a name of a company which refinish dials?

 

And, "somebody who's part of Swatch group", can I just walk in to any reseller of Tissot watches and have them to look in the database?

Highly unlikely, the swatch group policy is the watch needs to go to one of their repair centres. They then have a look to see if the parts are available if they are then for a suitably extortionate fee they repair and service the watch.

their policy is pretty much against any 3rd party repair and won’t supply parts or information to anyone outside of their walled garden.

 

Tom

[AndyGSi]

24 minutes ago, MartinFromSweden said:

Do yo have a name of a company which refinish dials?

It's not a dial refinisher you want it's a watch repairer that can replace the dial feet.

[watchweasol]

Hi. Replacing the dial feet  is quite easy, I built my own machine to do the job. Cousins UK  have a machine which cuts the dial back and allows you to glue in the new feet. My machine resolders the feet takes about an hour set up and solder.

[HectorLooi]

Dial feet soldering has a very steep learning curve and you'll probably end up destroying your first dial. But once you got the hang of it, it's really satisfying. 

But not all dials can be soldered. Only brass dials will solder nicely. Some modern dials are made of aluminium and that can never be soldered. 

So, glue dots, glued dial feet repair kits and plain rubber cement are still viable methods.

[JohnR725]

 

9 hours ago, AndyGSi said:

It's not a dial refinisher you want it's a watch repairer that can replace the dial feet.

usually companies that refinished dials can replace dial feet

10 hours ago, tomh207 said:

Highly unlikely, the swatch group policy is the watch needs to go to one of their repair centres. They then have a look to see if the parts are available if they are then for a suitably extortionate fee they repair and service the watch.

their policy is pretty much against any 3rd party repair and won’t supply parts or information to anyone outside of their walled garden.

I suppose it depends upon where you are on the planet. I used to know somebody that a Swatch group account because they were selling one of the Swatch group products. Then that also sent a watchmaker to the school and once you do that and they complete the basic watch rule class that's like half a week or week or something then they can access the complete database. I strive or what the official term is so not authorized Swatch group there Swatch group something and then yes they can order movement parts.

But typically nobody's going to order a component for you there are going to want to in the case of a dial probably service the entire watch. This is because if you were to change something like a dial in the watch didn't run then you might be unhappy and want your money back or something so typically it's all or nothing.

 

 

[AndyGSi]

32 minutes ago, JohnR725 said:

usually companies that refinished dials can replace dial feet

My point was that I wouldn't expect a dial finisher to want to be bothered just fitting feet.

[JohnR725]

10 hours ago, AndyGSi said:

My point was that I wouldn't expect a dial finisher to want to be bothered just fitting feet.

we would have to find one of the so-called dial companies and ask them what they would or would not do. Because a lot of it depends upon how they would reattach the dial feet. Some processes if you're really careful you can do it without destroying the dial others conceivably would be destructive and need refinishing.

Just like some watch shops wouldn't be bothered with reattaching dial feet even if they could do it unless they were doing and overhaul.