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Well, I've now got 4 Seiko 5s - one of which is in excellent condition and on my wrist as I write this. I also have 3 Seiko 5s in less than perfect condition...

 

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The left-hand side one has winding problems. The middle one runs OK but stops every now and then. The right-hand side one was dropped 25 years ago - has no crystal and missing hands, but runs beautifully, and there is a strap for it! So - between them, I might get a decent Seiko 5 and some spare parts. All very cheap, so we'll see what happens...

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I might try a very basic move at first: to transplant the movement from number 3 into number 2 - while retaining the face and hands on number 2. We'll try that and take it from there...

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There should be at least one good un amongst that lot,  whatever the end result it will have given you some practice and insight.  While you are in there have a look at how the auto winding works,  very clever.  If you do a Google search for "magic lever system" you will find a YouTube video about it.  Good Luck with the project.

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I bought them at the bay and now I'm getting probably one mint 7s26 and another kind of working! At this time I got one done but I got to take more pics. The cases have to be restored as well as the dials...

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You are right, WillFly, it reminds me of alphabet soup right now! On the top, those are 7S36. I got a couple of hopeful cases with the lot so I will try to get them mint. I'm a sucker for diver watches! 

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I managed to get one decent watch from my three - then sold the lot, one working and the other bits as spares.

 

Cheers,

 

Will

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Excellent, I might do the same. The problem is I fall in love with everything I fix! I got one 7S26 movement doing great so far (about +8 sec a day) but I haven't have more time to finish everything. I'll post pictures (maybe in quite a while) when everything is done.

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Fist Seiko 5 coming out for a walk. Case, dial and hands are not yet restored but the process have started for them too... Only the case belongs to this movement (I think, after all the parts going back and forth), the rest is simply a test. For now, just checking the movement runs and is reliable.

 

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Right now it is 6 hrs they've been keeping company to each other....

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