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This is one of the first 'vintage' eBay purchases I made. This watch is from the spring of 1975 and it lived a hard life. The crystal was scratched, the bezel and the case were worn down quite a lot and the movement while funcioning... neded some maintenance.

The result was astonishing. I took the watch to a professional who was able to polish the case the way the original polishing looked like, clean and tune up the movement, replace the crystal and a few smaller parts to make it shine. I'm very happy with the final result.

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A bried history of my Seiko Kakume 6138-0030

I can’t say it was an impulse buy, but I wasn’t really planning it in advance. I sometimes browse eBay for used Seiko 6138 or Seiko 6139 models but didn’t actually think I will find one worth buying. Somehow, this time was different and after a few exchanges with the seller to make sure that the watch runs, is authentic and wasn’t serviced for a long time, I decided to buy Seiko 6138-0030, aka Kakume.
The history of the Seiko 6138 and 6139 models is really interesting and I will definitely write more about it in the future. The watch I was buying was filthy. Clearly the seller didn’t care about getting more money by cleaning the case and maybe replacing the crystal. I was a bit scared of the quality of the watch and was worried that if the outside is so dirty and scratched, the insides might be in a pretty bad shape too. From the photos I saw that the movement was dirty, but there was no sign of water or mechanical damage.
I got this watch towards the end of 2018. It arrived a few days before Christmas and it took a while to bring it back to its glory days. The watch has been fully restored by a professional in June 2020. The movement has been services, the watch got new gaskets, a new crystal and a new bracelet. I also had the case polished by Lapinist Watch Restoration who specializes in polishing zaratsu cases.
So far I was able to:
  • Install new crystal and gaskets
  • Professionally clean and tune up the movement
  • Polish the case to its original state
  • Install an original bezel that was used but in good condition.
More to come!
Michal


My Simson S51-B from 1985 needs some work.
Hotspots will guide you through a few decisions I made so far

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