A Little Before & After

[thor447]

I couldn't sleep, so around 2:00am this morning I sat down and my work bench and started tinkering. Well now it's a little after 4:30am and I finished the final assembly of my most recent restoration project, which is what I had planned on doing Sunday afternoon. Now that I'm good and tired again, I thought I'd share a couple before & after photos before hitting the hay.

For the moment (knock on wood) I'm caught up with watch repairs! I have a project coming soon from an OSA member that I'm really looking forward to. I haven't discussed the prospect of filming that watch with him, so I don't know if a video will be made for it. In the meantime, I'm going to begin the laborious process of sorting through a mountain of footage and try to put a video together for this watch.

 

[T. MIKE SMITH]

wow that's nice- I need a stem replaced in my Seiko - are you the man

 

[coolhandluke]

Looks fantastic Adam. Good job with the case lapping. I need to add a vintage Seiko to the collection some day. When I do, it's definitely going to be one that you've done case work on.

 

[DRC458]

Beautiful! Amazing work!

 

[GorillaG]

Yeah? Well I could do that too....if I wanted to....AND I"D HAVE PARTS LEFT OVER so there!

 

[thor447]

wow that's nice- I need a stem replaced in my Seiko - are you the man

I can replace a stem, but it would just depend on what movement/case it is on, and if a replacement can be found.

 

[thor447]

Looks fantastic Adam. Good job with the case lapping. I need to add a vintage Seiko to the collection some day. When I do, it's definitely going to be one that you've done case work on.

Thanks a bunch. Since an actual lapping machine is well outside my budget, I'm pretty pleased with my home-made setup that I put together. The process still makes me nervous, as there's no fixing it if I screw it up, but thus far I've gotten pretty good results.

 

[bullseyeblack]

Very nice work!

 

[Big50]

Damn nice sir!