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So, does that mean this is a really rare watch, if you haven't serviced many? Even though it was in a Bond film??

Sorry, both, my bad, I had a Barton rubber band on my 7548 700f which broke, not a metal band, had a look at the uncle reproduction Z199 and they have a standard (hollow end links and vintage pressure clasp) and super (solid end links and milled clasp), which would go best with my 7548 from 1978? All the best, Neel

JB? Justin Bieber? jkjk

Have you seen the 5126 8090 reissue? It’s the SRPL05 and L03. Really cool watches that look very accurate to the original. Although they didn’t replicate the original bracelet. Someone at Seiko seems to be getting them on the right track with reissues.

Thanks again for the education and entertainment. The current ISO 6425:2018 standard for divers' watches requires lume that can last for at least 180 minutes (after being exposed to light according to some other ISO standard) at every 5 minute marker. The requirement that it be at every marker was introduced for the 2018 version of the standard. Hence the need to change the designs to include a lumed marker next to the date window. So Seiko could re-make their old drivers' but they couldn't call them divers' by today's ISO standards. That's clearly a bit of a problem for them. Some current models including the Sumo and SPB143 have two dial versions for pre and post ISO change. The neatly framed date windows of the past are a rare sight on current Seiko divers'. The, let's be polite and call them homages, that Chinese companies churn out can be closer to the original vintage Seiko models because they don't care that it isn't ISO compliant. Seiko might be able to work around it with a lumed date wheel or a lumed date frame. The standard is also due for a review but I don't image the requirement will be removed from it.

Yeah. My Pulsar did the two step too when the battery had to be changed, It got me worried, didn't know it was supposed to do that. Great to know! Thanks!

Titanium? Taken from a Jet fighter? (Mental picture of man with a metal saw sneaking towards a jet fighter to get metal for a watch).

You should start with: "State the nature of the horological emergency". ;)

Wrist check: Casio W217HM-7BVEF. The one with the black face and the silver numbers.

Happy saturday :)

Hi S&S. You youd check the Praesidus rec spec. An homage to the Seiko macv-sog. Best regards

You need a second camera just filming the window so we can see what is happening outside.

I wish i send to you my humble collection but am living 14000 miles away just near the border of empty quarter desert 😁

Must be vintage chronograph weekend also wearing my Tissot PR516. Re the Seiko 754x battery punch dot on the year marker they put this dot on when manufactured to indicate to change the battery after 3 years example if you have a 1980 watch it is dot punched at 1983. All my 754x watches have this first dot. If you get a JDM piece ex Japan and it’s had a recent battery change via Seiko they will punch the date change numbers on the caseback also, when I first saw this I thought it may have been marked due to being a military marker but not so just a battery change date example B9808, refers battery changed August 1998.

Hey Spencer and Sabrina - enjoyable video as always. I love military style watches and I wanted to get a lower cost 'beater' watch so I don't get so worried about wearing my more expensive mechanical watch in situations where I should not... I looked at the Rdunae as well as others, but settled on the Militado ML05 which is supposed to arrive in the next few days. It checked most of the boxes for me even the 'sapphire' crystal, but I'm excited to see how the Seiko VH31 movement works.I did end up ordering a different watch band as I just could not stand the one that comes with the watch.

If any of the Chinese "6105" ever get the dial markers right and stop aping modern Seiko with a red painted stop light and do a baby aspirin orange LUMED stop light...it's game over on any notion that $1000+ Seiko 6105 reissues are worth the money is over. Cranky old men standing on the porch shaking their fist at the world unite!

Hi guts, nice Omega but that Zodiac is really awesome!!

Wow! I was happily surprised to hear my question, as after giving it some thought, I deleted it. lol I've done extensive research about MACV SOG and talked with members that served with my uncle, mainly: Maj, John Plaster, (USA retired). Maj. Plaster has written books on the subject and that's how I found out about my uncle. Unfortunately, my dad never knew the details of his brother's service, as the declassification came after dad's passing. The gentleman that you discussed as being part of the Waffen SS and MACV SOG, I believe, was Lauri Torni.

Beautiful!

Pure poetry.

Hi Spencer What are those 2 small screws for on the underside of the case in between the lugs? Cheers

Accidental ASMR

What happened to the movement holding O-ring?

Absolute belter 🔥👍🐟

I can attest to the fact (as a 7548 owner) that the case back has 1 dimple indicate the next probable date to change the battery when newly purchased. I purchased mine (New) March 1985 the serial number from the Navy exchange in Japan. Serial number 41xxx2 (1984 January). My dimple is stamped 1 hash tag back from the 1987 marker on the caseback. I am 58 years old and still own it. repairing this watch was a logistical nightmare without the internet. The first to go is the ripping of the holes in the rubber strap and the "battery" was special back then too........Still running perfect and on its 4th battery change

I'm not actually sure the dial on this is fully original. A lot of the replacement dials that I've been seeing have distinct grooves on the 30 minute timer, which itn kinda looks like this watch has. Would have been weird to replace the dial and not the crystal, but I know a Pogue nerd could tell you in a few seconds.

I believe Seiko thought that they had made a good watch , But in hindsight it was much more .

Yeah the 6139-80xx Retro Racer in that catalogue definitely wasn’t around in 1969, I would have thought 1973 at the earliest.

I just received the spb317. I believe a reinterpretation of this watch? Beautiful.

I love this watch. I have a more recent version of this but no where near as nice. I still love it. I have been debating whether to buy one of these or not. I am fine with quartz, but here changing batteries is brutal. Does Seiko offer a solar golden Tuna?

Hi Spencer, very enjoyable video and very satisfying to see the final result. Can you recommend someone who can perform a similar service for a Seiko 7548 in or near Ireland? Thanks

Is there some truth in reusing the original mainspring to protect the original arbor ports (at the cost of getting better amplitude) if re-jeweling the arbor ports is not an option?

Nice watch with wonderful history.

I had one of these and sold it a little while back. It was the earlier variant which had a blue tint anti-reflective crystal. The newer version looks a lot nicer. I will say on the timing machine it was more accurate than the 6R35 in my Seiko reissue. Not sure if I got a good movt or it was adjusted by Rdunae in assembly.

Greetings again. I have just procured a 6119-8220. One of those early sport divers without a bezel but has water proof on the case back. It’s Nov 1968. Do you know much about these early non-bezel 70m sport divers. They appear to be uncommon. This one is quite chunky and large for its time. Many thanks.

This will be an awesome restoration

Viet Nam vet here. I bought my Dad a seiko world timer while I was there but never got myself a watch. Regret that now and the in-laws got the world timer so out of luck there too, but made it back and now really into watches! On the bonus side my brother-in-law bought a 6139-6000 in -70 , a proof with a perfact dial and he gifted it to me. I consider myself ahead of the game!

I believe also that the first run of these was exclusively for the home market so if it's one of those you'll have a lower limited edition number and of course Kanji day. I purchased mine in Japan and it's number 275/15555. If it doesn't have Kanji then it wasn't JDM only.

Thanks! This was my father's watch that he got during his service in the US Navy onboard the USS Ranger during Vietnam. I'm glad to see it getting the attention it deserves. Appreciate the valuable insight and hoping it turns out great in the end.

Good timing on this one just finished a 6105a Sealion restoration from 1978. I remember when I restored my 6105 the first owner did some painting as well I found paint under the bezel. This will be a good one to show the arbor jewelling on.

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For what it's worth - I bought the previous r2x version. Strap was great until broke completely. I left the watch on bedside table for a month while waiting for a replacement strap and when I picked it up again, strap had split on the *other* side as well. I don't know if I my strap came from bad batch or if they all fail after a year or so.... The top crown guard on the new version is a lot bigger and looks much nicer than in the previous version where the top of the crown guard was too thin.

I have never seen something this gorgeous before!

yoooo why you got condom fingers?

Wow!!!

Spencer! I have not been able to message in a while because I could not log into CZcams. hahaha. I have a problem/question!!! I just received an early 1960's Seiko with power reserve with the 11A movement . Automatic and hand winding. The problem is the snap caseback will not stay closed. When I received the watch it fell off right away. I have snapped it back on a hundred times and in different positions. There is no groove for the stem. It's the same all the way around. It will snap closed very lightly, then just pop off again on it's own. Assuming this is because it's old or cannot work properly, is there a solution for this? Super glue? Some other watchmaker trick?

Bought this very watch a couple of months ago. It’s superb. I did toy with the idea of spending the big bucks for the Seiko re-issue but as you’ve pointed out, this is more to the original than what Seiko is offering and a tenth of the price. Great in depth review. Thanks.

I need the doubling effect of a correctly angled crystal. If I purchased a Klein crystal for a 6105 would it fit in this watch? I used to own a very nice 6105 from Larry over at Uncle Straps. I foolishly sold it and they have since become too valuable for one in sublime condition. Again, I'm an absolute moron for selling it.

I'd buy a Pogue if Seiko ever reissued it!

Seiko could sell a lot of these, but they want to charge 2-3k nowadays. I'd be really interested to see if there's a crystal out there that could replicate the original but you're probably right in the dial being a little larger or the bevel on the crystal being slightly different. I've made a couple of upgrades to mine but the bevel is the one that eludes me at the moment.