TISSOT restoration by walkerwek1958

[ktmog6uk]

As part of another deal we did Paul (walkerwek1958) agreed to have a look at an old Tissot seastar i had in the scrap box, dirty, scratched, not working, full of god knows what, badly damaged crystal, dirty dial...need i go on? sadly neither of us thought to take "before" pics, but rest assured it was FUBB - i think it turned into a personal mission for Paul to save it!

This is what after several trials, tribulations, and fun sourcing parts, came back to me.
I was so amazed i almost choked up.
Thanks paul, good luck on your new watch repairing adventure - you are now certainly my go to guy!!!!

Pauls summary of work done:
> Here's a breakdown:
>
> Work carried out: Complete stripdown, clean and relubricate movement.
> Supply and fit replacement balance, pallet lever and mainspring. Case
> completely repolished to remove extensive scratching and restore original
> polished finish. New case gasket and glass fitted. Hands and dial cleaned,
> hands relumed.
> New crown, stem,glass, case gasket + carriage
> New balance and pallet lever
> New mainspring

here pauls pics which are better than mine and show the movement.








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and here are a few i've taken after strapping up and wearing...












my very sincere thanks to Paul and i can't recommend him highly enough!!!! :headbang: :hello1: :wave:

[gingerboy]

Fantastic job and I honestly wish I could get in to the servicing side of things but the time required simply isn't available :( .

Great work by Paul and you quite rightly are over the moon with a great transformation, from shed to stunner :)

Great to see more and more members getting stuck in with mods and repairs

Paul

[swir]

Now if you only had a vintage purple lined Tissot box to go with that...
Great stuff :)

[fishman307]

Superb refurb there, Looks stunnng, Goes to show i was right Walkerwek is a top man!

[dickbrowne]

Good work fella - I must practice my case refinishing more, it looks fantastic :)

[igorRIJEKA]

Fantastic restoration job!
I must say that it looks like NOS now.

[Timothy]

Great job.

[Thewatchbloke]

Cracking job Paul! The full repertoire too, what with case polishing, dial cleaning and reluming, I'm impressed. I can just about strip, clean and lubricate a movement at the moment. :?
I did remove, clean and lube my first mainspring last week though. :)
I really ought to do a couple of the BHI courses. One of these days....!

[walkerwek1958]

I did remove, clean and lube my first mainspring last week though. :)

But did you manage to get it back into the watch :wink:

I now own a set of sprinwinders but even with these it can be tricky.

I`d recommend the BHI Basic Mechanical Watch course, which is 5 days residential and costs around £550 plus BHI membership for the year (£98). Throw in the cost of travel and evening meals (and beer) and it's around £800. Treat it like a holiday and it's good value.

Paul

[James.uk]

Great job! 8)

[Thewatchbloke]

But did you manage to get it back into the watch :wink:

Eventually. :)

[paulh7830]

THAT IS NICE!!!!!!

[ktmog6uk]

THAT IS NICE!!!!!!

SURE IS!!!!!

[Monet]

Great :bounce: :!: :bounce: :bounce:

[Niguel]

Good job, well done :)

[adim]

Excellent job!

[Zephyr]

Fantastic job well done

[GARRYW]

Beautiful restoration, Wish we could see a 'before pic'

[Reeny]

That could be a little difficult as the thread was started nearly 4-years ago.

[Coot]

[ktmog6uk]

That could be a little difficult as the thread was started nearly 4-years ago.

I pointed him at this thread as an example of pauls work, sadly neither he or i took before pics at the time as we didn't expect it to be this nice under all the crud! I should never have sold it though!