Another budget vintage back to life

[IanM]

Recently picked up this 70's Veranda diver style as a project from SC for £11.

Its issues:

Keyless works messed up and stem wouldn't stay in.
Wouldn't run properly
Knackered crystal
Date wheel appeared to have be partially wiped clean.
Some cosmetic issues.

http://i1039.photobucket.com/albums/...psvoto3vfs.jpg

First step was to decase it and remove the hands. You can see the damaged date wheel here:
http://i1039.photobucket.com/albums/...psabjtdi68.jpg

Placed next to one of my donor spares movements. You can see the damage to the date wheel even clearer:

http://i1039.photobucket.com/albums/...psmcvjbgzj.jpg

The keyless works were a bit messed up and I needed to cannibalise the donor for spares. Here they are ready to go on:
http://i1039.photobucket.com/albums/...ps38ubmqam.jpg

Back together with the spare date wheel and tested as working:
http://i1039.photobucket.com/albums/...ps1zzvhkyh.jpg

I flipped it over and gave it a partial strip down. I never took any pictures as my phone battery died but these are reasonably easy to work on as everything is quite accessible.
http://i1039.photobucket.com/albums/...pshduxsfq5.jpg

I cleaned up the case as best I could. I couldn't do anything with the marks on the dial. I found a new crystal that fitted and a crown to replace the worn one.
Here it is back together and working well. I'll probably wear it for a bit, as is normally the case.

http://i1039.photobucket.com/albums/...psvzzdofka.jpg


Thanks for looking.

[Argon]

Hi Ian - watch looks great - congrats on the refurb.

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[TakesALickin]

Nice refurb work, Ian - it looks great on that blue Tropic. If you ever decide you want to part with that Timex 1257, let me know. That's been a personal grail for a long time.

[wookie]

Nice save Ian, I bought the exact same model on fleaby for a fiver, like yours it needed a bit of work, I had to replace the mainspring and clean and oil the movement, also the two piece case kept coming apart so I had to spend an hour adjusting the retention spring but I'm pleased with the outcome,




wook

[wookie]

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[IanM]

Hi Ian - watch looks great - congrats on the refurb.

You can embed pics by using the 'insert image' function in the post toolbar.

Thanks. I used tapatalk and struggled to get the pics to show.

[IanM]

Nice save Ian, I bought the exact same model on fleaby for a fiver, like yours it needed a bit of work, I had to replace the mainspring and clean and oil the movement, also the two piece case kept coming apart so I had to spend an hour adjusting the retention spring but I'm pleased with the outcome,




wook

Yours is in much better condition.

That case gave me grief as well. I initially thought it was broken when it kept coming apart! Also had to tweak the spring.

[IanM]

Nice refurb work, Ian - it looks great on that blue Tropic. If you ever decide you want to part with that Timex 1257, let me know. That's been a personal grail for a long time.

Will do. I've had a few of these. I prefer the UK 180m rated ones to the American 600ft ones as the cases are slightly bigger and thicker.