Reply With QuoteWow, that's an amazing transformation.Lovely watch too with an excellent movement. I wish Seiko still made it.
I like these, but I prefer them looking much better than this. :)
I bought the other day from a very nice seller and it arrived today. Couldn't wait to see what I had.
I could see the potential and I snapped it up for very little indeed, hoping the dial would be as perfect as I thought
With some parts I've been saving for the Sports 100 model to show up ( I have a silverwave version but prefer these) I decided to see what the potential is.
The case cleaned up well. The Parts were full of gunk, however I had been saving a near perfect case which I think I'll use.
Original case:
This was hard to find:
And so with these ingredients (on the other case in this shot):
It should look great!
I finished the rest of this just an hour ago as I had to go out after taking those shots.
Here are the bits and pieces needed for a crystal change.
And the chapter ring. Sorry not chapter ring, crystal fixing ring.
Gasket pressed into the groove of the retainer with the lip at the top.
Crystal pressed in evenly to then be pushed home by pressing the chapter ring in later.
Chapter ring installed and pressed home.
Crystal sitting even and proud of the retainer.
Next is the nylon ring that provides the tension for the retainer on the case.
Case ready for this to be pressed home.
Retaining ring pressed home.
Need to get the movement sorted tomorrow and replace the coil or the circuit. Will see if either work, hopefully the circuit isn't screwed. Shot of the movement inside the case.
And the bezel with a fresh gasket installed and pressed down.
Excuse the little bit of dust. I assure you it's on the outside! Took me bloody ages to get the crystal clean and free from any annoying bits and pieces.
Simple I guess, not much done really and a lot of replacing. But I'm pleased I managed to track down the dial in such condition to make use of the parts. Here is a before and after shot, though.
Last edited by Bodo; 23rd March 2017 at 06:55.
Wow, that's an amazing transformation.
Great work, it looks the dog's danglies now!
That is spot-on.
Great transformation!
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great work Guy
Very nice and nice write up, just goes to show a bit of colour and it really pops :)
Great work, thanks for posting.
I've got a beater similar to that, bought new in 1980.
Nothing done to it since, except battery change, fabulous watch still going strong.
Img_0754 by Dave in Wales, on Flickr
Seeing things mended is much more satisfying I think than seeing something bought new. Well done sir.
That's a fantastic transformation, Congratulations!
Great work,are they hard to find ?
Thanks for the comments all! Appreciate it.
The Pepsi Sports 100 I've found quite difficult to track down when compared to the black bezel version, but these aren't rare imo. And like a lot of Seiko it's more difficult to find ones that haven 't been beaten up to within an inch of their life!
About this watch, well what a stroke of luck! Maybe angels were smiling. Last night I popped the battery in and didn't see any twitching of the hands so left it, Nothing else done but no response at the time ( I changed date through the cycles and also rotated hands through 24 hours a couple of times to free up gunky oil).
Today...... it's ticking!
I will be practicing on a 7546 soon to be able to fully strip this and give it a good clean up. Very pleasing though to not have to source a new circuit or block. Guessing it was dirty oil.
Very pleased.
Originally Posted by Dave in Wales
Great work, thanks for posting.
I've got a beater similar to that, bought new in 1980.
Nothing done to it since, except battery change, fabulous watch still going strong.
I keep my eye out for these now and again, Dave. I like them a lot. There is a NOS rotating ring (actually "NOS", not used with minor scratches) on eBay at the moment. Have to say though yours looks fine as it is. Maybe a clean and that's good to go.
Hard to find the gaskets for these so I'll measure the ones I have and maybe post the dimensions.
Last edited by Bodo; 22nd March 2017 at 15:20.
I enjoyed the read up and photos thank you.
Excellent job.
Thanks for this.
It was my first watch. Must have been 1977 or thereabout and I soon put it on a Perlon strap.
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