Originally Posted by
walkerwek1958
Bad idea in my opinion, dial spots are a bodged repair. It’s possible to buy repair dial feet with a flat round mounting flange designed to be soldered, with careful trimming these can be affixed using 2 pack epoxy adhesive but it’s a tricky job to do. I’ve just done one on an old Tissot and it took a couple of hours of very fiddly work.
The problem with the Seiko is the press- fit of the feet into the plastic movement ring, the repair feet I’ve described need to be just the right thickness to get a friction fit that holds the dial but doesn’t grip too tight. There’s also potential for the flat mounting flange to add to the dial thickness and affect the way it fits, this can usually be worked around but it all adds to the complexity.
Are you sure the movement holder doesn’t have extra holes to allow for both dial fitments? Or is it possible to carefully drill the holes it would need? That woukd avoid breaking the feet off a perfectly good dial!