It's definitely the trickiest part!
I've only done it on three Seiko 5s and they seem to fit the spindles (I suspect there's a watch word for them!) quite well, but even then getting the hands...
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It's definitely the trickiest part!
I've only done it on three Seiko 5s and they seem to fit the spindles (I suspect there's a watch word for them!) quite well, but even then getting the hands...
And now the choice...
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I'm going...
Ah, you live and learn.
The bezel insert is in now. It proved very easy to get it dropped in accurately (shame people at Seiko don't take as much care).
Last change now will be to fit the...
And so to the bezel insert...
It's very nice (as you expect of Yobokies).
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The insert adhesive strip/rings...
OK, so today I decided to start work.
Getting the movement out is pretty straightforward; remove the caseback and the stem and it levers gently out.
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Four years ago, when the blue Sapphire bezel insert was released, I bought most of the parts to build a Fifty Five Fathoms Seiko 5 mod.
However, for whatever reason, it's languished, unstarted for...