So I picked up this ’84 6309 off SC a few years back, wore it for a while and then put it in the draw as the time keeping wasn’t brilliant.
I had the intention of getting it serviced/regulated but never got around to it.
I kind of went away from watches and got more into Mountain Bikes – I sold a few of my collection to fund my bike habit – including my SKX007…..
So fast forward to earlier this summer where the SKX was discussed in some depth on another forum and I ended up getting another one – first new watch in 3 years.
I dug out my 6309 as well with a view to getting it serviced.
I spoke to my usual watch maker which seemed to have changed hands and the new owner appeared not to be interested in older watches and quoted a horrendous amount for a service. I think this was more to do with not wanting to do it……
So after a ‘who can service my 6309’ thread on here I was put in touch with Guy (Bodo) who agreed to take a look and give me an honest opinion of whether he thought it was worth doing – first thing Guy noticed was the dial was an after market job.
Not long after I had originally picked up the 6309 I picked up some spare dials for a few quid off SCWF.
I sent these off to Guy with the watch with the hope of finding a better one out of the bunch.
Guy got in touch and said that one of the dials I had sent was a Hong Kong dial from the same era as the watch – it was however this one:
Guy was up for the challenge of giving it a clean, with this being the result:
Guy also service the movement and put a new genuine crown on.
Here it is assembled:
After further discussion it was decided to re-lume the hands and dial along with replacing the crystal.
So a couple of weeks later this arrived:
A total transformation – really pleased with it.
Thanks to Guy for such an amazing job – he’s been brilliant to deal with.
Needs a new bezel and insert as the current one appears to be a 7002 bezel, but don’t have the funds for that at the moment.
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