Betere fotos van de Tudor Black Bay Homage.
The watch is for sale, more info at the ‘For Sale’page.
Dit horloge is te koop. Meer info op de ‘Te Koop’ pagina
Betere fotos van de Tudor Black Bay Homage.
The watch is for sale, more info at the ‘For Sale’page.
Dit horloge is te koop. Meer info op de ‘Te Koop’ pagina
Well here it is. The making of. / Daar is hij dan. The making of.
This watch is for sale. for info, email me. / Dit horloge is te koop. voor info, neem contact op via Email
The watch was in similor state as this. I forgot to take its pic. / Het horloge zag er ongeveer zo uit. Ik ben vergeten om die te fotograferen.
First a little history.
In 1976 Seiko introduced the 6309-704* series, to replace the 6105-811* series.
This new model, the 704* series had, just like its predecessor the fat cushion style case.
The later 729* models had a much slimmer case. The cushion or turtle style case is very popular amongst collectors.
Where the 6105 models are very scares, with prices up to € 500,–, you can find the 6309 models, but they are getting
scarser to. I found this watch, a 6309-7040, and converted in into a 6105, including 6105 dial, and hands, with the distinctive
2 colored second hand.
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Eerst wat geschiedenis
In 1976 introduceerde Seiko de 6309-704* serie, om de 6105-811* serie te vervangen.
Dit nieuwe model, de 704* serie, had, net als zijn voorganger, de kenmerkende kussen-kast. Een kast die wat breder is dan latere modellen,
de 729* serie, die een veel smallere kast hadden. Dit type horloge is erg gezocht onder verzamelaars.
Het oude type, de 6105 wordt nu zeer zeldzaam, met prijzen tot € 500,– terwijl het nieuwere model makkelijker te vinden is.
Ook dit model komt al minder op de markt.
Ik vond een oude 6309-7040, and heb hem opgeknapt tot een 6105, inclusief wijzerplaat en wijzers, inclusief de kenmerkende 2 kleurige secondenwijzer
BEFORE
AFTER
This one I made for our goalie. He is a road worker, and did my backyard.
He didnt want to get payed for the job. I knew he was looking for a blue watch. So I made one for him.
This is what I got:
And this is after.
This one I made for Marc.
He wanted an orange watch.
I gave the movement an overhaul, and changed everything but the case.
I started out with this:
And this is what it became. Later I changed the strap for an all orange rubber one.
Here a mod of a Seiko 7s26-0040
I like the bezel of these. I left the minute track in in, but it covers a part of the indices.
The client loved it.
Here an example of a mod done to the bigger brother, 7s26-0020.
Here the mninute track doesnt cover the indices
This Seiko 7002 came as part of a lot of 12 watches. 11 went in the bin, this one was saved.
After an overhaul the movement came to live. I gave it a new crystal, bezel insert, hands and dial.
I polished the case a little, and gave it a strap.
Before:
and here the result:
after
Here another midsize Seiko.
I restored the dial, because I liked the silver lined round indices.
You see some spots on it, but it gives a ‘vintage’ feeling on the watch.
I kinda liked it.
Here the before:
And here the afters:
There are a lot of midsize, beatup Seiko divers available, based on the famous 7s26 movement.
Great for restoring. Here is an example. I left out the minute track, because it covered a part of the indexes.
I changed the bezel, dial and hands. I gave the movement a full overhaul.