A Seiko With a Story - Full Service of a 6119C
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- Опубликовано: 14 авг 2020
- Hello, This video I have a Seiko that has been sent in from a subscriber as it has a great story of survival. A Seiko with a story! I have always said Seiko are practically indestructible and there is another example of what you can throw at these old watches and it still not break!
Stay tuned as I disassemble the 6119C movement, clean and rebuild. We see the before and after shots on the timing machine of the improvement a service makes on this 50 year old Seiko.
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YOUR harassment campaign on ebay against my brother will surely not go unpunished...the po-lice are now involved.
Andrew Jacks what? The eBay seller of the same name has absolutely nothing to do with me. Zero connection .
Imagine if that was a Rolex? Seiko is very underrated for not being swiss... Nice piece history...
The result would be same. Be it a Seiko, a Rolex or a
Citizen or any other maker as long as the watch has waterproof feature.
If it was a Rolex. He could take it on PBS-Antique Scamshow and get it appraised for $10,000,000.
Great video. Most people probably don't realise that, for the money, the build quality of Seiko vintage watches in particular is ridiculously good. For someone on a budget who is new to watch collecting Seiko, and in particular the Seiko 5 range, represent perhaps the most logical starting point for a collection. There are literally tens of thousands of examples out there for between £40-200 offering a range of movement and case combinations complimented by Seiko's amazing dials. The build quality and durability of these truly iconic watches means that there are thousands of examples out there over sixty years old, probably never serviced, and still running and keeping respectable time.
Yes, please keep the long videos. It's nice for us amateurs who also like to tinker to see the complete teardown and reconstruction. For those that don't like the long vids, they can simply fast forward.........Good job, and great story.
Absolutely amazing story!! If Seiko would find out they should be proud about . Immersed in hot oil for many months still works!!!
Seiko never die! it was a fun project this one. I would recommend watching my Seiko Willard video if you enjoyed this one.
I am so glad to see that it's not just us rank amateurs who drop screws in the balance spring!!! :-)
haha. that was such a classic mistake too. As you can see I am just like every other hobbyist.
Loved this, including the history. I recommend keeping to one hour or so, gives us all a chance to see the real work being done.
Yes! I do enjoy the current way the production is done; personally find it very helpful.
My Dad liked this video too. He was a driver/ cannoner on an 8" Howeitzer in the US Army in Vietnam. The gun is larger than that one but very similar. Great video!
Love these vintage 6119 seiko 5 watches have quite a few myself👍
Bomb proof movements👍👍👍
Did a wonderful job- glad you straightened it all out ! And new gaskets all around ✔️👍🆗
Another great video. Thank-you for doing a balanced appraisal of these watches. I have bought a few in the past and agree in the grand scheme of things they have their place.
I love the cleaning machine sequences and your music selections! Please keep that as a regular feature of your videos. Thanks for sharing!!
Thank you! Will do!
Hi. Another informative video. Does not matter how long it is. Just keep making them. Thanks.
Wearing my faithful Seiko 5 as I watch this. Great story, thanks for sharing.
I have a 6119 with what appears to be the same hands as this one you worked on. I love the design of those hands.
“THUMBS UP” for the timepiece cleaning videos…👍🏽 From Bellflower, California U.S.A. 👋🏽
I love objects with an interesting history & spending 9 months in the sump of an artillery piece's V12 engine is certainly one of the more unique stories I've heard! Not only did I learn new things about a Seiko but you propelled me down a mini internet rabbit-hole discovering the differences between tanks & self-propelled artillery as well.... so thank you! 👍 And I'm ridiculously late, but I love the musical interludes & also that fabulous industrial timer you're using to time the wash cycles ⏲👍
That’s a crazy thing to happen!! Thanks for the story!
very happy with the long video's keep them coming. Cheers
Interesting bit of history on this watch and actually pretty amazing it survived the ordeal. Nice job.
Always a pleasure Mike, thanks 👌🏾
Great job. I had that watch at one time, may have been the most comfortable watch I ever had,
Great work Master!!!
I have no problem with the length of the video. Great entertainment goes with the excellent information!
Nice, video and a great story, many thanks!
Great video. I'm preparing to have a go at my late grandfather's 6119c (6003 case). It'll be my first ever service but it's the type of thing that would have made him proud, so I'm glad I found your videos.
Good luck. I started my tinkering on a 6119 ! great movement
Great story and result Mike. Well done.
Good work, I enjoy it
Awesome. I love the story as well.
Thanks for the video. Watched quite a few of them now.
thank you
Great video and brilliant looking watch
Great work Mike, love these videos. Warts and all. Amazing how you do it behind a camera.
Glad you enjoyed it
Great Seiko, great story. You should do more videos with a story. Thanks and best regards!!
Great video, I just bought blue face 6119 on eBay. It keeps really good time and I like the fact that it's 50 years old, with a bit of light age related marks. I didn't have a clue how to set the date, so Googled it and found a helpful video. Your full length videos are just what is needed, for that extra detail.
Thanks, the 6119 movements are a favourite of mine.
Very good . Stay well .
Great repair video. Thanks.
Thanks for watching!
Great story! Thankx!
Don't worry about the video length; it certainly didn't seem like over an hour. I'd also recommend keeping the cleaning machine footage, in fact some more details if the timer would be interesting.
thank you, understood.
Great video as always, and a truly amazing story! Now I have to find a Seiko 5.
great story for that seiko, i love my seikos
I Really enjoy your site!
Nice rebuild. Great story of it's loss for awhile. Good vid. Keep at it!
Just saw this….I like the length of the videos you create. The stories and content are fascinating!
Thank you very much!
last time i was this early
it was still stone age
amazing watch i have similar one
a very very comfortable and durable piece
That watch has a great story, thanks for passing it on to us. Great job on this watch, it turned out beautiful, it runs great all so. I don't think that the video's are to long, just right.😊
thank you Dennis
*_The cleaning portion with the machines, clock timer and music make me think I'm watching a short episode of Wallace & Grommit_*
Keep the musical interlude. I love it!!!
The musical montages normally are amusing but, after a 24-year career in the US Navy during which I endured countless hours of standing motionless in formation, my knees began to hurt within the first three notes from today's video.
As far as the length is concerned, I do not mind because of the value of the content. You actually provide us with information that is hard for a hobbyists to come by which is detailed lubrication. No one else really goes into such depth so, please, do not stop. Treating each video as if the viewer is a novice contributes greatly to the educational value.
Thank you for another GREAT video!
thank you for your feedback, sorry my music choice brought back painful memories, however with the military connection this type of music had to be used for comedy value.
@@MyRetroWatches not painful memories, phantom pain! Your choice in music was SPOT ON; no need to apologize. Keep up the amazing work.
I love a good Sousa March!
I like the cleaning machine part, I vote for keeping it!
Long videos 👍👍👍👍 yes please.
A side note about beat error... The timegraphers we use show beat error in milliseconds and amplitude in degrees. The higher your amplitude, the faster the balance is rotating, especially as it goes through the impulse phase. This means that if you have any beat error at all, it will worsen as amplitude gets lower and improve as amplitude gets higher. All because the measurement of beat error is in the time domain rather than being expressed in degrees. When amplitude is lower, the overall arc is smaller, and since the time period of the arc doesn't change, the escapement spends a greater overall percentage of time with the impulse jewel inside the fork. Therefore beat error is amplified in the time domain as amplitude lowers, even though the beat error stays the same if expressed in degrees out of center. Hope that makes sense. The practial side of this is understanding that as amplitude goes down, you're effectively zooming in on beat error.
Thank you for this concise explanation. A good incite
That's why I love mechanical watches over smartwatches..they can pass to generation's, to your kids, friends and still works, nice job sir (excuse my bad English) :)
Adding the brown leather strap was a good idea. Enjoyed that.
Thank you. For my part, the video was not too long, and the trials and tribulations of lost screws and pieces flying off make you more human, and less of an automaton! I would have liked to see the construction of the automatic works displayed, but maybe next time. And that cleaner timer certainly looks full of character!
I worked on the M109 and M110 howitzers for 8 years in the USMC. Always kept my watch in the pocket of my coveralls when doing maintenance, especially on the battery banks, not only because you could lose it but you could end up with the “shock of your life” as well.
Great video! My big brother spent 30 plus years in the Canadian Army ( RCHA/RCA) . He was also M-109 crew and was stationed in W. Germany for much of the 60's and 70's! Small world!
Like your Rickenbacker clock....six string or twelve? :)
@@mikedo6 6. I don’t play much anymore but I play off a G&L original S500 custom.
Very professional .
Best watch story ever...
Fantastic story and great video. Actually appreciate the length, helps that nothing too much is skipped over.
Thank you for this.
Oddly enough i don't mind the length at all, but for sure you've Gotta keep the cleaning cycle and my beloved timing clock it so makes me smile,and great job as well by the way fantastic results👍.
Liking the march music theme. The waltzes were OK, too.
Working on one of these myself at the moment. Bought it as a parts donor watch in case my dad's 6119-6050 ever needs something replaced movement wise. It is running and keeping time so I decided to service it and freshen it up a bit in the meantime.
The 6119 was the first movement I ever worked on so have a fondness for it. Seiko make them so robust. Thanks for watching.
Wonderful video
Great story and nice result. I'm sure he'll be delighted with it. The tank thing is great. Calling any tracked vehicle a tank with afv guys is like calling any 6139 a pogue in the Seiko group. Minutes of entertainment to be had. 😂
Haha , when I spoke to Ken I called it a tank, I was corrected immediately, either way they are amazing machines I have since watched a few RUclips videos on them. Thanks as always Che
Love the long videos.
Very nice!
Lovely story and an excellent video. Ken and I may have looked at each other from the opposite sides of that wall. Glad his old watch is still in good shape and hope he keeps enjoying it. My Ракета is still keeping good time too and so does my father's Poljot. Good luck and wishing you the best of health. Formerly of the 40th motor rifle regiment.
I have informed Ken of your comment here. amazing to think that you may have been on different sides. Glad we all get along now. Thanks for watching.
Having full length video is very useful.
I like the cleaning interlude but maybe bring that ringer down a tad in volume. Another nice vid. Thanks
Thanks for the feedback. Will take note of the volume!
Mike, cleaning is a part of the maintenance, please keep it in.The timer every time😀 I love it. And off course the cleaning machine itself is also nice to watch also. keep it in, speed up version.
great feedback thank you. I like the montage bit too so just wanted to be sure its well received.
Brilliant job as usual. I'm always jealous of your Timegrapher results. I'm actually wearing the exact watch at the moment and I did get very good results after servicing it. In my case, I'm afraid it had more to do with the fact Seiko makes a great watch. Still, you inspire and encourage me to keep working on the dang things. Cheers from the US.
cleaning is the most important bit for good results. It helps with a microscope, when I bought a scope I quickly realised my methods needed to be changed.
@@MyRetroWatches Thanks for the tip, but there must be some skill involved since I own the exact Amscope you have, lol.
Nice watch
Like your videos cause they give me confidence to service my own wathes. I just finished service my Seiko Seahorse and i find that you dont have to remove the click spring to get the barrel out. just slide it out to the center. I would love to see you do some more early Citizen movement. Dont see them that often beeing serviced and they are lovely made movements.
KEEP IT!!!
Great video... 👍👏👏👍
Sun, 16 Aug 2020 ...
KEEP HEALTHY... STAY SAFE!!! 😷😷😷
thank you and you too keep safe.
Hi Mike, really enjoyed the vid. I like the quick wash insert, the length of the vids, for me, isn't an issue as you keep the viewers attention and that hour goes in the blink of an eye. Look forward to the next video, stay safe.👍⌚🙂
Thank you for your feedback Jeni great to know this. hope you are well and your watch repair is going well.
Nothing wrong calling it a tank watch, the term came around due to shape and heavy build, Soviet tank watches tend to be super heavy rectangular pieces but can also refer to the Vostok Komandirskie "tank commander" dialled watch which is a very iconic design popular too. I featured a Sekonda branded Slava tank watch recently on my channel which is beautiful as was a wrist virgin til I put it on.
Working on a video on a USSR built gold and black Sekonda alarm which is insanely clever in design with two crowns, one for time and wind, the other for the alarm set and alarm wind and when it gets to the alarm set time, it releases power into a little hammer inside the case that taps like a little cricket hence the nickname of "crickets" for these watches.
I watched this just a little over a year ago. At first, I thought 💭 this was a watch that got ran over by a tank. I was totally wrong 😑. It means that this watch survived being somewhere inside the tank, hence the name, the watch also being built like a tank. By what I remember, the watch had been there for quite awhile. Both while the tank was being used, and during disuse. The watch appears to be in great shape, and all it needs is a good 😊 cleaning and oiling. Your friend, Jeff.
yes Jeffrey this watch was essentially in the engine sump for 10-12 months! amazing really and had it not been a new watch at the time I doubt it would have survived. The new gaskets were likely to have saved it.
You don't have to apologize for everything you do, and I like the musical interlude during cleaning; you mix it up with everything from Classical to Bluegrass. Please continue. Music all through the video during narration, yes, that would be annoying for a channel like this, but not for a few minutes of intercession.
For those of us with IQs larger than our show size, please continue whatever length video they turn out to be. If it's three hours, no problem, if it's instructive and fun (as your videos always are). For those in the viewing audience with the attention span of a month old kitten, they can go to TikTok and get their watch making instruction.
thank you for your comment. I will stop apologising for sure! music is now only in certain parts of my videos where appropriate.
No problem with the length, an hour (and a bit) well filled.
Jolly good shew mate. From ohio 😆
Hi again, thank you for getting back to me. I have a Seiko [5] 7S26C and its about 2 years old I bought it brand new, when I take it off and lay it down flat after about 5 mins it stops is this common with this watch. Thank you. Andy.
Cool, a long range sniper like meself ^^ The artillery were always a bit funny about watches, at Woolwich the RSM hated quartz watches and he said we should have automatic mechanicals of a reasonable quality... the adjutant though thought mechanical watches were rubbish so insisted we all had ultra reliable quartz analogue watches so basically we had to do the best we could.. Woolwich was the largest parade ground outside Russia if memory serves me right and I royally pissed off the RSM somehow and I had to pick a billet mate's toothbrush not my own and sweep the parade ground with the toothbrush, he went abs beswick and I spent like 7 hours scrubbing away til I was told to turn it in.
didnt know you were a military man Ian. well done. Ive never fired a gun, well a shotgun a few times in clay pigeon shooting. cleaning with a toothbrush it just plain bullying.
Long video, a ok thanks enjoyed.
Hi.
It's nice coincidence, because today is Polish Army day!
We had small masked-parade and jets over Warsaw..
I wish You lived nearby and could repair my seiko and all russian watches too to be that precise.
All best
The Bridge over the River Kwai...very British...love the music and the montage! Next, you should do Rule Britannia! and we can all salute the Queen!
I wanted to use land of hope and glory at the end but the totality fee to use it was far to much for 30 seconds..
thanks for watching
Nice video again; Keep the sped up cleaning in!
The P.X.(Post Exchange) sold these at a great price-duty free! Looks like a 155mm gun. We trained on something like this at Ft. Sill in '72. Cabin so small if you stood behind the sleigh which holds the gun the recoil would cut you in half. The 12 cylinder is the universal engine for all tracks in the U.S. army. I was in 8 inch self propelled in Germany '72-'74. Each vehicle had two engines, one for each track.
2 engines sounds crazy powerful
@@MyRetroWatches No turn indicators either! LoL Twelve bolts takes the engine out-with the help of a crane and that extraction can be where the oil and gunk comes from.
I would testify that it should run in the mobile artillery unit because I broke my foot and was laid up for a week and only got up to do necessary stuff my movements were minimum and my skx was still ticking. I couldn’t believe it.
You done well. Sorry to hear about your foot.
I gave my father an automatic but he didn’t move enough to charge it. He now wears a quartz
No annoying click springs. At least not those little tiny SS spring wires. Simple design, made to run and run and run and run. That used to be Seiko. Quality with good performance for a reasonable price. Today you pay 800€ for a 4R35 that has more power reserve and you call it 6R15 or 35, with plastic movement and friction fit dial.
Do you have a video where you're regulating the speed and correcting the beat?
like the music. yes it's a bit loud, but that's what my volume control is for :)
Another great video and also informative😃👍
Please keep the videos as long as they are ..... it’s great. Nothing worse than big jump cuts leaving us wondering how you did that! By all means skip some of the screw tightening, but the rest is why we watch ... warts and all😜. Also leave the cleaning in too.
Quick question, do you find that the diashock springs, especially on the older movements have a “correct” way up? I sometimes find that if they are stubborn, flipping them over can make a difference. I presume that the spring gets “set” over time?
Keep up the great work and thank you for all of your effort👏
thanks for your feedback good to know you all like the length of these videos. As for diashocks yes the springs can fix in that bent position , flipping them over can give more pressure but they can also become allot harder to fit. You have to think like this watch in the video, its 50 years old and those springs have been out 3 times and then only for an hour at a time. so its a long time in one position.
More than happy with >1hr videos.
P.S., champagne dials seem pretty 😍 popular amongst these watches. That was revealed after pulling the ugly crystal off. It was hiding 🙈 the beauty of the dial. Your friend, Jeff.
Hi Mike. I am not familiar with Seiko 5. Could you advise on the possible cause of a calendar pusher fault? When pushed the day tries to turn over but doesn't quite make it.
6119? Remove the stem and crown , clean all the debris from behind the crown , also around the case tube. Replace and it should work again.
Thank you again for a interesting service video, please keep in the cleaning montage. But i do have a question do you also ultrasonic the parts as well and if not how do you decide on when do or dont ?
I do sometimes, I always ultrasonic the shock jewels I remove and the balance. On occasion mainplates is they are exceptionally dirty.
Fun fact about the Detroit diesel it’s a 2 stroke diesel. It requires a supercharger to run the engine dosent pull vacuum like a normal 4 stroke that’s in about everything.
Thanks Mike, great video again. Polish the case??. I personally like long video's, I Ed lose the brass band bit at cleaning etc. Thanks again. Adrian.
Not polishing, I did cape cod it to brighten the case but nothing more, its well bashed and I think Ken has earned every scratch on it the hard way.
@@MyRetroWatches 🤣🤣🤣 ya you're right!. Adrian
I would have enjoyed seeing how you regulated that beat error