Serviced Seiko 6216A movement comes back to life!

In this episode, we complete the reconstruction of the going train and finally breath life back into this 54 year old movement. In achieving this small but significant landmark, we encounter a damaged pallet stone, traverse the fitting and oiling of the pallet jewels, the oiling and reconstruction of the Diashock settings and the refitting of the balance. Towards the end of the episode, the initial performance of the movement is assessed in three positions with the aid of a timing machine.
The playlist for this whole series of videos can be found here: • Hot-rodding a Seiko 62MAS
An introduction to this series can be found on my blog here: adventuresinam...

[@kerrybayton8356]

I have really enjoyed the series of videos.. A great conversion. Thank you..

[@amateurwatchfettler]

Thank you. I appreciate the positive feedback.

[@michaelglen632]

Hi Martin, another excellent video. Love the photography(or is it videography?). A couple of questions: as you pass breezily over the nightmare of lubricating the pallet stones, you say "the merest smeer of 9415" then you flick through 4 or 5 escape wheel teeth to distribute. I assume it's then another smeer before the next 4 or 5 teeth? Wasn't quite sure. I think I have wildly over oiled the pallet stones in the past, and ended up removing nearly all of it with Rodico to get somewhere near the correct result. The other question: you oiled the Diashock manually rather than with the automatic oiler. Was this just to demonstrate the procedure? Can't wait for the next episode!!

[@amateurwatchfettler]

Hi Michael, to answer your questions: yes, one smear of 9415 per 4 or 5 pallet wheel teeth. I too have over-oiled pallet stones in the past but the trick is to recognise and learn from mistakes! And I always oil Diashock manually. I use the automatic oiler for Diafix.

[@michaelglen632]

@@amateurwatchfettler Got to ask now...why not automatic for both? It always seems to do a good job!

[@amateurwatchfettler]

@@michaelglen632 I use an automatic oiler for Diafix because it is very difficult to fit a pre-oiled cap jewel by hand because the setting is captured within the mainplate. And automatic oilers do not always produce a perfect result! Diashock have a separate setting and fitting the pre-oiled cap jewel to the setting is much easier. And so much easier to judge the quantity of oil.