[time-nuts] OFF TOPIC... Seiko Digital Watch

[Chuck Harris]

As an amateur watchmaker, I have some news for you.  Quartz movements
are cheap and cannot reasonably be repaired.  The movements are always
replaced.  They cost around $20 for the very complex crono movements
with multiple dials.

If you go to an authorized Seiko "repair" place, you might actually get
a real Seiko movement put back in your watch, but most of the time, you
will get a Chinese knockoff movement that they will glue to the back of
your dial.

-Chuck Harris


As a watchmaker, you can't even open the case for $70.
Didier Juges wrote:
> My favorite Seiko watches all have the 7T32 analog movement (quartz). It is
> probably the most complex quartz analog movement Seiko made. All three 7T32
> watches I had repaired (by COSERV) cost me $70 or so for the movement
> repair, and a few more $ for replacing the crystal and crowns. Movement
> replacement is quite a bit more expensive, I never had to have a Seiko
> movement replaced. Watches with 7T32 movements cost about $350 when they
> were sold new, ~15-20 years ago. I bought a "new old stock" 7T32 Seiko watch
> last year on eBay for much less. It was (and still is) working perfectly.
> 
> Didier
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> Subject: [time-nuts] OFF TOPIC... Seiko Digital Watch
> 
> 
>>From past experience I can tell you that the mechanisms in these watches are
> pretty much not repairable.  If the case is solid gold and diamonds, etc it
> may be reasonable to have the mechanism replaced.  Your best bet is to find
> a replacement on Ebay.  My favorite Seiko/Pulsar analog/digital watches that
> sell for $250+ in a store can be had for less than $20 ($5 if you are
> patient).  A watchmaker won't even take the back off for that.
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