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

[Chuck Harris]

Hi Didier,

My usual source is:  http://www.julesborel.com/  Follow the menu
to the watch movements, and then to Seiko.  The prices you see are
list.  Volume and repeat business gets you a better price.

It appears that the 7T32 is now unavailable, but I am certain one
of the movements in the $20 range would be adaptable.

I notice that I worded one of my sentences awkwardly so that it
sounded like I was saying CORSERV might put a knockoff movement
into a Seiko watch.  That was not what I intended to say at all.
I am sure that CORSERV will put a Seiko movement in your Seiko... It
just won't be your original movement.

It takes more time to tear down your original movement, clean it,
make any repairs, and put it back together than it did for the factory
assembly line to build it in the first place.

I have heard stories of people sending in high quality self-winding
Seiko's, Heuers, etc. for service at their respective factory authorized
repair facilities, and having them come back with quartz movements.
It is much cheaper and easier to do that than to service a watch.  For
most people, that isn't a problem, because all the watch meant to them
is wrist jewelry.

-Chuck Harris



Didier wrote:
> Chuck,
> 
> I understand your point.
> 
> COSERV is THE official Seiko repair service center in the US. They told me
> they usually repair the movements. I called because I was told also that the
> movements are replaced, and I wanted to know if they would send me the old
> one, but they said they are usually repaired. That is what I was told. Maybe
> they simply don't want bad movements being put back in circulation.
> 
> I have opened the back of watches that had been repaired (to replace the
> battery later), and while I could not tell if the movement had been repaired
> or replaced, it was definitely a Seiko movement in the watch, or at least a
> good knock-off with the Seiko name on it :)
> 
> Anyhow, COSERV does a great job, and that was the original question.
> 
> That said, if you know where I can buy a 7T32 movement for $20, I would like
> to have one to satisfy my curiosity.
> 
> Didier KO4BB
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: time-nuts-bounces at febo.com 
>> [mailto:time-nuts-bounces at febo.com] On Behalf Of Chuck Harris
>> Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2009 2:50 PM
>> To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
>> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] OFF TOPIC... Seiko Digital Watch
>>
>> 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
>>>
> 
> 
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