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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Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2009 12:06 PM
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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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