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: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] 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 > > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
