Another big restoration, end result is a lovely Seiko 6309-836A. This one I think is either 1976 or 86. Came from my Philippine seller and I figured I could do something with it. This model is very collectable as it has that diver look about it. Pepsi bezel chunky case and a big crown. They are all for show though as this does not have the water proofing a diver would require. I had allot of fun trying to get this 6309 to work and at one stage had 4 donors on my bench taking good parts from each. Eventually after nearly a week of messing (in my spare time) I finally got it to run well enough. It was then onto the case, restoring that one was not too bad this time and came up nice. I then had to find a spare minute hand as the original was broken . Found in my donor pot but it was white and not black so ended up stripping both hands of their paint and then repainting mat black and finally luming them. On assembly I broke the crystal because I didnt have it sitting flat when pressing in. Fortunately the replacement was only £3.00 Most importantly of all is that I had to replace the dial. No original could be found that was in the right price range so I bought an aftermarket one for little money. End result to me is absolutely incredible, I can see this one getting allot of wrist time .
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