TimeTechTalk.com Home

TimeTechTalk.com > Time Tech Talk > New Arrivals > Modified Seiko Sumo Lands

Welcome to 3T! Please take the time to register and join in on the friendly,knowledgeable watch talk.Please note that not all registrations will receive an immediate activation e-mail.Those who do not receive an immediate notification will be activated manually within 48hrs. by an admin. without an e-mail activation url sent to you,you may then sign in using your username and password,if you feel there is a problem please e-mail us at timetechtalk@hotmail.com and include your name and username and we activate your account.Thank You!

 Moderated by: 3T Page:  First Page Previous Page  1  2   
New Topic Reply Printer Friendly
Modified Seiko Sumo Lands  Rating:  Rating
AuthorPost
 Posted: Mon Jul 27th, 2009 07:36 pm
  PM Quote Reply
13th Post
SHADY
3T WIS


Joined: Thu Oct 11th, 2007
Location:  
Posts: 1103
Status: 
Offline
Nice sumo!!!

Back To Top PM Quote Reply  

 Posted: Mon Jul 27th, 2009 09:21 pm
  PM Quote Reply
14th Post
romeo-1
3T WIS


Joined: Tue Mar 17th, 2009
Location: Nova Scotia Canada
Posts: 270
Status: 
Offline
Looks good!  I just finished completely re-building a 6309.  New dial, hands, chapter ring, bezel insert, sapphire and display back.  I call it the Orange Crush.  Sorry for the crappy pic!

Attachment: mod 020.jpg (Downloaded 44 times)

Last edited on Mon Jul 27th, 2009 09:22 pm by romeo-1

Back To Top PM Quote Reply

 Posted: Mon Jul 27th, 2009 09:34 pm
  PM Quote Reply
15th Post
stew77
Admin


Joined: Thu Mar 26th, 2009
Location: Colorado USA
Posts: 10252
Status: 
Offline
Continued thanks for the kind words and congrats (Stormin, Oldecrow, and Shady).

thankyou.gif

Stormin - Sounds like you have developed a little sapphire snobbery too...nothing wrong with that though...like you, I really find a scratched crystal on a timepiece very distracting as it interferes with being able to fully enjoy the nice dial work on great looking pieces.  The sapphire on this one pushed me off the fence on buying this Sumo, and I will probably try to buy any future Seiko's with sapphire if possible.

Oldecrow - WOW!  Spectacular Lume shot of your nicely modded SUMO!  Love the plonguer style hands on yours and the Lume on those hands look like a perfect match to the color and intensity of the Seiko Lumibrite dial...Are those hands original Seiko hands with Lumibrite from another model?  Looks fantastic! ThumbsUp02.gif

Back To Top PM Quote Reply  

 Posted: Mon Jul 27th, 2009 09:38 pm
  PM Quote Reply
16th Post
murphy j
3T WIS


Joined: Thu Oct 11th, 2007
Location: Home Again With My Loving Family
Posts: 1613
Status: 
Offline
I like it. Every time I see a NICE Seiko like yours, I tell myself I'm gonna have to get one.

Back To Top PM Quote Reply

 Posted: Mon Jul 27th, 2009 09:41 pm
  PM Quote Reply
17th Post
stew77
Admin


Joined: Thu Mar 26th, 2009
Location: Colorado USA
Posts: 10252
Status: 
Offline
romeo-1 wrote: Looks good!  I just finished completely re-building a 6309.  New dial, hands, chapter ring, bezel insert, sapphire and display back.  I call it the Orange Crush.  Sorry for the crappy pic!

Romeo -

Really like what you did with your Vintage 6309 rebuild!!!

Big thumbs up !!! ThumbsUp02.gif

My purchase of this modified Seiko Sumo has opened my eyes to some of the great things that people are doing with modified Vintage Seikos in the 6105-6309-8000 series.  I like!!!!

 

Back To Top PM Quote Reply  

 Posted: Sun Jan 24th, 2010 01:27 pm
  PM Quote Reply
18th Post
Gammetrunner
3T WIS
 

Joined: Sun Jan 24th, 2010
Location:  
Posts: 2
Status: 
Offline
:) New to the forum, Hello.  Just curious about the mod on your Sumo.  Was it done by the Seiko when it was made or did you purchase it from someone who modded it?

Thanks.  Love the pics and would love to have one!

Back To Top PM Quote Reply

 Posted: Sun Jan 24th, 2010 01:58 pm
  PM Quote Reply
19th Post
stew77
Admin


Joined: Thu Mar 26th, 2009
Location: Colorado USA
Posts: 10252
Status: 
Offline
Gammetrunner wrote: :) New to the forum, Hello.  Just curious about the mod on your Sumo.  Was it done by the Seiko when it was made or did you purchase it from someone who modded it?

Thanks.  Love the pics and would love to have one!


Hello Gammetrunner...first, a warm welcome to 3T and the forums!!!  You will definitely like it here...feel free to jump right in.

To answer your question, I purchased it from someone who had worked with their local watchmaker and modded it to the configuration you see here with the sapphire crystal and type-s seconds hand.

The Sumo (modded or unmodded) is a solid and very nicely machined piece...I still very much enjoy mine!!!ThumbsUp02.gif

Back To Top PM Quote Reply  

 Posted: Sun Jan 24th, 2010 02:25 pm
  PM Quote Reply
20th Post
Nabco
3T WIS


Joined: Sat Dec 2nd, 2006
Location: Ohio, N. Carolina & Delta Seat 1C
Posts: 3836
Status: 
Offline
That's a SWEET Sumo Stew...CONGRATS hand6.gif

Back To Top PM Quote Reply

 Posted: Sun Jan 24th, 2010 03:22 pm
  PM Quote Reply
21st Post
Gammetrunner
3T WIS
 

Joined: Sun Jan 24th, 2010
Location:  
Posts: 2
Status: 
Offline
Thanks for the response.  I'm a long time Seiko lover especially the dive watches them being my favorite. I want to purchase another and the Sumo has just recently caught my eye.  I love reading tthe forums and seeing the pics of peoples time pieces.  I have been reading for several years now and I find peoples information and experiences to be invaluable.

Thanks again.

Back To Top PM Quote Reply  

Current time is 06:02 am Page:  First Page Previous Page  1  2     
TimeTechTalk.com > Time Tech Talk > New Arrivals > Modified Seiko Sumo Lands Top



Lead Theme By: Di @ UltraBB
UltraBB 1.17 Copyright © 2007-2012 Data 1 Systems
Page processed in 0.0974 seconds (26% database + 74% PHP). 27 queries executed.