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Now , I had it for maybe a year, don't remember exactly...
Anyway: It came out from the safe some days ago for a usual 1 day use as I rotate my watches. Normal day, normal wear...
No bing, no bang...
Putting it back in the box: WTF??? The Seiko logo had fell off, leaving apparent 2 small holes in the dial
Here's the pics, it sits right on the hands...Priceless...:
Well, I started to work on my own watches lately and I thought that I should give it a try instead of giving it to my watch-maker or sending the watch to Japan and get it back in maybe...Weeks and weeks??? Who knows...
Opening the case-back(4 screws tighten with loctite...) I found out that they wasn't paying loctite in Japan as they been more that generous...
Look the traces around the case...Grrr...Without the exact right screw-driver and a firm hand, I would have damage the screws as they was sitting hard big time...
Here, ready to screw off one of the 2 clamps holding the movement and ring: Constating that the screw been a bit over-tighten and slightly damaged as you can see...
Got it out without big trouble with offcourse the right screwdriver size...
The dial looks like that:
As you could see, the logo is holding there with 2 small feet:
2 very small points of glue in the dial holes and setting back the logo in place...Don't shake!
Here it's back on track and drying for a while before remounting...
Been on the gym and screwed the all thing together few hours after: Good as new, no bad marks on screws, no crap under the glass...As new.
Sorry for the bad pictures but my working light is not what I use for pictures usually...
Anyway: A bit bitter on Seiko, specially for this kind of model who should be from upper shelf. Still glad that I could do the whole stuff myself...
Thanks for looking!