Seiko 62MAS Restoration

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Seiko 62MAS Restoration

Post by Morethan1 » Sun Oct 08, 2017 7:34 am

Hey fellas,

Here's a project I'm working on. It was in a sorry state. The dial had some kind of film on it.
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After a little rubbing with a q-tip there's hope!
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A little more rubbing this time with a little bit of water...
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Best I could do :mrgreen:
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Post by PGERRITY » Sun Oct 08, 2017 8:41 am

Love these threads!


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Re: Seiko 62MAS Restoration

Post by BBK357 » Sun Oct 08, 2017 9:09 am

You do good work, but man the lume that Seiko used to use aged horribly.
I had some 6105's that aged like shit.


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Re: Seiko 62MAS Restoration

Post by Morethan1 » Sun Oct 08, 2017 9:59 am

BBK357 wrote:You do good work, but man the lume that Seiko used to use aged horribly.
I had some 6105's that aged like shit.


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Re: Seiko 62MAS Restoration

Post by 3migo » Mon Oct 09, 2017 3:43 pm

Already a huge improvement. You planning to do anything else as part of the restoration?

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Post by Morethan1 » Mon Oct 09, 2017 4:24 pm

3migo wrote:
Mon Oct 09, 2017 3:43 pm
Already a huge improvement. You planning to do anything else as part of the restoration?
Thanks man. I'm going to leave it as is for now. I'll be changing the crystal though. It has a lot of cracks. I'll post some pics later.

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Post by gonzomantis » Mon Oct 09, 2017 6:49 pm

Where do you find all of these?

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Post by Morethan1 » Tue Oct 10, 2017 10:39 am

gonzomantis wrote:
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Where do you find all of these?
A lot of digging around man

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Post by toxicavenger » Tue Oct 10, 2017 7:13 pm

That's gonna look great.

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Post by JP Chestnut » Tue Oct 10, 2017 8:48 pm

BBK357 wrote:
Sun Oct 08, 2017 9:09 am
You do good work, but man the lume that Seiko used to use aged horribly.
I had some 6105's that aged like shit.


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Re: Seiko 62MAS Restoration

Post by uncleluck » Tue Oct 10, 2017 10:50 pm

The hour markers would clean up if you rubbed the flaking lacquer off with some pegwood. Also, I'd remove the Seiko logo and clean the dial there too as it stands out a bit. They usually come off pretty easily and are easy enough to refit.

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Re: Seiko 62MAS Restoration

Post by Morethan1 » Wed Oct 11, 2017 6:50 am

uncleluck wrote:
Tue Oct 10, 2017 10:50 pm
The hour markers would clean up if you rubbed the flaking lacquer off with some pegwood. Also, I'd remove the Seiko logo and clean the dial there too as it stands out a bit. They usually come off pretty easily and are easy enough to refit.
I'll give it a try and post results.

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Post by Morethan1 » Fri Nov 24, 2017 12:02 pm

After a long wait here it is finally complete
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Post by Morethan1 » Fri Nov 24, 2017 12:02 pm

I guess tapatalk double posts are still a thing :bootyshake:
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Post by straps68 » Fri Nov 24, 2017 12:15 pm

Morethan1 wrote:
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After a long wait here it is finally complete
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That looks great! Well done.
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Post by sub600 » Fri Nov 24, 2017 3:11 pm

Great job.

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Post by Heuerville » Fri Nov 24, 2017 7:39 pm

Excellent job.. huge admiration for restoration jobs!
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Re: Seiko 62MAS Restoration

Post by Morethan1 » Sat Nov 25, 2017 5:38 am

Thanks guys!

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Post by River Rat » Sat Nov 25, 2017 6:29 am

Nice job :thumbsup:

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Post by toxicavenger » Sat Nov 25, 2017 1:05 pm

Looks perfect now!

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Re: Seiko 62MAS Restoration

Post by Morethan1 » Sat Nov 25, 2017 6:09 pm

Here's some more pics
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Re: Seiko 62MAS Restoration

Post by 2ar2c1 » Sat Nov 25, 2017 7:13 pm

looks great, well done. Jack iww says the corrosion is caused by the reaction of the lume material to the steel surrounds/hands, that's why many manufacturers switched to white gold for the surrounds/hands.
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Re: Seiko 62MAS Restoration

Post by Morethan1 » Sun Nov 26, 2017 1:54 pm

2ar2c1 wrote:
Sat Nov 25, 2017 7:13 pm
looks great, well done. Jack iww says the corrosion is caused by the reaction of the lume material to the steel surrounds/hands, that's why many manufacturers switched to white gold for the hands.
Ah very interesting. I didn't know that!

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