This Seiko "Pogue" Needs a Full Restoration and I Need New Tools to Do It!

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  @ProfessorFlasher · 1 year ago

  I'm absolutely not into watches. Never wore one never wanted one. But watching you disassemble these incredible engineering marvels is just mesmerizing

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  @MyRetroWatches · 1 year ago

  Thanks for the huge shout out Marshall. Appreciated as always and I am glad my conversation with you helped in this project.<br>If I can critique, placing the chrono running seconds hand should not be done this way, you have to leave off the auto works and support the jewel for the chrono wheel and the minute recording due the amount of force required to key the hands to the staffs. If unsupported it can actually push the jewel out and create end shake.<br>The service sheets actually tell you to have chrono in stop and to push and hold in reset to fit. &nbsp;There is a special movement holder required though as you need 3 hands otherwise!😂

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  @theseikologist · 1 year ago

  Thanks for the shoutout Marshall! Great job on the Pogue, nice work. Glad the video could help.

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  @mattmilner5935 · 1 year ago

  The Big Brother angle hits home for me. I was in the program as a Little. Unfortunately, my BB passed away about 15 years ago from Mad Cow disease, of all things. His wake was the first of 2 times in my life I&apos;ve bawled my eyes out in public. The impact he and many other Bigs have on kids&apos; lives is incredible and exponentially greater than the effort they put in.

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  @eviecollects5451 · 1 year ago (edited)

  I know you all probably don’t care but I just bought my dream Tiffany and Co watch and this came out at the same time. Best day ever lol!

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  @Supercruze · 1 year ago (edited)

  Seiko restoration expert here. &nbsp;6139A cal movement here which preceded the 6139B cal in the later versions of this watch. &nbsp;I applaud your efforts to get this watch back on the mend. &nbsp;Mike and Ashton are good dudes. &nbsp;I have jeweled arbor ports on dozens on these watches over the years. &nbsp;I never quite understand why folks want to push the jewel in from the far side of the plate. &nbsp;Just more chance of cracking the jewel. &nbsp;My preference is to push the jewel to level with the main plate surface from the train side.. &nbsp;Same with the barrel bridge. &nbsp;Once both jewels are installed, you need to check arbor vertical end shake up and down as you did, but under a microscope. &nbsp;Far too much up and down shake on the barrel arbor in your case here in my opinion. You can screw the barrel bridge down with the barrel installed hit it with some canned air to make sure it rotates freely in the jewels. &nbsp; Looks like you got a good result on the TG. &nbsp;Thanks for your insights and videos. &nbsp;Alway enjoyable to view. &nbsp;PS - If that black rotating bezel is original to this watch with the gold dial, it is referred to as an Aussie Pogue and highly collectible. &nbsp;Stelux Seiko bracelet is another highly desirable feature on this watch. &nbsp;Great result overall.

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  @CoolerQ · 1 year ago

  When you installed the new minute recorder hand at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2acxF2OPoc&amp;t=3329">55:29</a> it looks like you actually installed it next to the post instead of on top of the post. I think that&apos;s why it wouldn&apos;t advance correctly.

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  @jasonnunya7136 · 1 year ago

  I am so happy. I received this exact watch from my father who bought it when he was in Japan on his way back form the Vietnam war. I had someone local clean it up and get it running again as he wore it often. I wore it for a time but eventually put it in the safe as I didnt want to ruin it. I love this watch, its so robust and heavy. I always get people who ask me about it when wearing it. Thanks to you I now get to see its movement. Thank you for sharing.

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  @Mitch-e2e · 1 year ago

  My Dad brought one of these home from a trip to Japan in the 1970s. &nbsp;I wore it every day until I had a spring bar failure running up a flight of stairs and it fell a good 50 feet down into a stairwell and broke into hundreds of pieces. &nbsp;I sadly gathered it up and put it into a plastic bag. &nbsp;It stayed with me in that bag for decades but at some point I lost track of it. &nbsp;Great to see one being so tenderly restored😊

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  @theoldmanoftech4039 · 1 year ago

  Marshall, I want to congratulate you on reaching 1 Million Subscribers. Congratulations to you Sir as we go for 2 Million!😊😊. Great job and I love your content.

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  @ChrisPadillaAZ · 1 year ago

  Marshall, I’ve tried listening to other guys doing this. &nbsp;I don’t know why but your voice cadence is so much better. &nbsp;I continue to listen to you. &nbsp;Good job sir!

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  @WavzonRox39 · 1 year ago

  Man, guess I&apos;m stuck in the 70&apos;s, love this watch!

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