Looks OK, but at least make sure that quickset day/date works before committing. A very common failure point in this caliber family, as the small wheel responsible for quick setting is plastic on most of these (I've seen early ones in metal). Use quickset around midnight and it breaks.
Not a lot of spares available, and changing the mineral crystal is not a 10 bucks job if done properly.
Just had that issue with a friends KS. The quickset wasn’t working figured it was broken. Watchmaker stated it was very dry and with lubrications it started working again. Have you ever heard of such a thing? Does that make sense with a plastic part
Just had that issue with a friends KS. The quickset wasn’t working figured it was broken. Watchmaker stated it was very dry and with lubrications it started working again. Have you ever heard of such a thing? Does that make sense with a plastic part
Maybe. Not related to the plastic part itself probably, it is riveted to a moving arm. This arm may have been stuck.
No, you are just seeing reflections in the retaining ring on certain parts of the dial, and not others. It's just the angle of the photo.
this watch is a great value for money but one person warned me about the breaking of the quickset of the plastic part especially with the 5626. People who restore vintage Seikos are not many. I will see how my KS chronometer works and how well it quicksets. But if the watch was well cared , it is generally a movement that is very durable, accurate and reliable. You never quick set a Seiko between 8pm and 2am because this is the "death zone" on a seiko and it is best way to break a mechanism. The only independant certified Seiko masterwatchmaker in Europe which is Edouard the watchmaker told me the following always quickset a seiko at 6h30 am or 6h30 pm. Here is a video explaining the fault with thsi movement