New 6105-8110 day

While I have few Omega watches, including divers, I always had an itch for Seiko 6105 "Willard" I have been looking on and off for few years, but never pulled the trigger, be it be because price was too high, watches were in bad shape, fake/replacement parts or all of the above.

I looked through Japan as well, as it seems that prices are lower than in US, but no luck. 2 weeks ago I saw one on Chrono24, and Japan yahoo auctions as well. Contacted seller through C24, and chatted for a bit. Long story short, I offered price that I thought was good and he accepted (it turned out it was lower than his JY asking price) Seller listed it as junk, crown doesnt rotate, crystal scratched, bracelet (not OEM) stretched links and in bad shape.

It arrived yesterday and gamble paid off. Crown works just fine, crystal is scratched, but nowhere as bad as his pics showed, bracelet is junk, but I planned on replacing it anyways. Looks to be all original lume on hands and dial (lights up for about 30 seconds before it goes all dark again) , very little corrosion on hands visible, bezel rotates both ways and clicks properly. It also came with Seiko box that I dont know if it is original to the watch, as well as price tag and "quick start guide" Movement looks clean, but there is some sort of slight rattle when it is shaken. Will need to get it serviced for sure, but it looks to be working fine for few minutes that it ran.

Thanks for the info. Crown lock looks to be ok. It locks in position 1 and cant be moved either way. This is reason that seller said crown is stuck and doesnt work I guess. Once pulled out, I can change date and then pulled again I can change time.

In terms of service, I was thinking about going local to where I take my Omega watches, however wondering if I should find someone who knows these Seiko watches to do service. Most likely would have to send it in, which is fine.

If you want to make it water resistant again you will need to find someone who can rebuild the crown, and who stocks crystal gaskets for them. Most watchmakers don’t do this so make sure to ask around and find someone who can do it properly. Nothing can really be done with the hands, the back marks are there to stay.

As Dan S mentioned, the barrel bushings will most likely need jeweling, there aren’t many that don’t. Again, find a watchmaker that can do this otherwise you will continue to have issues with it.

My apologies, I should have clarified, and looked at the pic a little closer. The black ‘rot’ that manifests on the steel section of the hand can be removed to a certain degree. It’s just a case of removing it manually. I was referring to the rot that sets in to the lume itself. That one can’t have too much done to it. People (myself included) have experimented with that and some ok results were achieved, but I don’t do it anymore. It was basically a bleach solution and working with bleach at that distance is awful work. Also, I don’t know what the long term effects could be so I just don’t do it anymore.

Beautiful piece. These watches tend to have lots of after market dial, hands, etc. Must be great to finally found one enjoy your Captain Willard.
Here’s mine. Rough condition but I love every bit of it.