Servicing Seiko automatics

[Watcha]

Anyone have experience servicing seiko mechanicals?
I mean the regular range, non grand seiko.
Wonder how the cost be like. Or just swap the whole movement?

So far no one I know ever service one.
They just do "beat it"

[triton]

try mr goh @ k2 @ tanjong katong complex.

alternative, there are couple of shops on the ground floor @ bencoolen.

Anyone have experience servicing seiko mechanicals?
I mean the regular range, non grand seiko.
Wonder how the cost be like. Or just swap the whole movement?

So far no one I know ever service one.
They just do "beat it"

[taxico]

i just serviced a 6R15B at thong sia - singapore's seiko distributor. it costs $85 (excluding GST) - i assume the 7Sxx would be in the same price range as they're essentially the same movement at heart.

IIRC mr goh charges half that price and has a faster turnaround time. it takes thong sia 4 weeks.

[cokiee]

Do seiko kinetic watches ever get serviced? I'm wearing one, and there's a sound when i spin it around - like the movement is spinning around in the case. I thought that was supposed to be what it's like, but after reading through some pages here it seems like perhaps not.

[taxico]

Do seiko kinetic watches ever get serviced? I'm wearing one, and there's a sound when i spin it around - like the movement is spinning around in the case. I thought that was supposed to be what it's like, but after reading through some pages here it seems like perhaps not.

i have serviced one kinetic at thong sia before - it was about $150 for a full clean, lube and capacitor upgrade (replaced a spoilt 72 hour capacitor with one that is 1 week or 1 month... forgot!)

if your watch's capacitor is dying (low PR), you can DIY. mine was a JDM titanium scuba master with bad PR so i wanted warranty after the upgrade. it would have taken much longer to do so if i sent it to japan so i didn't.

but if it ain't broke, i would have left it alone. the spinning seems normal but i think asking thong sia by going to their service dept would be the most certain way of knowing!

[Watcha]

try mr goh @ k2 @ tanjong katong complex.

alternative, there are couple of shops on the ground floor @ bencoolen.

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thanks for the info

[Watcha]

i just serviced a 6R15B at thong sia - singapore's seiko distributor. it costs $85 (excluding GST) - i assume the 7Sxx would be in the same price range as they're essentially the same movement at heart.

IIRC mr goh charges half that price and has a faster turnaround time. it takes thong sia 4 weeks.

thanks for the info. that's not too bad.

for comparison, some brands charging 10x to 50x more for simple date movement are high.
50x more complicated?

[cokiee]

ah, thanks! In my case it doesn't seem like there are any issues ith the capacitor, more like a preventive measure kinda thing.

DIY's out for me for sure, i'm certainly not that technically inclined heh.

[lalaland]

Servicing my Seiko Orange monster SKX781K1

hi all,

need some advice on servicing.

i got my orange monster for about 4 years liao. used as a daily watch, so it has been accumulating dirt on the outside and some scratches.

past few weeks, i realise only top half of the "day" is showing, eg on wed, only top half of "wed" is showing. i think mayb the movement inside jam or too much dirt or wat...

i guess i should send for servicing.

anyone knows the servicing charges at thong sia? considering i paid $300 for this watch...hmmm, hope it's not too expensive servicing!