RESTORED 2009-6105-6119-8119-SHARK-PLATE-SEIKO-DIVE
IN THIS ORIGINAL
GETTING IT READY TO WEAR
6119-8119
SEIKO DIVE WATCH
AUTOMATIC
WITH SUPER RARE JAPANESE-SEIKO PERMANENT
SHARK PLATE STAINLESS STEEL DIVE BAND
NOW IN MINT CONDITION
THIS BEAUTY WAS INVESTED IN 1974
THE PATRON WORE IT DIVING WORLD WIDE 20 YEARS
HE WENT DIVING AND WAS BITTEN BY A MORAY EEL
HE HIT THE EEL WITH THE WATCH AND THE CROWN BENT
HE SWAM TO SURFACE THE WATCH NOW SUBMERGED FROM WITHIN
HIS FRIENDS REMOVED THE WATCH AND THREW IN A COOLER
TH COOLER WENT INTO HIS TRUNK WHILE HE WENT TO THE HOSPITAL
40 STITCHES LATER HE WENT ON HIS WAY
THE COOLER AND WATCH FULL OF SALT WATER REMAINED FOR TWO YEARS
THE OWNER OF A LOCAL MONTESSORI SCHOOL HE CAME IN IN 2009
I REPAIRED A FEW TIME PIECES HE LOVED
TWO DAYS AFTER P/U HE CAME IN AND OFFERED THE NOW DEAD SEIKO 6105 8119
I INITIALLY REFUSED THE PRESENT BUT WHEN I VIEWED IT I SAW HOW BAD IT WAS
I THEN REBUILT IT OVER SEVERAL MONTHS.
EVERY SATURDAY BETWEEN 2 AND 4 PM EST I PLACED THE CAMERAS ON
AND PATRONS ACROSS THE GLOBE WATCHED
WHEN I SOLD IT IT WAS PHONE BIDDING WAR
TOP PRICE WAS ALMOST 1500.00
BUT A CALL FROM IRAQ WAS THE DEAL BREAKER
A SOLDIER WANTED IT
I LET IT GO FOR 750.00.
NOTE THE USE OF A SEIKO STEEL AND BLACK PVD BRACELET
I AM SURE IT WAS ORIGINALLY FOR A QUARTZ. BUT IT CAME ON THE WATCH
I LOVED THE LOOK AND KEPT IT
CASE HAS BEEN CLEANED TO PERFECTION
NOTE THAT THE KILLER VINTAGE SEIKO SHARK PLATE BAND
I DO NOT KNOW IF THE BAND WAS EVER PVD COATED
BUT YOU HAVE TO WEAR THIS ONE ON YOUR WRISTS TO
APPRECIATE THE FEEL AND THE LOOK IZ DA BOMB!
ALL ORIGINAL PARTS. WE WILL BE CHANGING THE SEALS AND
REPLACING THE CRYSTAL WITH A GENUINE SEIKO AFTER MARKET
COATED AND HEAT TREATED MINERAL GLASS..
THIS IS THE ORIGINAL DIAL. I WOULD LIKE ANY FEED BACK
TO USING THIS ONE AS IS– FIXING WITH LUMINENCE
OR REPLACING AND SELLING WITH BOTH ORIGINAL AND NEW
HANDS WILL BE CLEANED, RED AND WHITE
RE-PAINTED AND LUMINENCE APPLIED
NOTE ROCK PRESSING THE CRYSTAL RING
THE MOVEMENT IS BEING COMPLETELY OVERGHAIULED.
NEW EVEYTHING WE COULD GET. MAIN SPRING –
BALANCE, STAFFS AND PIVOTS, SPRINGES,
HAIRSPRING – SCREWS
SEALS WILL BE CUSTOM MADE WITH SILCON 7
BEING UTILIZED FOR ALL SEALS AND GASKET AND CROWN TUBE
THE ORIGINAL BEZEL. FEED BACK AT GOLDSMITHWATCHWORKS.COM
WILL DETERMINE IF WE REUSE THIS ONE AS IS, REFINISH
OR USE A NEW SAME AS AFTER MARKET AND SELL
WITH OLD ORIGINAL AND NEW
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JAPAN A
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ALL STAINLESS STEAL. CASE WAS NOT AND WILL NOT BE POLISHED.
KEEPING AS IT WAS IN THE ONE OWNER 6105 DIVE!
NOTE THE LOCK CROWN?
HERE IS AN INVICTA AUTO WIND DIVE VERY RARE
NOTE THE BEARING FOR CLICK? NOT ALL MODELS HAD IT
EARLIER WATER PROOF CASES DID NOT NOT THE SILCON 7 NOT SILICON BUT SILCON
SEE THE CRYSTAL STEEL RING? THE BEZEL WIRE SLIPS INTO THAT
BULOVA DIVE
RARE BUCHERER DIVER EXTREMELY RARE NOTE THE AMOUNT OF RADIUM
THAT IS THE ORIGINAL RADIUM
AMAZING!
THERE ARE SOME NICKS AND DINGS, BUT THEY
ARE FEW COMPARED WITH THE AMOUNT OF
DIVES THIS WATCH HAS BEEN THROUGH ALL
OVER THE GLOBE!KJUSRT LIKE NEW
THE BAND EDGES AREBLACK COATED GIVING THE WATCH
THE APPEARANCE OF SHARK PLATES
NO RUST OR CORROSION AFFECTED THE CASE IN ANY WAY
WE ALSO HAVE THE ORIGINAL CROWN WITH THE TURN TO LOCK ARROW. tHE CROWN TUBE IS PERFECT.
THE BRACELET IS SIGNED JAPAN – SEIKO & B228
NOT AN AFTER MARKET BAND HERE.
THE FOLD OUTS ARE SIGNED JAPAN AND SEIKO
ALL STAINLESS STEEL b
YUP, IT HAS A WET SUITE FOLD OUT!
BRUSHED STAINLESS STEEL WET SUITE FOLD-OUT
CASE BACK IS SIGNED “SEIKO TIME CORP.”