well hey if you can help him...you never know..hey may sell it to you when he wants too..
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Most folks are not Crazy Goons like us WISer's who would dump 100 bucks in a "old" watch.
When he finds out how much it will cost to get her up and running again he may just give it to you Bob............
When he finds out how much it will cost to get her up and running again he may just give it to you Bob............
Don't I wish Tom . . .Most folks are not Crazy Goons like us WISer's who would dump 100 bucks in a "old" watch.
When he finds out how much it will cost to get her up and running again he may just give it to you Bob............
I doubt it though . . . he was an attorney and they are pretty comfortable financially as far as I can tell.
Only time will tell though.
la fin justifie les moyens
hmmm....
I don't want to be "out of order" on this one, but if it turns out to be a 6105 or above, I would suggest that the end justifies the means : without going as far as killing or stealing, getting a fellow watch repairman to tell your neighbor the watch can't be fixed sounds like something to consider
(after all, the really important thing is it ends up in the hands of someone who appreciates it AND makes sure it gets preserved for future generations: technically, you wouldn't be working for your own personal profit but rather for the sake of the Seiko diver heritage preservation, right... ;-)
Philip (25 years in banking and finance, and with no great love for attorneys)
hmmm....
I don't want to be "out of order" on this one, but if it turns out to be a 6105 or above, I would suggest that the end justifies the means : without going as far as killing or stealing, getting a fellow watch repairman to tell your neighbor the watch can't be fixed sounds like something to consider
(after all, the really important thing is it ends up in the hands of someone who appreciates it AND makes sure it gets preserved for future generations: technically, you wouldn't be working for your own personal profit but rather for the sake of the Seiko diver heritage preservation, right... ;-)
Philip (25 years in banking and finance, and with no great love for attorneys)
Nah . . . . .hmmm....
I don't want to be "out of order" on this one, but if it turns out to be a 6105 or above, I would suggest that the end justifies the means : without going as far as killing or stealing, getting a fellow watch repairman to tell your neighbor the watch can't be fixed sounds like something to consider
(after all, the really important thing is it ends up in the hands of someone who appreciates it AND makes sure it gets preserved for future generations: technically, you wouldn't be working for your own personal profit but rather for the sake of the Seiko diver heritage preservation, right... ;-)
Philip (25 years in banking and finance, and with no great love for attorneys)
I've still gotta get up in the morning and shave myself!
I'll be square with him and let him know what he's got and what it's worth. I'll recommend Spencer to get it back in running order and see what happens. I'm hoping he gets tired of that "old cheapo Seiko" in preference to his Rolex and offer it to me for sale.
Worst case, I'll ask him if he'd be kind enough to give me right of first refusal should he decide to sell if it's something I can afford. If not, I'll offer to help him sell it for what it's worth.
I have a customer who's dad THREW OUT a 6105 in the 80s when it stopped working. My customer is keen to get older Seiko divers and bemoans the day he saw his father do that to a watch he'd love to have now.
Good luck
Meanwhile if you care about your health....lay off the dead animals:undecided:
Good luck
Meanwhile if you care about your health....lay off the dead animals:undecided:
Well . . . we have a verdict!
Saw my neighbors today and chatted for a while and he showed me the watch. It's a Resist/Resist 6139-6011 from December '70. Pretty nice watch and it looks to be salvageable. Here's a Q&D cell phone shot:
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He said he has the original bracelet for it but preferred wearing it on a rally strap with some sort of clasp.
Watch doesn't run and the pushers are stuck but it looks like he'll be sending it off to Spencer for some TLC. Movement looks pretty clean and he claims that Seiko mismatched the chrono hands. As we were talking, it turns out that this is just one of those watches that connected with him. He loves it and I'm happy to help him getting it back in fighting shape.
Hopefully, I'll be able to share more updates as to the "back from the dead" status of this beauty.
Saw my neighbors today and chatted for a while and he showed me the watch. It's a Resist/Resist 6139-6011 from December '70. Pretty nice watch and it looks to be salvageable. Here's a Q&D cell phone shot:
He said he has the original bracelet for it but preferred wearing it on a rally strap with some sort of clasp.
Watch doesn't run and the pushers are stuck but it looks like he'll be sending it off to Spencer for some TLC. Movement looks pretty clean and he claims that Seiko mismatched the chrono hands. As we were talking, it turns out that this is just one of those watches that connected with him. He loves it and I'm happy to help him getting it back in fighting shape.
Hopefully, I'll be able to share more updates as to the "back from the dead" status of this beauty.
for the record
I thought the three smileys would do the job, but as it appears not, there goes... (btw though they're often a pain,attorneys are great, specially when you need one... and I'll even admit to having a few good attorney-friends...)
in case some didn't get it, the above was A JOKE : long years in the banking industry may have had a detrimental effect on my morals, but not this bad...without going as far as killing or stealing, getting a fellow watch repairman to tell your neighbor the watch can't be fixed sounds like something to consider
Philip (25 years in banking and finance, and with no great love for attorneys)
I thought the three smileys would do the job, but as it appears not, there goes... (btw though they're often a pain,attorneys are great, specially when you need one... and I'll even admit to having a few good attorney-friends...)
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