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Shared this on my Instagram page this morning, but thought it was worth as share here as well.
Here is a project watch that I have been waiting to share for a long time. Seiko 3823-7010 VFA Quartz.
Read on at your own risk:
I bought the dial and Case from a watchmaker friend of mine, both were new old stock and had never seen the light of day. My intention initially was to sell them, but when I had no biters I simply put them back in the project drawer. A note here: I was able to find many pics of 3823 watches with the green/black dial shown, however none of them had the VFA script print on them like this watch shown. I have never been able to find another example of it? (??)
About a year later I was able to buy a donor movement, if you look at my posts you’ll find it - it was the salmon dial 3823.
I held onto that watch for the better part of the year before I finally brought them both (NOS dial and case + donor) back to the watchmaker that I had originally bought the case and dial from. The issue was the handset & the bracelet - I hadn’t either and was not having any luck tracking them down for at least a year.
Somehow he found a hand said that was spot on to the original parts, I am not exactly sure where he stole them from but we know how to work and watch!
I have never been a strap-hound, typically prefer to buy one off and or use some of my stock of Seiko original parts especially if I am planning to keep the watch. However, I had been following an Instagrammer called @pepper.strap for a while and I remember seeing a very cool green crocodile strap that he had made. I had reached out to him in the past but I reached out to him and sent him some pictures of this specific watch to see what he could come up with.
Because of the hidden lugs, the watch strap would have to have a step in it so it would be 16 mm at the lugs but show 20 mm coming out of the watch. He put his expert spin on it and came up with the awesome gold stitching to match the gold in the Dial and Case and I don’t think I’ve seen a prettier watch project of mine come to fruition the way that this one has (thank you Pepper Strap!!).
From a dial and case I was going to sell to one of the best looking, most unique in my collection. Not saying it’ll stay there 😜, but it is for now.
Really felt good to finish this one properly as it deserved! Let me know what you think.
JR
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Here is a project watch that I have been waiting to share for a long time. Seiko 3823-7010 VFA Quartz.
Read on at your own risk:
I bought the dial and Case from a watchmaker friend of mine, both were new old stock and had never seen the light of day. My intention initially was to sell them, but when I had no biters I simply put them back in the project drawer. A note here: I was able to find many pics of 3823 watches with the green/black dial shown, however none of them had the VFA script print on them like this watch shown. I have never been able to find another example of it? (??)
About a year later I was able to buy a donor movement, if you look at my posts you’ll find it - it was the salmon dial 3823.
I held onto that watch for the better part of the year before I finally brought them both (NOS dial and case + donor) back to the watchmaker that I had originally bought the case and dial from. The issue was the handset & the bracelet - I hadn’t either and was not having any luck tracking them down for at least a year.
Somehow he found a hand said that was spot on to the original parts, I am not exactly sure where he stole them from but we know how to work and watch!
I have never been a strap-hound, typically prefer to buy one off and or use some of my stock of Seiko original parts especially if I am planning to keep the watch. However, I had been following an Instagrammer called @pepper.strap for a while and I remember seeing a very cool green crocodile strap that he had made. I had reached out to him in the past but I reached out to him and sent him some pictures of this specific watch to see what he could come up with.
Because of the hidden lugs, the watch strap would have to have a step in it so it would be 16 mm at the lugs but show 20 mm coming out of the watch. He put his expert spin on it and came up with the awesome gold stitching to match the gold in the Dial and Case and I don’t think I’ve seen a prettier watch project of mine come to fruition the way that this one has (thank you Pepper Strap!!).
From a dial and case I was going to sell to one of the best looking, most unique in my collection. Not saying it’ll stay there 😜, but it is for now.
Really felt good to finish this one properly as it deserved! Let me know what you think.
JR
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