yvliew this is a ladies Seiko 5, I think it is a 4206 movement, or at least that's what is printed on the dial. And yes, I have actually bought a donor watch with the same movement to cannibalize, but then ahpek asked me... why not get a new watch and then fix the existing one; then can have two watches. Which kind of made sense to me, and so I went for it.

Btw, the watch itself cost RM3xx 8 years ago, and I've spent more money on service that what I've paid for the watch now. I am hoping to fix the problem once and for all, and am only retaining the watch for sentimental value.

Sup guys lol!!!


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Just a little bit update.
I just called Thongsia and explain this issue and he advised me to just rotate the bezel under tap water or with soap.
He said it's usually just dirt. I did it and it's working hahaha..
Hopefully this cheap method is a useful info for someone else with same issue

Hnnnghhh!!! What is on your wrist for this visit btw?

This one is way better in my opinion.
Congratulations!

But new ones shouldnt have dirt, no?
Anyway thanks for sharing!

This post has been edited by Hans.R: Oct 29 2015, 04:52 PM

stop the tease, biatch

Can tumpang buy watch or not?

Just my Orient (still acceptable since it's owned by Seiko)... Didn't bring my travel box along with me this trip anyway... Why carry more stuff when you have the option to travel light?

More pics later... but was exciting to see a couple of pieces I have in the museum display cases too.

I thoughtyou'll be saying why carry more watches when you can buy more there. Btw if you ever going for watch hunting, can check out the prices for us ka... Or rather for me la. Haha

Yodobashi can check online. Or u looking for more "exotic" ones

Not buying anything for now... Other responsibilities... Maybe next time I come over...

What models are you looking for? I'll check if I see them at Wako...

Yodabashi and Bic camera price is as stated in their site? Plus what kind of discount?

Actually the urushi models or the mm300. But only when you see them la.otherwise is ok

well yeah maybe from display? I don't know..
and apparently that method was temporary only..once the soap dried up, bezel becomes stiff again
will try to repair in Thongsia if possible, otherwise ask for replacement unit

This post may be 56k heavy...

I'll dump the pics in a spoiler tag anyway and hopefully they won't hurt so much...

Front of the Seiko Museum... At this point I had goosebumps!


Signed up for the guided tour (requires advance reservation)... Got a short history of timekeeping in general and a view of some of the landmarks in timekeeping history.



Here's my first piece in common with the museum... The Railway Watch... which according to history, was made after a railway accident was caused by one of the clocks used being off by 4 minutes. (I have the one on the far left)



Interesting exhibit with the sport history of Seiko... This one is of a pressure sensitive plate used for timing swimming events. If you hit exactly 9.59 by hitting the plate, you win some kind of prize. I failed obviously... got 9.8 or something like that.

Fast forward a little to the 2nd floor (1st floor is general history of timekeeping)... and it's all about the history of Seiko up until the present.

Of course, the Laurel was there.


The first Grand Seiko... along with some King Seiko from roughly the same era...


And then a group shot of the early divers from Seiko...


There was also a small GS exhibit... of which of course the GMT Chrono SD is my favourite.



At the end of the tour, you see a remnant of the original Seiko factory that burned down... where Seiko lost almost everything, but still offered to replace ALL of the timepieces that customers had lost in the fire.



After all that, there's a small museum shop with a limited selection of Seiko, Lukia (womens line), Grand Seiko, and Credor. I really wanted to be able to see the Credor Minute Repeated, but apparently they had just returned it to a store. I'll be honest and say that the GS Quartz is much more beautiful in person... maybe even better than the Credor quartz in terms of movement.

Here's a short clip from the GS display case. I also made the cardinal sin of recording in portrait...



I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm honestly quite attracted by that second hand. It might not be the SD sweep, but there's something very smooth about it. Hope everyone enjoyed the tour... and tomorrow I'll be heading over to WAKO.

This post has been edited by biatch0: Oct 30 2015, 12:36 AM

Thanks for the virtual tour. Plan to visit the museum next year.

PS: saw the credit minute repeater in Wako back in May.

biatch0 so I'm guessing without a guided tour we will be super lost? Considering most of the prints are in Japanese.