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Seiko A029-5000

Post26 May 2015, 17:24

Bought on ebay as not working and in very bad conditions: broken crystal,scratches everywhere and battery leakage...
Now serviced and polished,ready to go....December 1977

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Re: Seiko A029-5000

Post26 May 2015, 17:27

Beautiful!
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Re: Seiko A029-5000

Post26 May 2015, 17:31

And again.... :-D

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Re: Seiko A029-5000

Post26 May 2015, 17:39

I forgot the seller pic.... ;-)

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Re: Seiko A029-5000

Post26 May 2015, 17:43

PG101 wrote:Beautiful!


Thanks Patrick :-P

Incredible loud alarm too... :fool:
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Re: Seiko A029-5000

Post26 May 2015, 21:10

Very nice work!
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Re: Seiko A029-5000

Post28 May 2015, 05:07

Did you replace the glass or did you get that result just from polishing? Its a very impressive result, especially after the reveal of the seller pic!
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Post28 May 2015, 12:54

glass replaced with a generic one... :-D
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Re: Seiko A029-5000

Post26 Aug 2015, 02:26

Looks like new now, cool
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Re: Seiko A029-5000

Post28 Aug 2015, 01:58

Nice job. A great transformation. Its so great when one of these vintage beauties is brought back to life... <sniffle>
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