Thanks Phasar for the pictures and sharing your techniques, I really appreciate it. To my surprise my 0634-5019 Seiko arrived today. Initial inspection showed a watch in far better condition than how the ebay photos indicated. The crystal face will need definitely need polishing. I'll be posting pictures tomorrow! So exciting.
Attached are some photos of my watch. Seems like some restoration attempt was being made to spice it up for sale on ebay. Watch crystal appeared to be sanded down but not enough to hide all the crystal scratches. There also appears to be dust in the watch. Key is all functions are working good. The rest is just cosmetics. For the small dings on the case I may just let it be instead of sanding down side of the case. Also, are the top buttons ALL metal? I didn't want to attempt to sand it and then find out it's metalized plastic. I got into trouble with my Casio calculator watch, thought the keys were metal, noooooo, it was plastic with metal coating. Cheap...
added another photo of the original crystal.
Attached are some photos of my watch. Seems like some restoration attempt was being made to spice it up for sale on ebay. Watch crystal appeared to be sanded down but not enough to hide all the crystal scratches. There also appears to be dust in the watch. Key is all functions are working good. The rest is just cosmetics. For the small dings on the case I may just let it be instead of sanding down side of the case. Also, are the top buttons ALL metal? I didn't want to attempt to sand it and then find out it's metalized plastic. I got into trouble with my Casio calculator watch, thought the keys were metal, noooooo, it was plastic with metal coating. Cheap...
added another photo of the original crystal.
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