What not to do with your 0624

[Seiko Kid]

So this is SeikoKidette at work wearing her 0624

She knows better as she is clumsy, but can I tell her? nope!



She was skilful enough to break it on a permanent link and so rendered the bracelet unusable




We have already got her a DW5600C especially for these reasons .

[Kasper]

damn that was hard on the watch...some good solders skills and you can repair that...the difficulty is making a straight new hole to fit the pin. Very difficult place to drill.

btw..you take care of the watch, i take care of seikonette

[PG101]

...some good solders skills and you can repair that...the difficulty is making a straight new hole to fit the pin. Very difficult place to drill.

I wouldn't solder and then drill a hole from the inside. Like you said, it would be difficult to drill a straight hole, unless you have a dentist-type drill that can drill at a 90 degree angle. I would rather place the pin (extending slightly like the one on the right), and then solder the pin inside the cavity. You can then file and polish afterwards.

OR If that's not possible, solder the cavity, file and polish, then drill from the outside. Re-attach the band, insert the pin (long enough to extend to the inside and attach the link), re-solder, re-file and polish on the outside.

A lot of work, but it is possible.

[Seiko Kid]

Solder is no good. it would need welding, shaping then drilling. this would turn it into a removable link but I really can't see that being a problem
It is just an expensive job to carry out...

[Old_timer]

Perhaps a donor - 310765812015

[Seiko Kid]

That would have been nice, no shipping to the UK though :(

if I can't find something soonish I may take the welding route, my mechanical collector friend has engineering skills and tools so we could investigate fitting a new pin once it's welded up

She's gonna be getting a bill for sure...

[Caruso]

That's pretty unlucky!

I fell 30ft down a mineshaft breaking my back and my foot and all I did was put a new scratch on my Marlin and bend a bracelet link slightly.

The important thing is that she is ok.

[Old_timer]

...if I can't find something soonish I may take the welding route...

Hi,
What happened in the end? There's another possible donor listing at the moment... 301055143997