Recent Seiko A829 Repair - Space Related !!!

[Seiko Kid]

Recently got contacted out of the blue by some nice chap in the States

Had just picked himself up a 2nd A829 but it had some issues

We got talking and he sent it over to me here in the UK. Quite the fitting story as he used to work for NASA in the space shuttle program at the Johnson Space Center in Houston from 1988-2000. The A829 shown in the link below ( his first A829 ) bought at auction in 2004 was worn by astronaut Karl Henize aboard the space shuttle Challenger aboard mission STS-51F in 1985. Which was the only space shuttle mission to have a main engine fail on the way to orbit! The other two engines were able to compensate and the mission executed successfully.

( This information was provided by the chap who contacted me )

Here is the link to the auction

http://catalogue.swanngalleries.com/asp ... &saletype=

Here is the watch undergoing it's repair , issues were - no light , alarm , bezel hard to rotate and functions sticking / not registering




before


After






I really enjoyed this one, Both myself and Robert were a little cautious of each other I suppose after meeting out of the blue and him putting trust in some email address he found through google searches. For me it's another saved Digital Seiko and another happy owner

Till the next one.....

[PG101]

Nice Rob, and cool story!
Did you manage to get the light and alarm working again?

[Seiko Kid]

Patrick hello !

Yes , of course .... would not have it any other way

[elceedee]

I usually adjust my watches +0.15 (a day, my Japanese Sharp quartz tester), making them run more or les +5 seconds a month ahead (non temperature adjusted)
In your pictures I notice +0.77, then -0.05. Is that an effort to make the watch 0.00 ?
Just curious
Anyway, nice restore job on a fun watch, thumbs up

[Seiko Kid]

That's right, usually I hit 0.00 but some modules can be too sensitive

Anything under 0.33 +\- and your beating Seiko specs

These photos are not very in depth but something was better than nothing to accommodate the story , sometime I just forget to take fully dismantled pics as I'm too involved in the repair

Once it's back in the case it adds around 0.08 secs and really as mentioned above anything under 0.30 is fine, after all - do you know anyone who is ever on time ?