I am working with Terry at Toxic NATOs to have my father’s JDM Seiko Speedtimer service’s and to have a new crystal installed. I have been saving up to have this serviced for a while as you know how it is with mechanical chronographs. Anyway, this one has some personal history to it so while it isn’t a watch I would pick for myself, I am keen to get it back into rotation.
Below are some notes on the watch history followed by a few pictures of how it looks today.
Watch History
-Purchased in Japan on my parents’ honeymoon ~1978
-Chosen because my dad needed something waterproof for his work on an oil rig off the coast of South America. I mentioned that the watch isn’t known for waterproofness and my dad said, ‘well just look at it.’
-Worn hard for about 5 years including some hang gliding.
-When I asked if it had ever been serviced, my dad laughed at me.
-Gifted to me in ~95-96 and was told that it never needed a battery (I was in the environmental club at the time).
-shortly after receiving the watch I snapped a springbar with the Velcro strap it came to me on while riding a bicycle. It took a hard hit on concrete to the lugs as can be seen in some of the pictures
-It had been in a box, moved from place to place with me until 2017.
-Worn sparingly as a grocery store timer until I found that the chronograph was running slowly. It has been awaiting service for the past year or so.
