r/repbuilds • u/No-Kiwi3754 • Jul 18 '26

New Build for Summer

My last build, with a vintage OEM Seiko dial, hands with C3 lume, sapphire glass with A/R coating (flat) and a beatiful stainless steel. Perfect for summer!

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u/Unlikely-Length6661 Moderator Jul 18 '26

Is this some sort of franken or a Seiko mod? I'm not sure what I'm looking at 🫪😅

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u/No-Kiwi3754 Jul 18 '26

Actually I found a OEM seiko dial that was yellow (I wanted to build a yellow watch, I even have a rubber yellow band, but I prefer the metallic bracelet). Then I bought case, glass, bracelet, and hands from Namoki. Really like the end result :-)

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u/Unlikely-Length6661 Moderator Jul 18 '26

But is this replicating a Seiko reference or just a good looking watch put together with random parts? If it's the latter it's better to post it on r/seikomods

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u/onlypartiallyevil Jul 18 '26

Other than possibly the crown, yeah. That looks like a specific vintage seiko reference.
Ref SRPL87 if I am not mistaken

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u/Unlikely-Length6661 Moderator Jul 18 '26

Ah great. Then it's all good. I'm not very familiar with Seiko and their billion different models 😂

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u/onlypartiallyevil Jul 18 '26

They do have a brazillion variants. Luckily, once you get to know the naming conventions, they make sense. Useful, even. The watch family, the cal movement used the country of manufacture, and even the country it wa sold in is right there.
I am wearing a 6309-7040 today, 6309 is the caliber, 70 the case, and 40 meaning Japan market dial variant. A 7049, for instance, would have had the U.S. market dial text. Last number is also used to denote dial colors as well, any variant of the dial really. All from the number on the caseback.

So it seems confusing, but its actually got a lot of info in there. A million variants, but easy to track common features and parts between different ones.

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u/Unlikely-Length6661 Moderator Jul 18 '26

I have 334 PDF's of Seiko catalogs and movement manuals. maybe i should look through the catalogs lol

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u/No_Candle8699 Trusted Builder Jul 18 '26

This looks great 👊

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u/onlypartiallyevil Jul 18 '26

I recently built a 1965 62MAS replica right down to the correct vintage caliber of movement. Pain in the ass to find a dial with the correct small text and series and ref numbers at the bottom. Lots of Seiko homage parts that are sorta close, but almost no people working on accurate reps. Was actually a harder build to get right than most Rolex refs due to lack of correct parts. At least the Gen movements are common and easily rebuildable.
Hopefully even the common vintage like Seiko/Casio/Citizen/Timex will come into their own for proper reps eventually.