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re-waterproofing an old watch

  • 02-08-2019 9:36am
    #1
    fourmations
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,377 ✭✭✭


    hi all

    is it simple enough to waterproof a watch?

    i have a 25yr old watch with screw caseback my wife got me which is my beater, ive used this in water since day one (splashes and swimming)
    i got a new battery installed a few weeks ago just before hols in spain,
    while there it started getting internal condensation from sweat,
    the seal must have not enjoyed being opened this time around,
    i didn't swim with it this year, is it simple enough to get a new seal done?

    rgds


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  • #2
    Wibbs
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,217 Mod ✭✭✭✭Wibbs


    Depends on a few things F. The brand would be a big part of it. IE can you send it back to them to get them to do a proper service with new seals and whatever else is needed? Other things can be in play too like physical damage to sealing joints like the caseback. But yeah something like a Seiko in good condition should be easy enough to reseal. Less well known brands, or a band like Fossil that changes specs and models very rapidly not so much.

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  • #3
    fourmations
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,377 ✭✭✭fourmations


    thanks wibbs

    yeah i should have mentioned...
    its a long discontinued accurist steel quartz chrono /alarm
    not a rip off but its inspired by Tag
    i was just thinking that the rubber gaskets on a lot of watches
    may be standard sizes and its a case that a jeweller/watch repair guy
    would have a stock of different sizes

    im pretty sure the caseback is more or less perfect
    as i mentioned its been watertight for 25yrs up to now
    maybe the gasket got twisted or pinched when the caseback
    went back on,

    the watch is sentimental but i still want it as a beater
    i don't have a big collection and my other watches are more fragile
    and besides i really like the look and the history and its one of
    the only bracelets i have so i like to wear it in the hot weather

    cheers


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