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Restoring the Forgotten: Seiko Elnix 1970s Hybrid Watch
Restoring the Forgotten: Seiko Elnix 1970s Hybrid Watch Comes Back to Life #watchrepair
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“My Retro Watches”
In this video I tackle a very interesting genre of watch the Seiko Elnix. An electro mechanical watch that were around in the early to …
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I’d like to see the difference with the citizen….
edit: I made the below comment as soon as you mentioned one of us wanting it and then resumed watching 😢 LOL Still, any chance you'd part with something?
I'll buy it Mike. I've been waiting for a chance to buy a watch from you. Is there a way to make it happen? I'm legit, have my own channel (small tho). In fact, if this one is spoken for, I'd be interested in anything you'd part with.
BTW, I just completed my first mechanical watch fix service last weekend.I kept beating around the bush avoiding it but I finally dove in and it worked! It actually worked. It's not fine tuned time graphed or anything but it's ticking away nicely waiting for a new case and some wrist time 🎉
Schönen dass sich jemand dieser Uhren annimmt. 😊
Yes please do the Citizen as well. Really enjoy your videos.
Haven’t read all the comments or watched the full video (am watching now) however, a mild solution of warmed vinegar would remove all the sulfate from the battery. You have my interest peaked although I have a NOS EL-3702 date, 11 jewels. The Goddard’s works as it is a mild acid. Vinegar is cheaper though and I use it on electronic boards as well as metal. Cheers, Geoff
Let’s see the cosmotron!!!
Thanks for the video the seiko is an interesting one ! I think the citizen would be interesting with its own quirks so a yes please from me.
Hi Mike! That watch is a crazy design! Never seen anything like it. I appreciate you showing this watch to us. I am glad you rescued those watches and put them back in service with the exception of the one in the video. At least you got spare parts out of it. Great video.
Really cool watch. You did a great job on it Mike. Thank you
Yes, I would like to see the citizen be repaired.
Thanks for this – they're lovely watches. I look forward to seeing the Cosmotron.
Great job Mike! and what an interesting movement never knew that was a thing, nice looking watches to
Of course i wanna see the citizen! 🤩
Pitty U didn't show us electronic circuit board clearly. & what sort of accuracy can be expected?
Hi Mike, i enjoyed watching, great video, thank you, looks like fun servicing/fixing one of those, i've seen them before i didn't know they were a higher beat hybrid movement though, looking forward to see the Citizen and how their movement is constructed hope that is higher beat. Bloody electrolytes, cheers mate.
I think only you would have a spare mainplate for a Seiko Elnix. Honestly, to me the stuff on the dial just looked like 50 years of patina to me. It's to be expected I think.
Interesting video, shame the main one didn't work out, but nice watches, I don't know why no one makes them today?
I think I might have mentioned in the past, i've got one branded Winner with an ESA movement.
A hybrid movement which seems to be used by several brands, Swissonic?
Hybrid watches can be fun.
Having developed a bit of an affinity for the Cosmotron range then I'd love to see you do one of those.
Feel some sort of odd need to point out that Citizen were first to market globally with the electronic balance concept.
The 780x movement type would be interesting I think due to the unusual quickset day/date mechanism with the 7803s having the flyback seconds hand reset/hack button as well – these also scream along at 36k BPH!
Let's (you) go for it….😅 Love your channel, I know you Cando it !!
Thanks for posting Mike. Looking forward to the next
Great vid! Cosmotron, yes please Sir. 😁 funny enough as it happens I'm watching your vid wearing a French Lip "Nautic-Ski" diver with lip's R148 electronic movement. Which is _kinda- similar in how it works. Not as high frequency though and more old school(they were one of the first to do the electric thing). Your Seiko is clearly more up to date.
Well done again Mike.
Thanks for the video! Will be a great help if my Elnix decides to pack it in. Hopefully never
What an interesting movement indeed, shame it wasn’t salvageable ! But still a good watch, pardon the pun 😅 keep safe buddy
Great video Mike – love to see the Citizen being repaired and serviced.
Is this this precursor to the Spring Drive?
First time I've ever seen one of these movements and it was fascinating thank you – would love to see the citizen under the scope too, be interesting to see how they engineered their version.
Hello Mike just discovered your channel and have been fascinated with it something I’ve wanted to take up have just stated to collect some tools but I am hesitant to start on a watch in your opinion witch watch to start on risking it may never work again. I have no clean equipment and a bare minimum of tools thank you for your channel and long may you continue
Andy's vintage shop is great
I have already purchased a few watches from him and no problems…the products are as described
Recommended for lovers of old Japanese watches.. mainly from the Seiko brand
Confirming that it’s acid- use backing soda and distilled water?
Yes show the Citizen pls.
Excellent video. I'd love to see the Citizen done, too.
Great video Mike, well done 👍🏻👍🏻
defo do the Citizen
Vinegar is great to clean up battery leakage as it neutralises the basic residue from the battery. As you have a acid-base reaction you need to give it a wash afterwards.
Yes please do the Citizen as well
I would think that any oil should be extremely lite as there is no force on the train from mainspring. The balance would be as normal. Very interesting for sure however.
Amazing repair job👏👏👏🙂
Do you sell one of them?
Not seen these before, enjoyed the video,would like to see the one you are thinking of doing.
Thank you for showing us this. I've heard of these, but I can't say I've ever seen one. Very interesting design inside. I especially like the blue one towards the end with the vertical facets. I'd like to see the Citizen too if you're up for it. Thanks for another great video, cheers!