I was in my dad’s workshop the other day and I saw this big watch and was curious about it. He said take it… so I took it apart, cleaned everything, and put it back together.
It is in remarkably good condition aside from a small hairline crack in the dial at about 7 o’clock which is barely distinguishable.
The case is in great condition sans some minor patina, which is to be expected. The buckle has a bit more, but is still very good.
I was even able to use 3 of the original plastic bushings for the strap pins, and small section of 5mm PVC tubing i had lying about was an almost perfect match to the originals.
The bezel has some minor scratches and blemishes but is in pretty good shape. And the bezel spins even with the retaining screws fully engaged, so there is some very slight scuffing on the dial. But its not visible with the bezel fitted.
I soldered the speaker wires (this thing even has an earphone jack on the back) and popped in a fresh 9 volt. With some twisting and pushing of the on/off/volume knob (Pot) and a bit of tuning… I had voices, but it sounded horrible.
So, I took it back apart and cleaned the pot and variable tuning cap to clean up the audio and looked for any solder points, etc… that are suspect and tried again for some good, clear audio.
