Seiko H558-5000 'Arnie', 150m diver, Dec 1982, fully serviced







Seiko H558-5000 'Arnie', 150m diver, Dec 1982, fully serviced
Made in December 1982, it spent its whole working life in Japan, only arriving here this week. As far as I can tell, the watch previously had only one owner.
All original lume - hand lume is excellent and metal is very nice. Dial lume is slightly cream with a darker patina on the 6:00 marker. Rotating ring pip lume is nice & clean.
Movement fully serviced - disassembled, hand-cleaned, ultrasonic cleaned, rebuilt with the correct lubricants, timed & adjusted for accuracy.
Case fully serviced - disassembly, hand-cleaning, multiple rounds of ultrasonic cleaning. Reassembled with new gaskets. All sealing surfaces were clean & intact.
Crystal is original to this watch. It has some small marks and fine scratches here and there, but the clarity is great so I cleaned and reinstalled it.
Shroud is the original one - while intact, it does have stress / materials cracks at the bottom under two of the three shroud screws (see video). I ran 2-step epoxy into the cracks to solidify them, and to reinforce the shroud screw collars.
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