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Another OSA Owned Watch Rebuild – 1961 Bulova Type A17A Military Issue Navigation Watch
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<blockquote data-quote="thor447" data-source="post: 3915201" data-attributes="member: 24867"><p>On a side note, I've had a personal project going for the last few weeks and have been putting a little time towards it when I can. Between work, home life, and working on a few OSA member owned watches (which I put higher on the priority list than my own), I haven't made much progress on it lately. While waiting for the 4th wheel remover tool to arrive, before I could start on this Bulova watch, I put some hours on in this old Seiko and got it back up and going. I really dig this little watch. I picked it up as a non-runner for $30, but it only had a broken mainspring. I did a full service on it, and did a full case restoration as well. I sanded out all of the scratches, etc., put a polish on the sides and brushed the face and rear of the watch. The only thing left is to find a 19mm strap for it. I only had 18mm and 20mm straps on hand, so I took a 20mm and snipped the edges of it off to make it fit. I'll probably keep it like this because the strap doesn't really bother me, but if I decide to sell it on later, I'll replace it with the correct width strap. I think it looks pretty darn sharp for a $30 watch, $19 mainspring, and my own labor. It's a beauty of an automatic movement watch and keeping excellent time. Not bad for a watch that is 45 years & 7 months old!</p><p></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]326532[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="thor447, post: 3915201, member: 24867"] On a side note, I've had a personal project going for the last few weeks and have been putting a little time towards it when I can. Between work, home life, and working on a few OSA member owned watches (which I put higher on the priority list than my own), I haven't made much progress on it lately. While waiting for the 4th wheel remover tool to arrive, before I could start on this Bulova watch, I put some hours on in this old Seiko and got it back up and going. I really dig this little watch. I picked it up as a non-runner for $30, but it only had a broken mainspring. I did a full service on it, and did a full case restoration as well. I sanded out all of the scratches, etc., put a polish on the sides and brushed the face and rear of the watch. The only thing left is to find a 19mm strap for it. I only had 18mm and 20mm straps on hand, so I took a 20mm and snipped the edges of it off to make it fit. I'll probably keep it like this because the strap doesn't really bother me, but if I decide to sell it on later, I'll replace it with the correct width strap. I think it looks pretty darn sharp for a $30 watch, $19 mainspring, and my own labor. It's a beauty of an automatic movement watch and keeping excellent time. Not bad for a watch that is 45 years & 7 months old! [ATTACH type="full" alt="1670380375463.png"]326532[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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