Pretty nice homage! I have 3 a700s and this wears pretty much indentically. Mine can’t keep time—gained about 1.5 minutes in a couple of weeks, no biggie to adjust. Had to ditch the Milanese band that came with it, not my style.
I’ve got this a153 showing up today. As much as I’d like to leave it as-is I’m awfully tempted to swap the crystal onto a gold AliExpress stainless case, mostly because of the wear on the case but also to increase water resistance due to this guy having a snap-on rear cover.
I’m fairly confident in my ability to remove these crystals using a little heat and a press, but I’m worried I’ll cause some delamination or break it due to its advanced age.
Does anyone have any tips/tricks for loosening the adhesive with some sort of solvent that wouldn’t damage the printing?
This watch was non-working when I got it. Put a new battery in and it came to life but the screen was a garbled mess and the digits were faded.
I cleaned the zebra strip and replaced the front polarizer (second pic). I then replaced the brittle/cracking gasket and polished the crystal to like-new condition.
The band had to be taken off and deep cleaned—it was so loaded with dust and dirt the clasp wouldn’t close once opened.
I felt a bit like the old man that restored Woody in the second Toy Story movie