Seiko Divers Automatic

[forks]

I bought this in Singapore in 1997, and a couple of years ago I dropped it and the face became detached.
This means that when you turn the bezel, the face loosely moves with it.
I enquired at a local jewellers as to whether it could be repaired, and they said possibly, but if not it would have to go back to Seiko themselves (not sure if this meant Japan)
They couldn't give me a cost, so I was wondering if anyone else has had to take this route, and what the end cost was?
Its not the most expensive watch in the world, but for 'sentimental' reasons, I'd like to get it up and running again, just don't really want to 'write it off', so to speak.

[james0]

Seiko UK are based in Maidenhead, Berkshire and have repair facilities, there pretty helpful in my experience.

[Dibble]

I have a Seiko SKX009 diver which the face had come loose on. I took it to Ernest Jones to see about a repair. They wanted £25 just to post it to Seiko and quoted "about £200" on top of that to get it fixed. So more than the watch cost (which I bought in Singapore).

I'm led to believe that a guy called Steve Burrage from a company called "Ryte Time" is well regarded and charges reasonably. I know he's well thought of over on TZ.

[forks]

Thanks for the info, I only paid around £100 for it (and even then they wanted me to haggle!) But it'll be nice to get the old girl back, so I'm prepared to spend a bit getting it repaired. Like you've pointed out, I probably wouldn't take it to a high st place, but wanted to check my options. I also have the Kinetic version which I bought about 5 years ago, and because I stupidly wear it at work, its picked up a few knocks here and there. Might get that looked at as well. Thanks again, I will look into both Seiko, and Ryte time. :-)

[Mr Pointy]

This may help:

http://www.seikoservice.co.uk/srv402.jsp?parmForm=...

http://www.rytetimewatchrepairs.co.uk/