Seiko & Citizen Watch Forum Message Archive

Suspect that the Seiko would continue running long after the Rolies is broken (jeweld roter bearings) or has stopped due to lack of service. I have seen countless examples of Seikos that keep time to +/- 10 seconds a day, that have not been serviced in 20-25 years. Its simply becuase the Seiko is built with this in mind. I speculate that one of the reasons Seikos uses the graphite grease in its barrel, is that over time it lubricates the barrel arbor at the bushing. They are also built lose enough (The same premise that alows a 1911a to function after being droped in the mud!) that they continue to run, after most if not all the lubricants have gone by-by (hear again,I often find that its something to do with the barrel (mainspring) that stops a watch when lack of service is considered, and its the fact that the graphite (seiko) continues to do its jod, even when its a powder.

Whoops, breaks over,

Cheers,

Randall