02 Sep 2012, 07:50
When I first saw this watch from one of the members, I knew I need to have one.
I had no luck getting one untill last week at the Flea market at Kobey,s Swapmeet In San Diego CA.
I spot the watch from the corner of my eye and my heart started racing, I got it right away before asking for the price.
When I asked, the seller said, you can have it for 5 dollars. was this my lucky day or what?
Later I installed new bateries and the watch was dead, I found out later that only the light worked, well at least my investment was low.
Two days later thinking I had nothing to loose I took the watch apart and discover residue of a past batterie leakage. I gave the module a bath with the display removed
in a mixture of Lime-a-way and vinager for 20 minutes and brushed the solder joints to get rid of stubborn oxidation, then I gave two baths in destilled
water and dry with low preassure air and let it sit for an hour, I put it together but some segments where missing, I took the module appart again and adjusted the contacts
from IC to the display clean and dry everthing, put it back together installed batteries and came back to life before my eyes.
I'm a happy man.
Restoration will follow, the case is in very good condition few scratches but not deep, I'm going to be carefull with this baby.
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