Old Tom wrote:Do take care working on this watch- this is one of two Seiko models that essentially have the main IC just lying on its back unattached (well, pretty much so) to any sort of PCB. This means there are no static dissipation pathways and that is an early MOS chip which is somewhat static sensitive (!). A watch where you should be properly earthed when working on it.
Oh my...
That reminds me of a Swatch I was given. It had a metal plate in the strap with a push button through it that was meant to connect to a lead clipped to an electrostatic discharging matt as working surface.
It was one of the seven hole strap models.....
I am so

that I gave it away when I moved to live on a sailing boat. You do not know what you do not know meets Murphy was illustrated by me storing only the wrong things
