Flea Market Jackpot: Restoring a $20 Grand Seiko to one worth $1,000

This time I'm restoring a vintage Grand Seiko from 1968. The watch was sent to me by Fabrizio, a viewer from Italy. He bought the watch at a flea market along with a few other watches for $20. The seller obviously didn't know what he was selling and due to the condition of the watch, it was actually hard to tell. This Grand Seiko watch had a retail price in 1968 of 40,000 Yen (about $110 at that time) and sells for over $1000 today. The Reference of this watch is 6146-8000 (61GS series) and it´s powered by the Seiko 6146 automatic movement. A big thanks to ‪@lapinistwatchrestoration‬ who provided me with the caseback and the glass. He does incredible restorations on vintage Seiko watches and sells these cool casebacks and glasses for vintage Seiko watches. Definitely worth a visit at https://lapinist.com/ Early access, Ads-Free Videos and behind the scenes content on: Patreon:   / reddeadrestoration   or Become a channel-member: https://www.youtube.com/reddeadrestor... Follow me on Instagram:   / reddeadrestoration   Facebook:   / ytreddeadrestoration   Chapters: 0:00 - Disassembly 3:57 - Case Restoration 5:45 - Hands and Bezel 6:44 - Cleaning 7:52 - Caseback and Glass by "Lapinist" 8:59 - Dial Repair / Time-Machine 9:57 - Troubleshooting and Movement Cleaning 12:40 - Reassembly 18:56 - Final Result I hope you liked this restoration, if so, like, comment and subscribe ;) Subscribe to my channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/RedDeadRest... Music: Frightmare by ‪@JimenaContreras‬ Link to the song:    • Jimena Contreras - Frightmare [No Copyrigh...   Virtual Roaming Charges by ‪@halfcoolmusic‬ Link to the song:    • Virtual Roaming Charges   ___________________________________ Thanks to all my patreons, channel-members and subscribers! And especially to my gold-supporters: Diego Macias Tim959 Max Szmekura Raty Ning as well as my silver-supporters: Peter Oetterli Alfredo Lagos イェンシー Juan Eduardo Galicia Avila Osto Dan Ames Coleslawyum Martti Künnapas ___________________________________ TOOLS: Best value watchmaking-tools by Horotec: @horotecsa2535 Link to the Shop: https://webshop.horotec.ch/ Bezel Remover: MSA07.119 Hands Removing Levers: MSA05.008 Hands Removing Press: MSA05.129 Hand-Setting Press: MSA05.021 Magnifiers: MSA00.032 Screwdrivers: MSA01.020-C Graffiti styled Horotec-Tools: Link to the shop: https://horotec-custom.ch/shop/ Graffiti Closing Press: GRAF07.131 Graffiti Press with Large Wheel: GRAF07.360 Elma Cleaning Products by @elmaultrasonic Link to the shop: https://www.elma-ultrasonic.com/en/pr... Workshop Equipment by @friedrichkuppergmbh9654 Link to the shop: https://www.friedrich-kuepper.de/ Other Tools: Acrylic Glass Polishing Compound: https://amzn.to/2XIP8vF ** Case Polishing Diamond Paste: https://amzn.to/2Ye1MSo ** Case Polishing Wadding: https://amzn.to/2UlNfme ** Thermo-Tape: https://amzn.to/30YktME ** Fiber Glass Pen: https://amzn.to/2AQfpzi ** UV-Lamp: https://amzn.to/3iuOSJ8 ** UV-Glue: https://amzn.to/3ghGSZK ** Rodico: https://amzn.to/3eWtTN2 ** Multi-Purpose Watch-Repair-Kit: https://amzn.to/2XIQ7Mn ** Multitool: https://amzn.to/2BNryW9 ** Buffing Wheels for Multitool: https://amzn.to/30gJCSF ** My Camera: https://amzn.to/32er4BJ ** ** Affiliate Links Disclaimer: This video and description contains affiliate links, which means that if you click on one of the product links, I'll receive a small commission. This help support the channel and allows me to continue to make videos like this. Thank you for the support! Subtitles available in: German, Spanish, Russian, Hindi, Portuguese, French, Italian, Arabic, Japanese, Chinese #watchrestoration #asmr #restoration #asmrrestoration #asmrrelax