Adam's New Modded Seiko Watch!

Adam makes a quick fix to the band of his new modded Seiko watch, styled after his favorite watch design: the venerated Omega Seamaster! What are your mechanical favorite watch designs?

Shot by Adam Savage and edited by Norman Chan

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Thanks for watching!

[watchfinder]

Adam, if you ever want to join us as a guest on the Watchfinder channel, we'd be thrilled to have you!

[gcmehojah]

I love that you mentioned Wristwatch Revival. The Bob Ross of watch repair!

[hazardous]

Huge respect for the Wristwatch revival shoutout! Both of you guys are my favourite channels to watch in my spare time

[stepsinpairs]

As someone new to both watch collecting (1 year) and woodworking (3 years) I'd really love to see Adam build a watch display/storage box. I've just finished making my own and it was really satisfying bringing the two hobbies together to make something I can't stop looking at and playing with.

[charles_the_elder]

Adam did a video a few years ago talking about modding Seiko watches, it's what got me into the hobby. I have modded probably 100 watches now. I have a lot of friends who wear custom Seikos that I built for them. Modding Seikos is fun. (Once you figure out the trick of installing second hands) One trick I learned for changing bracelets, have a small container off to the side to put all the small parts and pins you remove. Because if you lose a part, it's gone forever.

[shaftwood]

Adam. If you keep the 12 o'clock side of the bracelet a little longer than the 6 o'clock side, by removing more links from the 6 o'clock side, a lot of good things happen. The clasp will tend to center itself on the bottom of your wrist which will make the watch ride towards the inside of your wrist up on top. That will tend to protect the watch a little more from scratches when you do things like rest your arms on a desk or bench. It'll also make it easier to read the time because you'll have to rotate your wrist less to look at the watch dead-on. I find it makes a difference.

[thejumbo]

The watch they inserted for the closeup is NOT the Seamaster you mentioned - you asked for the chronograph, and the editor inserted a No Time To Die Seamaster.

And shout-out to Marshall!

[jimcompton]

Definitely would 1, 000, 000% love to see more Horology based content! Anything on this channel is Gold!

[LumeShot]

Hey Adam, if you ever want to try building some custom Seiko's, I'm happy to provide any help! I have lots of videos posted that show the process of general modding and making custom parts as well.

[homersimpson]

Love the Wristwatch Revival mention. It'd be interesting to have him repair yours and try to identify potential design defects that cause persistent failures.

[nerdloftgaming]

As a fan of Adam and of Seiko, this was a delight to see in my feed - just so random and cool!

I personally have a little Seiko mod watch as well. The movement is encased in a Explorer homage stainless body, with Automatic stamped on the dial (as well as my own logo, hehe), and a beautiful sapphire crystal - and it didn’t cost much but the quality is absolutely bonkers, I love it!

[PrimalRenegade]

5:30 Did Adam just take off his glasses to see better? Lmao

[philcourteney]

It’s nice to see the SeikoMod community get so much love from you Adam! Pretty much ever one of us are Adam Savage fans too! 😁👍

[JPG]

Adam mentioned Seiko modding in a video with VSauce a few years back. It was the first time I had heard of it. Though I had never owned a watch before then, the hobby piqued my interest as an engineering student. I jumped into it myself. I became engrossed, learned the tools of the trade, worked in a watch repair shop through college, and now have an amazing job in the luxury watch industry. I’ll even be going to watchmaking school soon to become a fully-fledged watchmaker.

Thank you, Adam - you really changed the trajectory of my life!

[MeretrixMOA]

Great video! Some watchmakers charge way too much for an easy job like that. Everyone can easily do that at home with a little push pin and pliers.

Little tip: Almost every watch has a pin at the end of the band in the clasp which can be set in three position. Its purpose is to fine adjust the fitting of the band. You can make it wider and looser that way too without taking links out

[GabrielLima]

Love Marshal content, he makes everything looks so easy.

[katrichardsonwriter]

I worked for a watch shop for a while and did a lot of bracelet adjustments. You can use a wooden or bamboo chopstick to push the pin into place, or put the bracelet back into the pin vise and tighten the pin back into position that way, if you want to avoid scratching the link edges.

[RevelrousOtis]

Adam, never be afraid to open the caseback, as long as you have steady hands and a decent technical background, you can do most watch services and repairs yourself, it's incredibly satisfying and something i think youd really enjoy.

[esrynshudder]

It's incredible seeing Adam into the same hobby of watch stuff, he's honestly a hero of mine so it's really cool

[wkanost]

I have a 1982 Seiko speed master I bought NEW when I was 19 years old. It was one of the first 7A28 movements, a quartz watch with analog chronograph face. I’m 60 years old now. So I’ve owned that watch for 41 years. I recently had it refurbished and still wear it daily. I have other seikos (5) but that watch will always be special to me.