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When I said lower end, I mean anything that’s less than $100–$200. I already have a vintage Timex Mercury I bought for just $10, but the issue is vintage Timex movements are notoriously difficult to be serviced and apparently you can’t even replace the parts, not even a mainspring (feel free to correct me but this is what I heard) and I’m not sure if a lighter fluid trick actually even works or if my vintage Timex can even be serviced at all and I’m not even sure how many watchmakers out there can service a vintage Timex, so I was hoping for another vintage watch that’s easily more repairable than a vintage Timex but considering I can’t afford a vintage Rolex or a Omega, I rather choose something far less expensive (maybe something like $5 to $100) and maybe something other than Timex and more Swiss made or at least has a Swiss movement, and has to be mechanical (manual wind and automatic are both fine).

I have a vintage Timex Mercury Reference 1044 I bought last year for just $10 that needs some repair because it has an overwound mainspring but since vintage Timex movements are notoriously difficult to be repaired, I’m curious if there are watchmakers out there willing to service a late 60s Timex Mercury.

You’re correct! It is the Seiko 5 SNZG15! I found some higher quality images of Scott Bakula’s watch and put them together in those posts. And it is definitely that Seiko! I think he started wearing it by season 4. https://www.watchuseek.com/posts/58699589/ https://www.watchuseek.com/posts/58704486/ He also wore a $10 Walmart watch that’s extremely rare to find these days for the first three seasons of NCIS NOLA. https://www.watchuseek.com/posts/58699600/ https://www.watchuseek.com/posts/58699661/ Telewatches on Instagram just made a post about it after I sent him pictures of Bakula’s Seiko. https://www.instagram.com/p/DHbECuvxiDO/?igsh=MWY3MTJ6MGcwMmxtZw== Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Wearing it for six months now! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Hello Name’s Ray. I’ve been in the watch community since February. My watch brand preference is usually Casio and Timex. This is my current collection so far.