Where the hell am I? :: stuff - watches - Seiko 6139-6000 Chronograph

This is one of two watches that I bought from the same seller. Both turned out to have some minor issues. This one came with the wrong case back, labeled as a 6139-7020, I believe this one is actually a 6139-6000, -6002 or -6005. Hard to tell exactly as each model # could have several variations. I opted to have it serviced and cleaned up. Turns out it was a bear and was very gunked up inside. My repair guy said it should have been a $100 job, however he had only quoted me $50, so that's what he charged me. We found that the inner-rotating bezel did not function as the proper crown had been replaced at some point, so it is now fixed (I just saw in the seller's description that it has a "Fixed Internal Bezel"). The second hand was so bad he had to use JB Weld to keep it from just randomly spinning.

So, another eBay find that turned out to not be as good as one hopes. But, it wasn't all bad. It's working well now and keeping really great time. It's a bear to set the date, but, that's minor.