Bulova "Millennia" Vibra-Alarm 30m Watch - Review & Service (98A49 / AW00)

[@ThePenskeman]

I have the same watch! I received it from International Harvester in 2003 as a 30 year service reward! It had the same strap as yours! I just had the fourth strap installed at the jeweller shop today. Still running well! Thanks for the video! I lost the instructions years ago! Never used the alarm!.

[@snowrs1]

I have the metal bracelet divers version of this watch, not like the one you showed, but it is 100M and have a unidirectional bezel.

[@raduvasilache483]

Thoroughly enjoyed the process

[@walkaroundwatches]

Wow that alarm is really interesting. Thanks for sharing 👏🏾

[@ToddsWatchshop]

No problem! Thank you for watching!

[@j.h.daniels4802]

Great review. I have one made in 2000 that I had to piece together from 2 different watches. I see a lot for sale that don't work. Do you happen to know what makes them fail?

[@ToddsWatchshop]

Thank you! I haven’t had enough of them to recognize any trends; however, I do have a lot of experience with the 7T32 movements that are Seiko, rather than Citizen/Miyota, and typically if it’s not a mechanical problem (usually from moisture intrusion), then it’s almost always a failure from the onboard integrated circuit. With multi-complication quartz movements, it’s with the IC or one of the plastic gears cracks/strips and can no longer keep time.

[@ToddsWatchshop]

I’ll probably buy a few more if I can find them for cheap, and I’ll do a video if I have to repair one.

[@j.h.daniels4802]

@@ToddsWatchshop Great! I'm an amateur watchmaker myself and I would love to see a detailed repair on one of these. I just repaired a Ronda 5 jewel movement and found it to be just as complex as some automatic movements.

[@cardinaloflannagancr8929]

@@j.h.daniels4802 It would be nice to see some of these hard to find replacement parts made on 3d printers. The quartz/electric are more frustrating as electronic components could be much trickier than copying say a gear.

[@yoyex2009]

I have the other version of the vibra alarm. I just changed the battery but noticed is jumping like showing battery low. How I can reset that?

[@markjackson3459]

Good info for cleaning leather straps, thank you.

[@ToddsWatchshop]

Yeah, it actually worked out quite well. The only problem is that you can start to take the finish off the leather if you clean it too hard. I think ideally a softer brush for cleaning the top-side of the leather would have been better.

[@davidsnode7586]

Just got one. What does the "A" button do? Is there a manual for these? I haven't been able to find one yet.

[@scottziehr1045]

I have one without a battery. What size dies it take? Thanks!

[@ToddsWatchshop]

Hi! It uses a 395 sized battery, silver oxide.

[@JacobCombs-y6v]

Yeah bro, that knife wouldn't cut hot butter. Nice watch though

[@anandarochisha]

Fast forward 13 minutes to when he finally falls out of love with his own voice and stops talking and actually does something..

[@ToddsWatchshop]

It is a pretty awesome voice, isn't it?

[@anandarochisha]

@@ToddsWatchshop give yourself a medal.