Credor Minute Repeater Spring Drive Discussion

I am amazed at how high-end Seiko goes inn the realm of watch making. Very excited to learn more. Bill

.. while the watch part is Spring Drive and that is really "head scratching" part.... SEIKO has potential to make wonderful all mechanical version of this today or tomorrow, and that must be surprising and somewhat "threatening" for Swiss watch brands. Looking forward to the direction of SEIKO going forward! Ken

Thats the most innovative and exclusive part. People and WIS in particular should be screaming for it in every grand Seiko

.. that, with such a marvelous mechanical minute repeater function, SEIKO could have made the watch part with the mechanical movement, like other big maisons... Spring Drive is a great movement in which it requires winding but works like quartz. I prefer mechanical watches over quartz watches.... and especially with great mechanical parts like this one - Spring Drive watch + mechanical minute repeater: sounds like a bit "unbalanced"..... Again, just IMHO. Ken

But wait, Im not sure I can agree with you totally, yes it does require a spring to be wound just like a traditional movement from a Patek, ALS ect either by manual wind or with a rotor. The only thing not mechanical is the regulation of the escapement by means of an EM brake other than that I think we should say its 100% mechanical watch with just em regulation of the escapement. I guess one could argue its best to be traditional is these watches instead of innovative but I dont consider this a

.. but it will take a while for the majority of the traditional watch lovers to sink in such "new ideas". To most, it is the same as the quartz watches which (allegedly) "destroyed" traditional watchmaking in 70s..... Thanks for your perspective, It is always interesting to read other point of view opinions! Ken