State of the Collection 2017: Grand Seiko & Credor

Hi guys,

At the request of a fellow Purist who recently joined the Grand Seiko ownership club, I am doing a quick review of my Grand Seikos. I think this is all of them, but sometimes there's one laying around the house, so I reserve the right to add extra photos. In addition to the GS models, I have taken the liberty of adding my high-brow Credors, as they are close cousins to GS. All of these photos were taken at the breakfast room table under natural lighting, so as not to spoil our evening tea (too much). As the time went on, the light faded, so my apologies for a grainy shot at the end.

Here we go:

Manual wind, 3-hand, limited edition

(wrist modeling by my wife, as it's "her" GS) Quartz, 3-hand

High-Accuracy Quartz, day-date, anniversary of 9F movement

Manual wind, mechanical

Quartz, date, magnetic shielded

Automatic, mechanical, GMT, date

Manual wind, mechanical, anniversary limited edition

Automatic, spring drive, power reserve, date, "snowflake" dial

Automatic, mechanical, hi-beat, date, 1970

NOW THE CREDORS

Manual wind, spring drive, power reserve, approx 1998

Automatic, spring drive, power reserve, moon phase

Manual wind, mechanical, skeleton, platinum, ultra-thin

Manual wind, mechanical, power reserve, chronometer

Tea went cold, so had to grab some Pinot Noir and go check the photos ...

Cazalea

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That's a very nice collection of Seiko's best.

By: mpg13 : January 8th, 2017-17:52

I keep thinking about buying a GS. I'm leaning toward the current manual with no date on a bracelet. Best, Martin

Good choice

By: cazalea : January 8th, 2017-22:39

Obviously I am biased toward light dials with blue hands, but any manual wind GS is a friend of mine. Cazalea

That is a serious Seiko collection. Bravo [nt]

By: Bill : January 8th, 2017-18:38

Some might call you an enthusiast...

By: Harry2 : January 8th, 2017-20:03

That\'s an impressive collection my friend! Perhaps we are kindred spirits, if my tea went cold I\'d definitely pivot to the Pinot! I particularly like the anniversary manual wind GS, the font for \'diashock\' and the balance of the watch is great. Jack F...

I plead the Fifth ...

By: cazalea : January 8th, 2017-22:36

"A colloquial term used in the USA for invoking the privilege that allows a witness to decline to answer questions where the answers might incriminate him, and generally without having to suffer a penalty for asserting the privilege."

Great collection of some seriously great watches. Thanks for putting them together for us! [nt]

By: agyzace : January 8th, 2017-20:37

Very nice collection.

By: davudvl : January 8th, 2017-22:59

My favorite is the first one.

Hummm this "snowflake" is so gorgeous

By: Alkiro1 : January 8th, 2017-23:33

Best wishes Alkiro

Impressive and very comprehensive collection!

By: syf : January 9th, 2017-05:24

That moon phase Credor is something else, wow! Also, am curious with regards to the the Grand Seiko, did you think of adding the 44GS to your collection?

Yes, but

By: cazalea : January 9th, 2017-07:49

at the time I was working on getting several of the Credors, and I got diverted by renegade Purists into buying a couple watches from other brands... then a Vianney Halter came into my hands. While I was also getting my GO back from an extensive and expen...

This must be one of the most impressive Seiko collections outside of Japan :)

By: KMII : January 9th, 2017-06:44

Or worldwide Aspiring to a fraction of it is already a worthy goal!

I will now show the GS models I have loved and lost

By: cazalea : January 9th, 2017-08:12

Although technically not a GS, this is one of the very first commercially-sold Seiko Spring Drives. I think 500 were made in the late Nineties. It was about 35mm, thin, with a crummy bracelet. But still a milestone. at the time I didn't appreciate it - an...

What happened to the Galante?

By: KMII : January 9th, 2017-11:34

It must be one of the least discussed Seikos around here. I guess it is the second or third time that I\'ve seen one

I was embarassed to wear it, so thank goodness someone took it off my hands (wrist)

By: cazalea : January 9th, 2017-12:01

It was just awfully big and clunky and gaudy - too much so, for my taste, anyway. I enjoyed it in concept, but not on my wrist. Here it is next to my 45mm Stowa. Inside a 20mm tall case, it's a normal spring drive movement On the wrist it is a brick, alth...

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