cazalea
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Yes, one more special Quartz Grand Seiko
This is the oldest of my GS collection; my first photos of it date to August 2005. It's also a chameleon. Notice the grid pattern on the dial.
Now it looks sort of milky, and a fraction unfocused.
From this angle you can see the Lions and GS overlaid (or underlaid) on the grid.
I always wonder if they are going to come out today.
What really makes me happy is that after 20 years, and at least 6-8 battery changes, the hands still hit the markers. It's a trivial thing, but I like it for that, as well as its Milgauss status in the fleet.
And the hour markers and main hands can go from silver to pewter with changing of the light. See?
Plus there's no date. The perfect WPS watch.
Cheers,
Cazalea
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Yes, one more special Quartz Grand Seiko
This is the oldest of my GS collection; my first photos of it date to August 2005. It's also a chameleon. Notice the grid pattern on the dial. Now it looks sort of milky, and a fraction unfocused. From this angle you can see the Lions and GS overlaid (or ...
Yes, chameleon is a good word.
What a dial! Very lovely piece. Question - have you tried it on a strap? Not that I have any issue at all with the bracelet. A reddish brown strap may even accentuate (celebrate?!) the dial more.
I never have tried it on a strap
It's too annoying and tricky to swap the bracelet, as I have learned when changing the battery and adjusting the length. I have all the tools but I can't say I have enough inventory of nice straps to motivate me to change this one off the bracelet. Inner ...
Yes, I understand.
Have put a few scratches myself doing stuff like that. Just curious. Beautiful piece- I like it very much.
Masters of dials even back then! While I've only owned a couple of "expensive" (relative term) quarts watches I also am annoyed if the second hand misses the marks. Even my less than
"Grand" Seiko Prospex diver hits them accurately.
Fantastic start to your GS journey!
And as you said, perfect seconds hand alignment every time 👌🏻👍🏻