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Grand Seikos aren't that hard to find or I wouldn't have so many!
Here I will present an overview of the Grand Seikos and Credors and Galantes and so on that I have (or have owned and sold)
Here are most of the current collection
A Galante which I no longer have. This is a Spring Drive movement in a grandiose case. Fun but gaudy.
Front view of my first Spring Drive
Back side of the first Spring Drive I owned
After MY first one I got one of THE first 300 Spring Drives. I didn't like the integrated bracelet or 36 mm size - felt like a VC 222 or small Royal Oak or an Omega Constellation
Back of one of the very first 300 Spring Drives was very very nice
The most beautiful Spring Drive, in my humble opinion and still in my possession. "The Snowflake"
Same basic movement this time in a Credor case and styling. Moonphase instead of date.
Decoration is top notch
Yes, I had two of these. Sigh.
I bought this one for Style and Dial. It was quartz
Same for this one which was a different color and totally different dial pattern and it's an automatic. In the same case as the watch above. Seiko model proliferation!
Special white titanium automatic sapphire back special edition
Back of the same watch
High-end quartz with special dial treatment (note lions and GS on tiny grids) and milguass spec case (needs wiping down, I see)
Another view - Lions and GSs are invisible in this light
The 9F62 movement in this watch (but this is a lower-end case without magnetic shielding)
The mega-accurate 5 sec/year model!
Another view
The most boring Grand (yawn) Seiko ever
Column wheel Credor Chronograph
(I believe this is the movement that so embarassingly ended up in the TAG Heuer recently)
My wife's GS with sparkly dial
Collage
The plain-jane version of the blue-handed watch above
Manual-wind movement inside of it is very nicely finished
Superstar Kinetic model (almost but not quite GS levels)
I'm not picky, I like Citizens too
Cazalea
"Which" Seiko?
Like others, I'm waiting for Seiko to make good on its promise to make its top-tier models more freely-available in the U.S. I've long-admired the quality-of-finish of their Credor and Grand Seiko lines; and their quartz and spring drive movements are amo...
Hung up among...
...three of the Grand Seiko models: -the new SBGR 9S65-movement automatics (see SJX's post below for one of the new models). These have the new 72-hour PR automatic movement beating at 28800 vph. There are white dialed, black dialed, and several differene...
Why? And...
Would I be able to get a Credor with the new superstar quartz movement? (i.e., the one that is guaranteed accurate to within 10 seconds per year)
No the Credor is all mechanical with the sonniere..
..If you are going for the super accurate watch to match the 9f or the Citizen below prob not the watch you want. BUT.. It sure is an awesome piece and in a leauge of its own.> Good luck and wrist report for whatever you decide. Ben
Correction - the Credor line consists of mechanical, quartz and Spring Drive
The two top end models Eichi and Sonnerie are Spring Drive while the skeletonised watches are hand-wound. The rest are either mechanical, quartz or Spring Drive, so you have your pick. - SJX This message has been edited by SJX on 2010-08-11 22:24:34
got cha, either way it does not have the +- 5 sec over 5 years accuracy he wants
Interesting to know, thought it was just the sonniere model model and thats it.
The other option if you are leaning towards a japanese high-end quartz
is a Citizen! The Citizen Chronomaster. The Citizen A660 is stated to be +/- 5 sec / year and gives the Grand Seiko 9F quartz good competition. The Chronomaster comes w/a 10 year factory warranty w/two battery changes (every 5 years) and check-ups during ...
That is a fine looking version of the Chronomaster.
The brecelet style is much nicer than the version most often depicted.
Easy one for me...
credor spring drive sonnerie . I love the Spring Drive drive movements. Drew
Seiko 9F movements or the Citizen Chronomaster come to mind first....
Seijo spring drive next, the model depending on your tastes and budget.
Easy
If money were no object I'd go for the Credor Eichi. But since it is I like Grand Seiko and have the SBGM003, SBGR059 and SBGE001, the last being a Spring Drive GMT. I'd recommend any GS model highly, even the quartz which is one of the most advanced quar...
Thanks...Now if it would just be a little EASIER to buy a GS in the USA.....
And for that, I'm waiting for the brass in Japan to get their act together.
Grand Seikos aren't that hard to find or I wouldn't have so many!
Here I will present an overview of the Grand Seikos and Credors and Galantes and so on that I have (or have owned and sold) Here are most of the current collection A Galante which I no longer have. This is a Spring Drive movement in a grandiose case. Fun ...
Yes, me too. I forgot about this one ...
Obviously I need a few more dark dial watches....