SJX[Purist]
8540
We agree on that.
Case closed and back to regular programming.
- SJX
WOW!! ...
By: mycroft : January 1st, 2009-00:23
Great shotsJX!! Very, very nice! Apparently the innovations took Seiko 5 years to develop and I am told that this model: SBGR 037 has approximately 13 differences from its standard (and equally beautiful) stable mate - the SBGR 025. And of course, as with...
Censorship
By: mycroft : January 1st, 2009-05:12
Folks, some of you wrote to me to ask what it was that was so offensive that it was deleted from the content above - 6 minutes are my posting), leaving the comment: " [ Content unsuitable for minors removed due to reader complaints] " For purposes of clar...
Attempted Humour ...
By: mycroft : January 1st, 2009-07:55
... can sometimes be a very dangerous thing, even amongst long standing friends and family, I have seen it fall flat and parties have walked away bruised and some relationships are never quite the same again. Many will come to regret that it ever happened...
Thanks SJX for the pics.
By: foversta : January 1st, 2009-03:49
I must confess it is not my fav GS due to... the blue hands. In this context, I find them a bit too much because the contrast with the dial is maybe a bit too high. anyway, it's still a great watch. To participate to this interesting topic, here are a few...
As pplater noted...
By: 1440 : January 2nd, 2009-09:28
These are 2 of the watches that I produce. The two in my post are ETA 6498 based, and the one pplater is wearing is 6497 based. The hands are heat blued and hands like this are one of my favourite watch features. Cheers, Al
GS guilloche dial
By: patrickau : January 1st, 2009-18:29
SJX thanks for the nice pics. I am a big fan of Seiko watches. I have noticed this piece for some time but I still think that the "GSGSGS" dial is overly done and is enpowering the whole watch. It is also very ironic that the normally low profile, almost-...
I'm guessing it's stamped
By: SteveG : January 1st, 2009-18:40
...I know nothing of the production of this particular watch, but Seiko is (I think rightly) very proud of its stamping designs and execution. As an example, this dial below is stamped with a cylindrical die (accompanied at one time by a documentary video...
Hot vs cold blueing
By: SJX : January 2nd, 2009-08:31
Seiko uses "hot" bluing for its hands, i.e. the hands are blued over heat. By chemical bluing I was referring to "cold" bluing where a solution is applied to the steel without the for heat. From what I recall, cold bluing results in steel that looks the s...
As you may ....
By: SuitbertW : January 2nd, 2009-10:50
...imagine, I was joking, of course. Not sure if I'm mistaken, but I guess the traditional process of heat blueing steel is a chemical reaction - oxidation. So, one could say they're "chemically treated"? I know there are multiple ways to achieve the blue...
Strange Indeed ....
By: mycroft : January 2nd, 2009-07:01
This is very interesting, as I went back to check the SBGR 025 the standard production item with the cream embossed dial - expecting to find the same thing there as a signature of Grand Seiko's embossed dials. But it is NOT there! There is no lion insigni...