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The GS addiction has bitten hard ... but I'm done now, I hope. I never thought I'd spend this much money on a quartz watch, but now I have, it feels like amazing value, and completes my GS trio of spring drive, hi-beat and high accuracy quartz movement wa...  

…as was suggested in the TRF reply. Some are probably a better fit as a dress watch than the Grand Seiko here.

I know what you mean. I much prefer bracelets to straps though personally. But certainly a Credor one day isn't out of the question. Right now I feel I'd much prefer one to a Calatrava!

GCAT999 – 8J80 Quartz movement GCAT995 – swap bracelet for strap and clasp, for more formal use. GCBW993 – 4L75 automatic GCAY989 – 4S79 automatic GCLH987 - 7R88 manual Spring Drive GCLH993 – 7R88

Here's the lady who makes them for us: The spinning wheel to her left touching a pool of soapy water is where she presses the dial blanks to create those patterns. The wheel is a pair of aluminum plates which sandwich a brass brush. Every hour or two she ...  

Thanks for sharing those.

Congratulations on your latest addition! GS quartz watches - as you say - offer an excellent size, are nicely thin, finished like the mechanicals and atom clock accurate I very much enjoy my green dialled SBGX097, as you can see And your pictures definite... 

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