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My attempt at haiku
I cannot hope to present the technical aspects of the amazing Seiko Spring Drive system in 25 words or less. Therefore, please accept this lighthearted but sincere attempt at haiku, and only 23 words!
Spring forth and generate electric anticipation
For the extreme precision and magnetic attraction of this hybrid
Of classic mechanical and modern quartz technologies.
This message has been edited by Tick Talk on 2014-09-12 15:24:22
Define SPRING DRIVE in 25 words or less CONTEST
I've been thinking about my visits to three Grand Seiko dealers in the past few months: Los Angeles with AndrewD, Seattle on my boat trip, London on a recent business visit... None of the very friendly sales persons I talked with could articulate the oper...
Sorry Mike, but I could not resist this pun!
Besides I have heard about the Seiko sping drive movement before, but I am eager to learn in this thread what it is all about. Regards anaesdoc
Background information and hints
Here are a few diagrams I've modified to help explain what's going on inside a conventional or Spring Drive watch movement. Please lodge any formal complaints about their accuracy with Don in the WatchTech forum ... I'd say that any basic watch has: POWER...
Well, here's my attempt with disclaimers....
While I have always appreciated the GS line and Spring Drive, this exercise/content was nice as it allowed me to consolidate my understanding. However, I must say that IT IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO GET THE EXPLANATION DOWN TO 25 WORDS!! I mean the bare bones...
Thanks for jumping in with the first attempt
Congratulations on starting us off on a difficult task. You are right that it's going to be hard. But I don't think it's impossible. I'd suggest though that we don't need words like Tri-Synchro Regulator. I took a crack at editing your 200 words of text a...
Slowly but surely Cazalea.....
Version 2.0, which is 59 words: Accurate time-keeping can be achieved by controlling the gear train. The Spring Drive achieves this by directly integrating the gear train to a glide wheel. Through a circuit, the glide wheel’s rotation is compared to a qua...
My attempt
Akahane's marvellous, novel, automatically wound watch where the escapement is replaced by a quartz timed regulator and the power comes from the wound spring's energy. Velo
Define SPRING DRIVE in 25 words or less CONTEST
Ok here is my try: Main spring hand wound/rotor. Quartz regulation of main spring via tri-sync regulator, adjusts glide wheel to quartz signals, which results in extremely accurate movement
Excellent. Your first post - have you been lurking here long?
Nice job Socabaptist. I\'d suggest you look at words that appear twice, such as "Quartz" and "regulator" or "regulation". They may be unnecessary and you could enrich the meaning somewhere else "which" could be omitted too by saying "Result? An extremely ...
Spring drive description
No I just joined - I've been meaning to but just did it yesterday. BTW, thanks for the advice, I'll work on it as several people have said it ain't easy and there is some knowledge of watch movements and their parts to keep it this short. Thanks Richard
How about a Haiku?
This watch does not tick Escapement now clever brake Smooth second hand sweep
Nice!
(Frantically looking up definition and rules for haiku) 5-7-5 syllables or sounds Hmm. Ken? Other Japanese members?
Just stumbled on this...
Brother Ben, you are absolutely wasted in your chosen career - this is genius. Chapeau! [*Reflects*: "Hmmm; maybe he's just wasted..."] :-) Cheers, pplater.
That doggerel is...
...the kind of thing my friends and I used to amuse ourselves on brain-numbing road trips... Some of the less er, ribald ones I can remember: Last of the Vee Eights. Kundalini wants his hand. That thing's not The Goose. This coffee is hot. I'll spill it i...
By popular acclamation and Western decree...
...you are now PPro's Official Poet-laureate in Residence - our very own "POPIR'. :-) Cheers, pplater.
How about 30 words ?
"The Seiko SpringDrive is a no-battery high-end quartz watch. The excellent regulation stems from a highly accurate quartz-crystal timebase, the energy storage from the steel spring of a mechanical timepiece." Yah, I know I cheated a little, those dashed ...
Now we see what a watchmaker thinks
With just a little finessing, this looks like 25 words to me, "The Seiko SpringDrive watch\'s excellent regulation stems from a highly- accurate quartz-crystal timebase; its energy storage from the steel spring of a mechanical timepiece." Well done, Don. ...
Now we see what a watchmaker thinks
unfortunately with only 25 words I couldn't start and expand on what I think about the case and dial finishing. That would take another 25. Don
My 25...
“Watch driven by traditional mainspring. Part of mainspring torque turns the watch. Remaining torque is converted into electrical power which monitors and regulates the timekeeping.” I deliberately omitted the words "quartz" and "accuracy" because they ar...
Excellent, and creative
And showing your watch technical knowledge to our advantage. Now what is torque? - to a watch sales lady this is not an idle question. Thanks and check out the new conditions... Mike
Thanks for the suggestion. Let me try again...
“ Watch driven by traditional mainspring. Some mainspring power mechanically turns the watch. Remaining power activates control unit that monitors and regulates watch by magnetic brake.” Regards, Indera
NEW contest detail: A Spring Drive watch is ... [then 25 words or less]
For consistency, and making a more reasonable task, let\'s exclude the intro title from the word count. So we can all start with this as a given: A Spring Drive watch is ... [25 words or less]
my crack at it
".....the fruit of Tradition and Technology---mainspring torque cum quartz oscillator regulation creates smoother, seamless and accurate timekeeping !" best henry
Haha - Do you work for Seiko marketing?
You created an enthusiastic summary that's a great marketing slogan but doesn't really explain the Spring Drive to a prospective purchaser. Thanks for adding to our inventory of What is Spring Drive . Could you revise slightly to make it more explanatory?...
I'm afraid
that would definitely take more than 25 words to fully explain the mechanism ,of which ,honestly,i cannot say i am capable o fdoing so. i'll leave that to the experts ! best
ah well we are all experts on one thing or another
I suspect I could qualify as expert watch buyer but nothing else. Thanks for your contribution! Mike
In 18 words...
Just IMHO, I think there needs to be at some mention of the technologies used in the Spring Drive. If it wasn't for the quartz and glide-wheel innovations, it wouldn't be a Spring Drive! Here's a shorter version down to 18 words: A Spring Drive watch is.....
Gripping, that's a good word for it
I'm looking at your submission which is admirable. And short. Kudos to you! A Spring Drive watch is... a hybrid quartz-mechanical watch that is regulated by feedback on a glide wheel connected to the gear train. Now because I am realizing that I have a bi...
Another drawing to assist in formulating a description
Setting aside movements like carousel, tourbillon, the Freak and so on, this is the essence of the timekeeping portion of the watch. ...
Define SPRING DRIVE in 25 words or less CONTEST - second attempt
Alright Try #2: Main spring wound by hand/rotor. Adjustment of spring via tri-sync regulator, adjusts glide wheel to quartz signals. Result? Extremely accurate movement & sweeping second hand. Thanks Richard
I think we are all getting this into our heads
Very Nice summary: " Main spring wound by hand/rotor. Adjustment of spring via tri-sync regulator, adjusts glide wheel to quartz signals. Result? Extremely accurate movement & sweeping second hand." However, Richard, m ay I suggest that you might have...
I agree with your revisions - just changed it a little - thoughts?
Just took out the word tri-sync because at the end of the day its a regulator. So that's 24 words Main spring wound by hand/rotor. Speed monitored via regulator which adjusts glide wheel to quartz signals. Result? Extremely accurate movement and sweeping ...
I agree with your revisions - just changed it a little - thoughts?
Just took out the word tri-sync because at the end of the day its a regulator. So that's 24 words Main spring wound by hand/rotor. Speed monitored via regulator which adjusts glide wheel to quartz signals. Result? Extremely accurate movement and sweeping ...
My 4th attempt and opinion on using the "Q" word...
Let me use an example to explain my view of not using the "Q" word: As we all know there is a huge stigma on mental illness. Time and time again, family members, patients, and even some clinicians use euphemisms or minimize symptoms, but this only results...
It appears that there are many ways to combine 25 "watch words"
Greetings again Cholack, Thanks for continuing along on this quest! Of course we can use any words we like in the Seiko Spring Drive description. And you are right - at some point the word QUARTZ will appear in the conversation. I feel perhaps that it rep...
Hi Mike,
I'll answer the easier of these questions first. I must thank you for your edit. Its given me another attempt at this: A Spring Drive is....a movement whose mainspring powers the hands and micro timing circuit. Precision is achieved by regulating the glid...
OK tried to define as a poem
Ok it's been fun, just trying it as a poem. Main spring wound by hand/rotor. Speed monitored via regulator which adjusts glide wheel to quartz chronometer. Result? Extremely accurate movement and sweeping second hand motor
OK tried to define as a poem
Ok it's been fun, just trying it as a poem. Main spring wound by hand/rotor. Speed monitored via regulator which adjusts glide wheel to quartz chronometer. Result? Extremely accurate movement and sweeping second hand motor
I have been very encouraged by this contest. Here are the (nearly-) final entries
I can't say that I have chosen a clear winner yet. We might say "they are all winners" but that's no fun, is it? What do you participants think? Can we go any farther in our definition? Do we have anything more to offer to the struggling Seiko Salesperson...
Just saw this on HoMe
and for the fun of it and sheer joy of playing and for the love of game my try says: "Barrel and main spring coupling to Generator and Speed Control Circuit making it first and only mechanical powered quartz watch and vice versa" Yours D
Thanks for your contribution
I will add it to the list. I guess we should make a poetry category! Mike
My attempt at haiku
I cannot hope to present the technical aspects of the amazing Seiko Spring Drive system in 25 words or less. Therefore, please accept this lighthearted but sincere attempt at haiku, and only 23 words! Spring forth and generate electric anticipation For th...
Another thrill as the Haiku contributions increase
Excellent job! Perhaps we should leave this contest running for some time - we are not the fastest group, but certainly the most creative. Cheers, Mike
A Haiku for fun
Here's a Haiku about the Spring Drive, which I wrote for fun: There is no tick tock Only the smooth pass of time That defines this clock Cheers, Cholack
FINALE
I have been negligent in explaining how the SPRING DRIVE in 25 WORDS contest has come to an end. HOW IT STARTED I was hoping that we could come up with a statement that would be useful to Seiko as they trained their in-store brand ambassadors (sales assoc...
Dear Mike are you ..
a lawyer maybe :) Honestly.... thank you for finale very well said only thing is that this post should be new thread IMO because this way many will miss it and that would be pity Yours Damjan