Horological Meandering

Yesterday I was fortunate enough to examine the Grand Seiko 10th Anniversary limited edition SBGR037. It's a steel GS wristwatch with a guilloche dial and blue steel hands.

According to the owner, the movement has a new hairspring which is more shock- and magnetism-proof and an anchor which is lighter and generates less friction. Not much more detail is available on the movement changes because all the text on the Seiko site is in Japanese and even then it is extremely brief. 

Like all Grand Seikos this is a simple watch but it is incredibly well made. The white dial and blue hands give it more wrist presence than its otherwise small size (36mm) would imply. Congrats to the lucky owner!

Happy New Year to all readers of the forum.

- SJX

Craig

The DeBethune dial in its entirety is aesthetic perfection and sublimely pleasing! 

tempusfugit

May I know the model s name and year of production of this stunning DB,,,,Fantastic!!!!!!!!!Cheers.

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May I add a pic of the DB 15 ?





Fr.Xavier

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 all good things, the limited run of 300 (just introduced in Nov 08 only!) is all sold out! I know, coz I asked!  ;-(

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Of course, if you wait another 6 minutes, this too may be gone! If this level of abuse of flippant policing and censorship is acceptable and tolerated by Forummers, so be it then! This message has been edited by mycroft on 2009-01-01 05:36:17

tongue-in-cheek!  But only the one who removed it knows for sure.

... of course, highly entertained, and as you can observe, blue in the face - beside myself, falling off my chair and rolling on the ground with laughter.

I wrote that line in jest but clearly it was a poor joke. I also wrote Mycroft a PM explaining it but it somehow was not delivered, I have emailed him to explain it.

- SJX

"Of course, if you wait another 6 minutes, this too may be gone! If this level of abuse of flippant policing and censorship is acceptable and tolerated by Forummers, so be it then!"

I disagree with the above statement vehemently. As I have explained in my post above, and as tempusfugit guessed correctly in his post, the statement was tongue-in-cheek but did not come across as such to some. The manner in which I amended the post was ill suited.

And Mycroft, you have known me personally for some time and because of that assumed familiarity I thought you would have perceived the statement as being what it was meant to be. If you still believe it was "abuse of flippant policing" then you are welcome to participate in another site.

But of course if your statement was tongue-in-cheek then all is well.

- SJX

... 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.

Attempted humor in an open forum and attached to what appears to be unilateral, unexplained actions is at high risk of being misconstrued, contributing to frayed nerves and over-reaction.

So let's forget about this incident, I would so much rather be thinking about more important things such as world peace and the expectation of the next time that I can get any sex and what it would be like. Now THAT would truly be objectionable to minors and make your toes curl!!
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Case closed and back to regular programming.

- SJX

...albeit unfashionably small and hardly as much a thoroughbred as the Grand Seiko. I like it though, Nomos Orion:

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 pics:








Fr.Xavier

Apart from the blue steel hands, the dial and the hour markers have so much details.

Great piece!

Regards
Ling

. . . and which, incidentally, I've had the pleasure of trying on ~ four years ago . . . a fabulous design that is simultaneously understated and breathtakingly striking, and the movement ain't half-bad, either . . . with admiration, Art

Quite a nice post--there are many lovely blued hands around the world of horology.

tempusfugit

This message has been edited by tempusfugit on 2009-01-01 05:35:22

thanks for the nice pics, the blue hands are matched very with the diad, looks very elegant!

stefan

Thanks for sharing!

Stephen

i'm just not a big fan for over advertising on the watch and the GS GS GS etc makes the watch look much cheaper than it deserves. everything else about it is exactly what i would expect from Grand Seiko, namely extremely high quality. i'm probably in the minority, but i'd rather have the 001, 003 or 005. something i may be planning this year.

Graham

Cheers, Al

Thanks a lot !

Fr.Xavier

...Al feels a little shy - those lovely watches are of his own making. They are "Archer Watch Co" pieces, handmade in Canada. Seems like the range is growing though! Here is a dress model:

Great watches, Al: always good to see. Thanks.

 

Cheers,

pplater.

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