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... probably a few other small things should be addressed. I'd be most interested to see any examples of watches that disprove any of the below With regards the vintage Grand Seiko era, the final catalogue that the watches appeared in was volume 2 of 1975

Great review of a wonderful watch! Just wanted to pick up on a couple of points. "6185 (A and B, VFA and Observatory Chronometers, date)" " Cal. 4520 (no date), 4522 (date) and 4580 (VFA, Obervatory Chronometers)" " or one of the just over 120 Observatory

Last last year I determined for myself that high frequency watches were definitely one of my collecting topics - and after taking some time to compile a list of high frequency calibres (those beating at 36.000vph or above (here: the overview - and thanks

I just love Grand Seikos without dates, and I reckon the recently announced SBGD001 will only help to focus people's minds on this. Of the 22 vintage GS movements, only 3 are no-date (The 3180, 4420 and 4520). Of the modern watches, my favourite series is

Bonsoir from Paris, Amazing compilation. If it helps, few points to add/modify : SBGW043/044/046/047 SBGW047 : 700p/worldwide. Dial is cream, not Silver. The second hand is tungstene gray, not blue to differentialte from the White Gold model. SBGW043/044/

Hello, I am trying to learn more about vintage Grand Seikos. Currently have a basic understanding of the numbering system for their vintage movements (i.e. 4420, 4520, 4522, 6145, 6146, 6156, 6185, etc.) I have a tougher time finding more information abou

Once upon a time, there were three stories. First of all, the story of a meeting, then a discovery and finally, that of an obsession. Let us begin with the meeting. The place: the Seiko Watch Company pavilion at BaselWorld2013 then Baselworld2014. As prou

4420-9000 & 44GS L.E Taro Tanaka, Seiko’s first hired graduate of a College Design Program came up with design rules which eventually came to be known as the “Grammar of Design” at Seiko. He wanted Seiko watches to sparkle brilliantly when on display and