6899

I bought this watch to go with my platinum ring. Full Stop. Then I began to appreciate what I had found! The decoration is very nice. Skeletonizing is extreme. The movement is quite small too. Seiko’s 68XX family of thin hand-winding movements initially b

I will add some narrative summaries of this project in this thread. Please let me know your overall impressions, and feel free to revisit some trips! Mike 77 Walks With Seikos on WPS Date Map # Title of the Walk Location Brand Watch of the Day Caliber Typ

Over the past month I have been introducing the Credor line of timepieces. The first two posts presented the higher-priced Credor men's and ladies' lines of watches, and I showed a few of the Credors that I have owned. In this post I propose to acquaint o

For your viewing pleasure, and to reveal the variety of choices in men's watches offered by Credor. Mechanical movement, hand wind, ultra-thin 6899 skeletonized and decorated, in a platinum case. Spring drive, hand wind, from the first generation almost 2

Credor is a brand managed by Seiko, using movements and cases created in the usual workshops, using GS techniques but more hand work, more decoration, jewels, cloisonne, enamel, ceramic, maki, and other fine art techiques to "kick it up a few notches" ove

I took my 6899 out while writing the article. I’m always amazed at how little material there is in this movement. Hopefully one of the old guys will get it working properly for you. Cazalea

INTRODUCTION Watch movements are tiny, wonderful, mechanical marvels. In essence, they cause the hands of a watch to reliably revolve at a precise speed, for at least one and a half days per winding, for many years. To achieve this, movements are made up

These particular models are not on English press release, but I have got permission to post them here as they are to be displayed at Basel, and probably go around the world. From Credor, "Cherry Blossom" and "Japanese Ox-Cart" motif engraved model As you

.. officially, Credor 4S79 Chronometer exists only in YG for 500 pieces, but WG, black dial version was made for a certain AD for 30 or so (this one was made just before the modern GS was to be thought of as a project, to see how good they can be) - - - r

.. from my very trusted friend down under :-) Thanks, my friend! As in my previous reports, Mr. Sakurai is one of the only two watchmakers who can assemble/ service this 6899 movement and Mr. Terui is the one who does all the complicated engraving. This I