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In two minds........
Thanks SJX for the 'short' history that was more than comprehensive.
I am a fan of GS, of course, and it was difficult living in Japan as they WERE available. When they did not export GS watches, it was almost a private li'l secret for 'pure horology' fans, lucky enough to access Japan. The watches do what the chronometry certificates say they do. The finishing was "adequate" for the primary purpose - good timekeeping.
So, I am in two minds about your posting. On one hand, the PuristS' ideals (Passion. Opinion. Information ) make it imperative that you shared. The human part of me wants to be selfish and not......... 
PuristS part wins!
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A Short History of the Grand Seiko
There is hardly any English language information available for Grand Seiko so I decided to put one together. I actually wrote a few words on this some years back, but never completed or published it. Since there has been substantial interest on the forum ...
Great reading for GS fans... and for those who are not familiar with ...
the watches or have not seen a GS before. Thanks JX for a wonderful article. Cheers Harry
Fantastic read!! Thank you!!
Do you happen to know if there is any dive watch series in Grand Seiko? Cheers! rgds ks
Thanks for the informative post about the GS.
I really have to take a closer look at their timepieces when the opportunity arises.
great read, but one particularly controversial passage
Hi SJX, This is a great read and will likely serve to educate many Grand Seiko newbies for years to come. Thanks! I wantred to mention though that the often repeated bit about Seiko's success at the Observatory Competitions in Geneva and Neuchatel being r...
Some thoughts on the controversy...
Hi ei8htohms, Thanks for the input. That's a good point and I do agree with it; that the discontinuation of the observatory trials due to the success of the Japanese can never be proven with any certainty, whatever is said is conjecture and personal opini...
Great read, JiaXian, ....
and a worthy subject as well. Re. the observatory chronometer competitions - I don't share your view on this, and I'd be curious to see the data you seem to have found. In 1968 - to my knowledge the Geneva chronometer competitions were already gone - i.e....
Like I wrote earlier Suibert...
I appreciate your comments; I look forward to your posts because they are always very informative. Like I wrote earlier, in agreement with John, whether the demise of the observatory trials is due to the quartz revolution or Japanese watches or anything e...
Hi JiaXian, ....
...don't take me wrong, I'm not going to convince you or attempting to change your opinion. But I found the facts on which you obviously based this opinion a bit puzzling. As John pointed out the reference to J. Goodall's - I'm going to see where the data...
The source I have read which somewhat addresses this
question, more in an informational rather than rhetorical fashion, is K. Seiya: At this page: www32.ocn.ne.jp .html#chrono ) "Chronometer appeal In the middle of 1960's, European Chronometer Official Association appealed that Seiko shouldn't use the name ...
More info. added (GS with "Chronometer" and GS Astronomical Observatory Chronometer
Hi Steve, I would like to add some pieces of info. here in accordance with some Japanese documents I have. 1) There were only 2 GS models having the word "Chronometer" on them; namely a) the GS3180 released in 1960 (widely known as the GS first model) by ...
Setting the record straight - I hope
As the author of "A Journey in Time: The Remarkable Story of Seiko" which was one of the references used by SJX, it seems appropriate to post here Seiko's official description of the Spring Drive mechanism, as quoted in the press release issued at the tim...