Horological Meandering

Like others, I'm waiting for Seiko to make good on its promise to make its top-tier models more freely-available in the U.S. I've long-admired the quality-of-finish of their Credor and Grand Seiko lines; and their quartz and spring drive movements are amo... 

...three of the Grand Seiko models: -the new SBGR 9S65-movement automatics (see SJX's post below for one of the new models). These have the new 72-hour PR automatic movement beating at 28800 vph. There are white dialed, black dialed, and several differene... 

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Would I be able to get a Credor with the new superstar quartz movement? (i.e., the one that is guaranteed accurate to within 10 seconds per year)

..If you are going for the super accurate watch to match the 9f or the Citizen below prob not the watch you want. BUT.. It sure is an awesome piece and in a leauge of its own.> Good luck and wrist report for whatever you decide. Ben

The two top end models Eichi and Sonnerie are Spring Drive while the skeletonised watches are hand-wound. The rest are either mechanical, quartz or Spring Drive, so you have your pick. - SJX This message has been edited by SJX on 2010-08-11 22:24:34

Interesting to know, thought it was just the sonniere model model and thats it.

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is a Citizen! The Citizen Chronomaster. The Citizen A660 is stated to be +/- 5 sec / year and gives the Grand Seiko 9F quartz good competition. The Chronomaster comes w/a 10 year factory warranty w/two battery changes (every 5 years) and check-ups during ...  

The brecelet style is much nicer than the version most often depicted.

Y15m plus...if money is no object

credor spring drive sonnerie . I love the Spring Drive drive movements. Drew

Seijo spring drive next, the model depending on your tastes and budget.

If money were no object I'd go for the Credor Eichi. But since it is I like Grand Seiko and have the SBGM003, SBGR059 and SBGE001, the last being a Spring Drive GMT. I'd recommend any GS model highly, even the quartz which is one of the most advanced quar... 

And for that, I'm waiting for the brass in Japan to get their act together.

Here I will present an overview of the Grand Seikos and Credors and Galantes and so on that I have (or have owned and sold) Here are most of the current collection A Galante which I no longer have. This is a Spring Drive movement in a grandiose case. Fun ...  

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Obviously I need a few more dark dial watches....