Pinnacle of high precision mechanical watchmaking, my grails of GS and Seiko in general. The 4580 is no doubt my absolute favorite GS, and the blue dial palladium 6185A is a pleasant daily wearer.
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
... of vintage Grand Seiko. Examples of the three major VFA movements - 6185, 6186, and 4580. I say major, because in the instance of the 6185, there were 6185A and 6185B variants. Watches are the 6185-8021-G (date), 6186-8000-G (day-date), and the legend
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