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It's extremely surprising to me that nobody here seems to be aware of the work done by Anthony Kable over at Plus9Time, who has documented every single Grand Seiko (and Seiko) release for a number of years now. Not least because if you do a Google search for Grand Seiko 2021 releases (no quotes nece

Medallion looks like that because it will almost certainly be plated tin. I tested one of these once with a heat gun. Melted away in seconds (tin melting point is under 300 degrees Celsius. 14K gold, which is indeed what the vintage medallions are made from, melts at closer to 900 degrees). If anyon

As far as I'm aware, silicon escapements and "technological" advances are far more about ensuring reliability of movements between longer service intervals, and I'm not sure how much benefit they would provide in a standard COSC test that is performed in a very controlled environment (no chance of a

It's easy to mock that which we choose not to understand, but rarely does such willful ignorance reflect well on those that do the mocking. Incidentally, I have a full set of Seiko JDM 1980's catalogues that I've just flicked through to double check what I was fairly certain was the case. And indeed

What a stunning reference this is. Congratulations on adding it to your collection You may have taken the plunge just in time - it looks like this has maybe been dropped from the range since it no longer appears on the Japanese website (still on the US one though). Kind regards, Gerald.

and for those interested in such matters, here is a detail of the Tiffany stamp.

Finally got it home and put it in front of the proper camera and under the lights. No movement shots yet, but I can tell you it is from batch 567, and based on the information in the database, it came roughly halfway down the 662 movements submitted in 1967, with an N-score in the mid-teens.

Delighted to add this to the collection. I’m always a little suspicious about Tiffany stamped dials, but I’ll take this one as it is. A good friend who is an expert in this area is convinced the stamp is legitimate. Movement confirmed to be one of the batch of 662 that were submitted to the 1967 Neu

Whilst the modern reissues (at least, the steel ones) hold their value better than pretty much anything else from the modern era, excepting the Wako limited editions, they are not so hard to obtain for close to (or indeed on occasion, below) original retail as long as you are happy to broaden your h