It's very exciting but from what I've read there aren't any current plans to put it into production. If Seiko put this movement in a watch they would be competing on a new level. [nt]
The T0 (T-zero) Constant-force Tourbillon. Grand Seiko reveals an exciting concept creation with a world’s-first mechanism. Ever since the first Grand Seiko watch was born in 1960, the pursuit for high accuracy has been fundamental in every Grand Seiko ti...
NOTE: There's a good reason why we don't normally give you the text of patents. They are virtually impenetrable! Also available in French HERE Inventors Takuma Kawauchiya, Takashi Niwa, Masahiro Nakajima, Masayuki Koda Description THE CLAIMS 1. A constant...
Have to see the final watch, but looks like GS might be beating the Swiss yet again ... Remember how the chronometry trials ended when Seiko started winning in the 1960's ?
But I wouldn't think they'd spend from 2013 till now just for grins. With four of their brightest guys named on the patent and working on it all this time - it's a significant effort that probably will result in something that we can only admire from a di...