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I must say...
.. you have the best of the best watches in the accuracy department. Well, to my eyes, aesthetics, too, though 
Extremely affordable, accurate, durable, and beautiful case.... It's the shame that SEIKO still has the "lost quarter century" - when they almost completely lost interest for the mechanical watch and focus too much on quartz watches. As for the simple watches, I am extremely happy with GS, but for complicated watches, SEIKO still has some way to go..... Yes, you can do it!
Nice summary of the GS story, Salman. Thanks.
Ken
Three Kings of Grand Seiko
4420-9000 & 44GS L.E Taro Tanaka, Seiko’s first hired graduate of a College Design Program came up with design rules which eventually came to be known as the “Grammar of Design” at Seiko. He wanted Seiko watches to sparkle brilliantly when on display and ...
I must say...
.. you have the best of the best watches in the accuracy department. Well, to my eyes, aesthetics, too, though :-) Extremely affordable, accurate, durable, and beautiful case.... It's the shame that SEIKO still has the "lost quarter century" - when they a...
Brilliant write up!
Thanks for presenting a very comprehensive summary of the Grand Seiko and what they stand for. Goes to show just how underrated they have been in many circles and Seiko deserves to be given a lot more credit where due. Their pursuit for perfection is amaz...
Nicely done, Salman!
But, of course, it was easy to convince me. Best, CaliforniaJed ...
Hey, you got a nice 61GS...
.. superb movement to say the least! Made by Suwa Seiko-sha (today's Seiko Epson), nonetheless it was a super machine back then. Ken
Superb post...
I particularly like to focus on the special case design of these watches. I happen to have a NOS 4522-8000, and find the case to be exceptional. Cheers, Tony C. ...
Your btorher says hi... :-)
4520A-8000 without date.... You have superb GS collection, Tony! Should take bothers shot one of these days.... perhaps when they all have been regulated to +/- 1 sec per day :-) Ken ...
Thanks, a terrific addition to the history
of Seiko's chronometer endeavors! here is a profile contribution: ...
It's amazing
Its amazing how you guys can still manage to find NOS pieces. Great write up as well.
Correction
Ninja01 from Seikoholics was kind enough to indicate a mistake in the following sentence: "When the VFA was sold in the early 1970s it was advertised to have an accuracy of +-3 seconds per day." According to the database information by Kobayashi Seiya (KS...
The resurfacing of this post
gave me the opportunity to learn things I knew absolutely nothing about! Impressive! And, though very far from what I'm naturally attracted to, I like the case profile of these three watches very much: they belong to an aesthetic world of their own and ar...
Thank You Sir, I completely Understand, before I went down this rabbit hole, I came from a world of Panerai, Vintage Rolexes and Audemars Piguet, completely different...
but once you start, it is very hard to stop loool ) to the point I visited the Seiko Museum and the Shizukuishi Watch Studio at Morioka, a great and eye opening experience.
Great to reread this post 👏🏻🙌🏻👌🏻
Thanks for putting this together for us - even if it was some years ago already (not that the past changed since 🤷🏻♂️) 👍🏻