halkcb
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Looks good,
Oct 13, 2020,19:50 PM
and a nice movement to boot.
However,just too much print on the dial---no need for the 80 hours line,and the price is quite steep.
Quite a few alternatives available at that price point.
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Grand Seiko: Giving Us What We Asked For
By: cazalea : October 13th, 2020-07:16
Just what did we want? GS fans on WatchProSite asked for thinner watch overall, better specifications for timekeeping (no more of this +15/-10 stuff), more innovation in the movement, and a micro-adjust bracelet. Whoops, can't have it all, they forgot the...
A lot to like here, but...
By: darmatgre-1 : October 13th, 2020-07:54
I would also ask for a bit more creativity in GS' dials. I know their dials are well crafted and finished, but they always leave me wanting more. The few times they have actually used numerals or done something else interesting in a limited edition, the w...
Fantastic Caliber .. But
By: chintu : October 13th, 2020-08:08
Dual Impulse Escapement, 80 hour power reserve, Seiko’s own overcoil perfected after 80,000 iterations , a fantastic new design of balance wheel . Great stuff here. But the dials are cold; and virtually the same type of hands in model-after-model , are ju...
Marketing? Design?
By: cazalea : October 13th, 2020-08:27
What's that? GS reminds me a lot of a company called Frame that I used to work with (the product was FrameMaker and became part of Adobe & In-Design). They showed me around their Chicago facility and said proudly "We have over 100 engineers and programmer...
Yes, I know, but they only have to sell 1000
By: cazalea : October 13th, 2020-08:29
Who are we to say that they won't blow those out in a few months? And of course, with more dealers round the world there are more opportunities for discounts off retail. Somebody somewhere has to pay for all the R&D, and the 47 jewels... Cazalea
Looks good,
By: halkcb : October 13th, 2020-19:50
and a nice movement to boot. However,just too much print on the dial---no need for the 80 hours line,and the price is quite steep. Quite a few alternatives available at that price point.
All very well
By: JTCL : October 14th, 2020-10:31
Not sure I buy the finishing inspired by some river as it looks like any other geneva stripes. And 10k euros? 😬
New hands are awesome
By: ripper444 : October 20th, 2020-17:52
this was missing from the sports line. Hopefully these transfer over. What is odd is still no micro adjustment