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Love at first sight

 

The combination of Credor - SpringDrive - Big Date - hand wound made this an easy pick for me. Size of the case, the classy look and refined case with this enamel look alike dial sealed the deal. Outstanding are the hand tips and I dare to say that the bridges seem to have a bit more (rainbow) luster than the GS’ and the decoration is slightly more refined. Having said that, given the early generation of this caliber (which i believe the Eichii II uses as well besides different, lightyears apart nicer decoration), the winding is not as nice and smooth as the current ones and you have to live with a 2d PR. But by all means, a beautiful watch!




















PS: completely inadequate is the relatively flimsy folding clasp (which is anyway a wrong choice for such a dressy watch) which was replaced by a pin buckle

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Any owners of the Credor ref. GCLP993

 
By: reintitan : April 5th, 2018-18:00
While I would love to have an Eichi II, I just currently can't justify the expense. I did find this model GCLP993 though which uses a different (less decorated but still nicely finished) manual-wind Spring Drive movement, the cal. 7R87 and can be had for ...  

I agree, the movement is beautiful to look at.

 
By: reintitan : April 6th, 2018-18:13
Still not 100% convinced on Spring Drive longevity though as it's got a quartz component.

Not sure I follow the logic here

 
By: gerald.d : April 6th, 2018-19:39
What kind of timeframe are you concerned about? If you’re thinking of your grandchildren passing it down to their grandchildren then possibly you may have a point, but I’d suggest there are more significant things that come into play over that kind of per... 

Eventually, the circuit or quartz component will fail

 
By: reintitan : April 12th, 2018-00:22
whether they will be able to be serviced or find parts for in the future will be the question. With purely mechanical movements a "good watchmaker" should be able to fabricate parts. With plastic electronic or circuit board pieces can the same be said? Do... 

Very nice piece.

 
By: halkcb : April 5th, 2018-19:23
Definitely wish list quality I would go for it! best

I an offer a link to an article I wrote on manual wind Spring Drives

 
By: cazalea : April 5th, 2018-21:04
It’s here: Feel free to skip over the wordy part; looking back I see I was rambling a bit. The last half of the article shows some other variants to the Watch you’ve found. Cheers, Cazalea ...  

Thanks for the link.

 
By: reintitan : April 6th, 2018-18:15
I like the really clean and simple dials. This model is probably as close to the Eichi II that Seiko makes at the moment.

I'm not going to spend $52,500 on a watch any time soon.

 
By: reintitan : April 6th, 2018-18:16
So this alternative with an MSRP of $7,500 might tick all the boxes I need at a fraction of the price.

Love at first sight

 
By: Ambos : April 10th, 2018-07:28
The combination of Credor - SpringDrive - Big Date - hand wound made this an easy pick for me. Size of the case, the classy look and refined case with this enamel look alike dial sealed the deal. Outstanding are the hand tips and I dare to say that the br...  

That's a beautiful watch.

 
By: Westley Greenhalf : April 10th, 2018-08:57
Thanks for these excellent pictures. There isn't so much information around on this one. I have been making a few enquiries as I would like to add this one in the future. Yes, the movement finishing is a step up from GS. I have a manual wind GS and a Spri...