Grand Seiko, worth buying?

Originally Posted by Sam

I just picked up a Spring Drive earlier this week. It was a great price and I love the watch. It's the one Chip posted about earlier in this thread. It's every bit as well made as any Rolex or Omega. I'm impressed!

It's not just another kinetic. The kinetics were basically quartz watches that charged a capacitor by a spinning rotor....nothing special. The Spring Drive is basically a mechanical watch with a quartz crystal that regulates the speed of the glide wheel with an electromagnetic brake for quartz-like accuracy. It's still powered by a mainspring just like a mechanical. It's also the only watch with a constant sweep second hand...not "ticks"....one fluid motion. You really need to see it to believe it. In 3 days, my Spring Drive is +/- 0 seconds.

I used to be in the "uuughhh it's a Seiko...no way would I spend that much" camp. Not any more.

Hey Sam, long time no see, over here. Congrats on the SD. How bout posting a video clip so we can see how smooth it is.