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Originally Posted by Sam
All of the spring drive models are up on www.seikospringdrive.com
The Grand Seikos are just as nice...they are just your standard mechanical movement vs spring drive. If that's the one you like, I wouldn't hesitate to buy it. How much are you looking to pay? I wouldn't pay anywhere near list price. I paid less that 50% of list price for mine. |
Well Sam don't think I would say the Seiko Grand is a standard mechanical
movement.It will give many a high end Swiss or European movement a good run for there money ,and IMHO better than many of them.Check out the regulator adjuster on this one! And check the shock protection on the non-balance jewels. That's real quality!and there own movement test, to a much higher spec than the Swiss COSC,with accuracy to a few seconds a week.
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Originally Posted by rusi
Hi, Recently saw a King Seiko, i think its similar to the Grand Seiko. A repairer friend had it ,it was for USD 250, old used peice, very simple, DD, silver dial,& had KS on the dial just as GS.
He told me that these movts. were very accurate & beats I think 36000 vph.
One would feel from far its just another cheap seiko.
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Well Rusi cheap Seiko no such thing,value for money reliable watches yes.
There is a misunderstanding in some, that people assume Seiko equals affordable/cheap. Most are undoubtedly referring to Seiko's normally found on the street in Europe and the Americas, and they are definitely a good, fantastic, value for the money. But you can also get vintage and new high end Seiko's, which, until the advent of the Internet, were relatively unknown outside of Japan. And a few other far east Asian countries (Taiwan, HK, Singapore ETC.) "King Seiko","Grand Seiko", and "Seiko Credor", you will find in these watches that, movement and case finish wise, easily compete with the best of mass produced swiss watches, i.e. Omega, Rolex, etc. As for style… well, that is in the eye of the beholder. At best they can be considered very conservative. But it really depends which movements,and watches you are comparing to. One true thing the swiss, had to abandon the yearly chronometer competitions as the Japanese started to wipe the floor with them,they were that good.What this all boils down to is: Seiko makes some truly outstanding products, and some value for money ones, just like many other companies. If you want to buy one, you should, by all means do it. Because IMHO their bang-for-the-pound-factor is bloody amazing, at both ends of the spectrum.