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Old 6 February 2018, 11:10 AM   #1
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Icon2 Grand Seiko Quartz Crystals

Here's an interesting promo video about the making of a GS quartz watch. Check out those crystals at about the 35-second mark!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sULI3raP6Jw&t
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Old 6 February 2018, 11:22 AM   #2
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Very impressive Adam.
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Old 6 February 2018, 10:47 PM   #3
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Very cool Adam thanks GS has caught my eye as of late.
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Old 6 February 2018, 11:31 PM   #4
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Great stuff Adam. GS is an amazing house and the attention to detail is truly outstanding. Also a great design team with Nobuhiro Kosugi being one of them and responsible - among other fantastic and fancier designs - for last year's redesign of the SLA017.


Here is some more info about the Shizuku-ishi Watch Studio in Morioka: https://www.fratellowatches.com/seik...report-part-1/
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Old 6 February 2018, 11:36 PM   #5
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Wow, fascinating.. I never knew anything, behind the scenes, about Seiko... very impressive

Thanks Adam
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Old 6 February 2018, 11:54 PM   #6
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Thanks for sharing Adam!
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Old 7 February 2018, 11:11 AM   #7
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Very impressive Adam.


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Very cool Adam thanks GS has caught my eye as of late.
Go for it, Paulie, you won't be disappointed

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Great stuff Adam. GS is an amazing house and the attention to detail is truly outstanding. Also a great design team with Nobuhiro Kosugi being one of them and responsible - among other fantastic and fancier designs - for last year's redesign of the SLA017.


Here is some more info about the Shizuku-ishi Watch Studio in Morioka: https://www.fratellowatches.com/seik...report-part-1/
Thanks mate, it would be great to do that tour one day.

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Old 7 February 2018, 11:47 AM   #8
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That was great Adam! Thanks for posting.
GS really seems like a good value compared to many fine Swiss manufacturers that are continually pushing their prices ever higher and offering much less than our friends in Japan.
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Old 7 February 2018, 01:14 PM   #9
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That's true Brian, and they don't play games with AD supply, either.
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Old 27 February 2018, 12:45 PM   #11
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Great vid!
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And people say quartz has no soul. Once you go 9F...
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Old 2 March 2018, 03:53 PM   #13
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And people say quartz has no soul. Once you go 9F...
Yep... quartz crystal is natural rhythm, natural soul
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Old 3 March 2018, 10:24 AM   #14
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Amazing, Adam - thank you for posting.

I've just received a 9F GS SBGX263 this week, so as you can imagine, I researched a great deal, and watched a very many YouTube videos before purchasing, but not one of them encapsulated all the various special elements as comprehensively as that video does.

It's pretty astonishing the level of hand-finishing, hand-assembling & hand-setting that GS receive - it reminds me a little of A Lange & Sohne, in so much as ALS don't skimp on finishing standards whether you buy their cheapest or most expensive models - all get the same plate striping, hand-engraved balance cock etc. In a similar fashion, a Quartz GS gets the same level of polishing etc. as a Spring Drive Snow Flake.

Even the way their 9F Quartz movement was developed with user experience & aesthetics in mind speaks to a brand which truly values the customer experience.
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Old 3 March 2018, 12:25 PM   #15
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Amazing, Adam - thank you for posting.

I've just received a 9F GS SBGX263 this week, so as you can imagine, I researched a great deal, and watched a very many YouTube videos before purchasing, but not one of them encapsulated all the various special elements as comprehensively as that video does.

It's pretty astonishing the level of hand-finishing, hand-assembling & hand-setting that GS receive - it reminds me a little of A Lange & Sohne, in so much as ALS don't skimp on finishing standards whether you buy their cheapest or most expensive models - all get the same plate striping, hand-engraved balance cock etc. In a similar fashion, a Quartz GS gets the same level of polishing etc. as a Spring Drive Snow Flake.

Even the way their 9F Quartz movement was developed with user experience & aesthetics in mind speaks to a brand which truly values the customer experience.
And although it needs a battery change every 3 to 5 years, Seiko suggests it may not need a service for 50 years, and will barely lose or gain 30 secs between battery changes, so it's pretty self-sufficient and cheap to maintain in the long term, too.

Congrats on the new piece, by the way. Let's see a pic
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Old 3 March 2018, 01:58 PM   #16
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A nice video and wish they had a 2 hour version with a little more detail.


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Old 11 March 2018, 07:32 PM   #17
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Congrats on the new piece, by the way. Let's see a pic
Thank you very much

Sorry, only now getting around to posting up a few iPhone pics taken at the weekend - forgive the indulgence of multiple pics, but I've been asked about the colour-shifting nature of the 263's champagne dial, so I thought it might be instructive to show the watch across several hours of the same day...





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Old 11 March 2018, 07:42 PM   #18
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Very nice. I was just noticing the light change on mine this morning as the sun went in and out.
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Old 11 March 2018, 07:42 PM   #19
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Old 11 March 2018, 07:54 PM   #20
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^^^Beautifully captured, and quite stunning.

You have probably seen this before, but it's a breakdown of the various steps GS undertake when making the complex champagne dial - I think the silver & gold plating steps really help illustrate why there is so much colour shift & depth to the dial:

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Old 11 March 2018, 08:02 PM   #21
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Thanks, no I haven't seen that before
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Old 30 March 2018, 06:52 AM   #22
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Excellent video. Seiko has always made great watches. I have quite a few.
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Old 14 February 2019, 02:45 AM   #24
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this one caught my eye, a JDM. Is it a silver dial vs the champagne on the 263? I started to consider the 263 after finally seeing some pictures that do it some justice. So now I am a lil undecided, though I am sure either is nice. The 271 has some color along the edges of the dial and the blue seconds hand to give it some pizazz... but the champagne sure is tugging at my heart...
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Old 14 February 2019, 02:52 AM   #25
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How timely to spot this post. Something just went off in me about a GS Quartz. I had a nice SBGA001 spring drive for a short while a few years ago and it didn't last. I found it a little too big and bulky. The height of the quartz models is appealing to me, especially on a 37mm case like the 263 or 271. The price... still expensive but a lot less than the spring drive automatics. I daresay the quartz is a watch to be proud of and the technology behind it is just amazing...
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Old 14 February 2019, 03:05 AM   #26
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I own this GS Quartz and the dial is like curtain and indices and numerals appear floating in air. Pictures don't do justice to this beautiful dial!

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Brilliant vid, thank you. I was just saying in another thread that, although many dont appreciate quartz, mine is getting an awful lot of wrist time. I absolutely love this watch. I set the time of all my others from this.


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Great video , thoroughly enjoyed all of it- thanks for sharing !


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