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Can't find the bloody camera !
However, the light was very good on the roof of my building and the trusty iphone came good for some decent shots. When I look at this watch I 'get' what the japanese design aesthetic invovles. Much like my Marinemaster, you take the essential function that you want the 'thing' to perform, you excise every unnecessary component that doesn't produce towards achieving that function, and then you refine every remaining component to the highest degree possible so as to end up with something, well, wonderful really.
I'll let you guys judge :-
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Yet to handle a Grand Seiko in the flesh however that looks stunning. Where did you get this one from?
Thanks - I got it from Arizona Fine Time. They don't export Grand Seiko but my fiancee was in the states and we were able to arrange shipping to her hotel. Excellent service from Joe in AZFT and he beat the price of all of the recognised suppliers of JDM watches. He was quite adamant however that he can't export, under the terms of whatever service contract he has with Seiko.ronnie3585 wrote: »That's very smart and subtle.
Has that the Spring Drive movement? Recently handled one of them for the first time, the glide of the seconds hand is mesmerising. Fantastic piece of engineering.
Cheers. This is in fact a quartz. Seiko 9F calibre - this is what its innards look like :-
Thermocompensated vacuum sealed quartz, rated to plus/minus 10 seconds per year and should not need servicing for 50 years.
So, in terms of the second hand sweep, well, its kind of the opposite of that :pac:
What I can say about the second hand is that the 'tick' is actually quite mesmerising. I've seen some heavily slowed down footage of the 9F calibre which shows that in fact the second hand makes two motions per second. You can't pick that up with the naked eye, but it makes it look like quite a heavy, deliberate and precise 'tick'.
It looks to be a pretty much perfect dress watch. I have a black leather GS strap and deployant on order and in the meantime I have a spare black croco that I can get it on but the whole package even on the bracelet is still very discrete - I'd be happy to wear it with formal dress as is.
I've been comparing it under a x10 Loupe to my other watches - and it is not a comfortable experience for them
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Got this delivered this morning.
Wasn't entirely sure on the colour when ordering but I'm really happy with it,looks great.
Fullsize:
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Sorry cambo2008, had to take the image tags from your huuuuge photo, but the link is there anyway. Nice watch Rejoice in the awareness of feeling stupid, for that’s how you end up learning new things. If you’re not aware you’re stupid, you probably are.
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TBH You had me at 1962...Damn that's a lovely dial GD. Rejoice in the awareness of feeling stupid, for that’s how you end up learning new things. If you’re not aware you’re stupid, you probably are.
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Latest addition ...Vostok Komandirskie (brass, no watertightness rating) ...kitsch as kitsch can
Sunrise - sunset ...you decide which side is which
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That's the blue 18mm bracelet recycled0 -
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I fully expect (and deserve) to get flamed for this - but I bought an Alpha homage to the Omega Seamaster.
In fact, it's pretty much a rip-off, not even a homage.
I've only had it for a few days so far, and for all I know it might fall to pieces very shortly. But so far, I like it and now I know that I'd like a real Seamaster, though it'd have to be the 44mm one, not a 40mm one.
The second hand seems to glide quite nicely - really the only thing I can fault it on is the bezel feels very cheap when it's moved. The strap feels quite nicely made etc.
Like I said, I know it's a rip off, but after getting a Tag Heuer that I thought I'd like and shifting it very quickly when I found out I didn;t, I think this is a good way of trying a style out to see if it's worth saving up for. Worst case, I'm out 70.0 -
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I was thinking of getting a pocket watch myself. Either Zenith or Longines, but defo more on the Longines side. That's a beaut F.
I'd say the movement is nice. You were lucky with the dial. The enamel/porcelain dials tend to crack. They're described as delicate, but I don't think that's the issue. Just my humble they don't so much crack from dropping them or rough handling, but from watchmakers in their history over tightening the screws against the dial feet that hold the dials in. Of all the cracked ones I've personally handled, in every single case a hairline crack or actual damage came from this. IE the cracks ran from the dial feet. Handy trick though if you do have a dial with hairlines is to dunk the dial in false teeth cleaner. I kid thee not. It lifts the dirt right out and makes the cracks near invisible. Rejoice in the awareness of feeling stupid, for that’s how you end up learning new things. If you’re not aware you’re stupid, you probably are.
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For me DT? Pocket watches are undervalued, both culturally and financially. The same movement in a wristwatch goes for at least double if not more. Practicality yea, but given that many people now use their phones as proxy pocket watches I'm thinking... Hmmm Rejoice in the awareness of feeling stupid, for that’s how you end up learning new things. If you’re not aware you’re stupid, you probably are.
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well wear! 
Heres a picture of my Omega seamaster Planet Ocean 
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