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    Giles
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    Joined: 22 Sept 2009

    Power reserve.

    From the product page:

    It has a maximum 72-hour (3-day) power reserve, and a power reserve indicator on the bottom left of the dial showing the amount in reserve.

    Further reading on the spring drive:

    https://www.grand-seiko.com/uk-en/about/movement/springdrive

    "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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      Appfaff
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      Joined: 11 Oct 2013

      Now that’s super cool [emoji41]

      Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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        Giles
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        Joined: 22 Sept 2009

        72 days power reserve and accurate to 15 secs per month and does not require a battery change every so often.  Show me another movement that can do that, at any price…...

        "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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          JDelage
          啓蒙家
          Joined: 13 Jan 2012

          Very clean.

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            Graeme
            啓蒙家
            Joined: 30 Mar 2012

            @Giles:

            72 days hours power reserve and accurate to 15 secs per month and does not require a battery change every so often.  Show me another movement that can do that, at any price…...

            Challenge accepted! 😉

            The very cool Accutron Spaceview offers a similar level of accuracy and is also self winding. I don't know what the power reserve is, and it comes from more of a quartz tradition than the Spring Drive.

            The Citizen 0100 is accurate to a second a year, is solar powered, and has a six month power reserve if it's left in a drawer somewhere. OK, it's a quartz watch too.

            The Zenith Defy Inventor is a mechanical watch that's accurate to within 0.3 seconds a day, so around 10 seconds a month. But it's only got a fifty hour power reserve.

            The Defy Inventor hasn't turned up yet. When I asked Zenith they said it would arrive in Australia around Easter next year, which suggests that they've had problems getting it ready for production as it was announced last year.

            That Grand Seiko is lovely, though.

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              Anesthetist
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              Joined: 14 May 2011

              My understanding is that the Springdrive doesnt have a battery at all but uses a capacitor to power the circuitry and brake. I had a GS snowflake but sold it a while ago. Great watch, truly amazing movement, and light as a feather. The movement is really fun to watch bc the flywheel is amazingly fast and it kept to spec without any issues.

              I will say their Ti does scratch pretty easily and mine was starting to show its age. I sold it to fund a piece of art and it was a good investment. I’ll probably own another some day.

              The Accutron is nice but not nearly in the same league. I have a Citizen Chronomaster and timed it for a year over which it lost 1.2 seconds. There were fluctuations month to month but the net loss was really good. Runs through batteries pretty quickly though. I’m not sure about the Zenith but it will probably cost the same as 2-3 Springdrives and no offense but is a bit too flashy. It would make a Breitling look low key!

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                Giles
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                Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                No battery:

                https://www.grand-seiko.com/uk-en/about/movement/springdrive

                "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                  Graeme
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                  Joined: 30 Mar 2012

                  @Anesthetist I don't think that the Accutron is comparable to the Spring Drive either! Grand Seiko do some very nice pieces, their new GMT looks awesome.

                  Felix (formerly of Time and Tide) reckoned that the Defy Inventor gave him a headache from the oscillator vibrating so quickly. That might be another reason to skip one.

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                    Giles
                    IHUK Crew
                    Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                    Date window in "wrong" place…

                    "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                      profdbrk
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                      Joined: 30 Jul 2018

                      My favorite Grand Seiko is the 231: hand wound, no date.  My only "complaint" is that at 37.3mm it's a bit large.  If this were closer to the 30mm Calatrava 96 it'd be as perfect as the 25oz 634S.

                      Qui plume a, guerre a. 不完全さは美しさ,です狂気は天才です

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                        Graeme
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                        Joined: 30 Mar 2012

                        New Submariner?

                        https://www.instagram.com/p/CETg950K89N/

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                          goosehd
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                          Joined: 8 Apr 2016

                          @Graeme  My thoughts also.  Considering that the Sea-Dweller has been updated 3 times in the last 10 years lends one to think that the Submariner is overdue.

                          "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                            Giles
                            IHUK Crew
                            Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                            @profdbrk:

                            My favorite Grand Seiko is the 231: hand wound, no date.  My only "complaint" is that at 37.3mm it's a bit large.  If this were closer to the 30mm Calatrava 96 it'd be as perfect as the 25oz 634S.

                            https://monochrome-watches.com/grand-seiko-sbgw231-review-the-battle-of-elegant-time-only-watches-part-2-price/

                            "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                              organisys
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                              Joined: 24 Mar 2015

                              Picked this up. Simple watch, but love the whole blackout thing  😉

                              Pride of Japan :-)

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                                Tag Heuer from late 80's. Spent its life as a daily wear and numorous world wide dives over 30yrs.
                                Bought from original owner and treated to new sapphire crystal, hand relume, new movement,New gaskets and isofrane strap as fitted when new.

                                Tag Heuer 980.23n deep dive watch

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                                  Graeme
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                                  Joined: 30 Mar 2012

                                  @goosehd:

                                  @Graeme  My thoughts also.  Considering that the Sea-Dweller has been updated 3 times in the last 10 years lends one to think that the Submariner is overdue.

                                  Rolex are moving onto the 32xx series of movements, so I'd guess that it's the Submariner's turn this year. The Explorer and Milgauss are also overdue, but 2021 is the Explorer 2's fiftieth anniversary, so that might be next year.

                                  Of course, the odds of scoring any of these at RRP is slim…

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                                    den1mhead
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                                    Jules and I will have been together for ten years in June 2021 and both being watch lovers have decided to mark the milestone with a gift to one another of a watch;



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                                      dinobarnesberlin
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                                      Joined: 28 Mar 2020

                                      Kids— don’t skateboard with a Rolex  😃

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                                        den1mhead
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                                        Joined: 6 Oct 2014

                                        ^ Ouch, that's gonna hurt however, new bezel and new sapphire crystal . . . . job done ^

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                                          dinobarnesberlin
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                                          Joined: 28 Mar 2020

                                          @den1mhead:

                                          ^ Ouch, that's gonna hurt however, new bezel and new sapphire crystal . . . . job done ^

                                          Rolex –- " Takes a licking and keeps on ticking" 😃

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