Giles and Alex hit Japan - May 2026

[jimcord]

Giles, Since you like quality watches….Just curious…….are the prices of Grand Seiko’s set world wide or is there a yen/us dollar benefit?

[Giles]

Way cheaper here......This was at least 40% less than US retail.....And the Yen is weaker now than when I bought it.

https://search.rakuten.co.jp/search/mall/grand+seiko/

[Alex]

[NomadCrow]

@Alex Is this the Iron Heart museum? Where pieces are stored for preservation and safe-keeping?

[Alex]

Indeed

[Alex]

How to optimise office parking

[Oaktavia]

@Alex holy shit

[Matt]

So are you thinking UHF or 9 oz selvedge for that 10 re run?

[Alex]

@Matt what do you think would be good? Maybe 9oz…

[Matt]

They’re so versatile.

[sabergirl]

Yaaaaas please make a 10. Mine is too small.

[Alex]

@NomadCrow said in Giles and Alex hit Japan - May 2026:

@Alex Is this the Iron Heart museum? Where pieces are stored for preservation and safe-keeping?

The flannel rails above are the ones under the orange line. You can't really see much due to all these boxes of leather jackets waiting to be QCed, but the room has rails on every wall, some of them 3 deep, all full of archives

[Alex]

[Go For Chill]

@Alex Do they keep a certain size of each, or is it random?

[J-IV]

@Alex I wonder if theres any TW or FreeBee gems tucked away in there

[Alex]

@Go-For-Chill usually sample size (L)

[Giles]

Sarina translates from the back of the car…..

[Alex]

[Giles]

[Heritage_Guy]

@Alex
I saw this and my mind played the angelic chorus "aaaahhhhh"