Watches - another OCD problem
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My love of watches and knives came from my Grandpa. My mom recently brought over a box of old watches for me to go through. It has sat since he died in 1990. There were some cool 1980 digital watches, but this one stood out. I wasn’t familiar with the brand, but it appeared to work properly. After a bit of research I realized what an incredible find it is.
He was a diesel mechanic for the army. It is engraved with where he lived as a contractor during Vietnam in 1968.
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Swapped out the bracelet for shell strap. Pretty sharp for a 50 something year old watch.
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Beautiful!
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Beautiful!
Seconded . . . you've a gorgeous timepiece @summ3rhays that looks stunning for its year
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Thanks guys. I appreciate it. It has tremendous sentimental value and I'm happy it's in working condition so I can enjoy wearing it.
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Oh, that’s super clean!
What is the measure in the bottom left quadrant?
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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
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Now that’s super cool [emoji41]
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72
dayshours 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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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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@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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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.
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New Submariner?
