masterspiece
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Thanks, Ken.
Apr 30, 2011,00:07 AM
What a great report. I can hear the enthusiasm in your report! Great shots!
Aloha,
Bob
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An Evening with Credor Minute Repeater + then some
By: KIH : April 28th, 2011-17:00
An Evening with Credor Minute Repeater The signage of SEIKO Holdings and SEIKO Watch Co. in the lobby. I had a pleasure to be invited (well, truth be told, I persistently asked for it...) to SEIKO head office the other evening and could finally see, touch...
Amazing Report !
By: flamenco : April 28th, 2011-17:33
Thanks for taking the time and effort to compile this. The Credor min rep is a huge fav of mine, if only I could afford it !! The governor module takes the cake for me. Look forward to a more in depth report of the SBGH013, if any is in plan. Is this also...
Excellent report!
By: Davo : April 28th, 2011-17:55
What a piece of work that MR is! And packed with 112 jewels?! Incredible... Domo, Ken-san!
Outstanding really.
By: InHavenPro : April 28th, 2011-19:44
Don't have anything else to add. Filip
Thank you thank you thank you
By: cazalea : April 28th, 2011-20:34
Ken, Very nice. We appreciate you spending this time to track down the details and report so enthusiastically. Did anyone put the watch on or wear it? Or is it just for showing, not for using? Cheers Cazalea
Well, I was too shy :-)
By: KIH : April 28th, 2011-20:54
This seemed to be the "FINAL" prototype and unlikely to be the first one to be sold to the customer. But, then, again, it was treated so delicately that I didn't even think of wearing it on my wrist! The strap, by the way, had RG deployant buckle. Ken
Ken, wonderful post!
By: CaliforniaJed : April 28th, 2011-22:00
What a fascinating treat for the eyes and ears. Best, CaliforniaJed
HQ post.
By: VMM : April 29th, 2011-01:41
Stunning timepiece, a work of art. Love it in every way, would like to see it with a lever instead of that pusher, but just to compare and choose. Thanks for the fantastic report, I 've enjoyed it a lot. Vte
Hi-Beat Hand Wind Grand Seiko
By: MTF : April 29th, 2011-06:43
Yes please: put me down for one of those if it should appear. That would be the end of my collecting career for hand wind watches. Thanks for the report, Ken. Regards, MTF
GREAT reporting..
By: ocwatching : April 29th, 2011-08:44
great photos and videos. Love the background info as well! This is one amazing piece of horology and I like the wind chime gong... Thank you so much for a review of a piece that I will probably never see in the metal. This is a close 2nd.
the MR sounds just perfect and looks superb
By: G99 : April 29th, 2011-12:55
it is obviously a highly complicated timepiece, but the great man has finished it to look so simple. the 2 opposites work perfectly together. just beautiful. thanks Ken, its always good to hear about Seiko's high end pieces. Graham
My pleasure. Sorrry.
By: KIH : April 29th, 2011-13:00
.. that I couldn't bring any British watch wrist photo this week. I have to look for more, but not much hope in that department ... :-( Ken
Superb post Ken.
By: foversta : April 29th, 2011-13:34
This Credor MR was without any doubt one of my fav watches of the Basel fair. A logical step after the Credor Sonnerie. Sadly... I didn't understand the price gap with the Sonnerie. Thanks a lot for this superb post Ken. Fx...
Why change history...?
By: Andy : April 29th, 2011-13:58
It's nice but why change from a quarter repeater to a decimal repeater for no reason other than to just change it..? Not that I could afford it but for this reason alone even if I could afford one I wouldn't...maybe if PP or JLC do one I might take it ser...
Sorry, like I said, they wanted to make it Japanese way
By: KIH : April 30th, 2011-04:42
... surely they can make quarter repeater, but we, Japanese, count numbers with the unit of 10. We are really not familiar with the concept of quarter. We don't have 25 yen coin. Just 1, 5, 10, 50, 100, and 500 yen coins. Also, something interesting to no...
That's very interesting....
By: Andy : April 30th, 2011-08:59
thank you for the extra info. Cultural differences are fascinating and reminds me of an advert for HSBC in England about how they change their banking needs to fit in with the culture. Thanks again for the info and the great report on the repeater with fa...
Lots of information to digest...
By: patrick_y : April 30th, 2011-00:04
Lots of information to digest, but to me, it seems (as I'm trying to simplify everything) that the way this Minute Repeater strikes is really based on a Grand Sonnerie principle. Grand Sonneries use power to make the striking sounds on the watch. This min...
You are astute, Patrick!
By: KIH : April 30th, 2011-05:27
Exactly. They wanted to minimize the risk of break-down by just a little mishandling of the lever, but I think this push button (like chronograph) activation idea is clever, too. Thank you! Ken
Thanks, Ken.
By: masterspiece : April 30th, 2011-00:07
What a great report. I can hear the enthusiasm in your report! Great shots! Aloha, Bob