Thanks MTF - in my research, I'm seeing how fine these watches really are

Jul 09, 2014,09:11 AM
 

I've had multiple Credors at the mid-level of quality and am now discovering the real beauties. 


Woe to me when I spend 2 weeks in Japan this fall ....

Cheers

Mike

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SEIKO PROFILE SERIES: MANUAL WIND SPRING DRIVE

 
 By: cazalea : July 8th, 2014-17:07
In this article we investigate a small family of watches that use the rare manual-wind Seiko Spring Drive movement. My objective is to illustrate and demonstrate that a Seiko Spring Drive can be a watch that PuristS respect and some of us might even covet...  

Informative summary of manual Spring Drive watches

 
 By: MTF : July 9th, 2014-05:32
Cazalea, Thank you for the detailed history of a specialised branch of the Spring Drive watch system. When I lived a short walk from WAKO store (Seiko) in Ginza, Tokyo, I could vicariously look at the (very) limited editions of Credor regularly. Whilst we... 

Thanks MTF - in my research, I'm seeing how fine these watches really are

 
 By: cazalea : July 9th, 2014-09:11
I've had multiple Credors at the mid-level of quality and am now discovering the real beauties. Woe to me when I spend 2 weeks in Japan this fall .... Cheers Mike

Cazalea, this series you started ...

 
 By: small-luxury-world : July 10th, 2014-02:20
helps me a lot at my current research and to understand the brand and their products. Thanks a lot for putting it all together! Oliver

Wow, this IS the reference article...

 
 By: KIH : July 10th, 2014-08:59
.. for the manual wind spring drive. Very informative with detailed facts and photos. Even SEIKO people don't know this much, I bet :-) Great job, Mike! Ken

I don't know who's worse . . .

 
 By: Dr No : July 11th, 2014-10:55
. . . you or Ken. :-) First, Ken shows a GS I've never seen before that induced instant lust . . . . . . and now you have to remind me of a Seiko . . . . . . buried deep in my memory. Torn, Art ...