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Does anyone know if there are grand seiko reps out there? I love the look of the spring drives , just dont love the price
The point of a Grand Seiko is the exacting detail...not seeing how any rep could come close.
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The point of a Grand Seiko is the exacting detail...not seeing how any rep could come close.
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Grand Seiko is cheap already IMO, so why look for a rep?
It's not like a 15k rolex or more.
They can't. And the spring drive movement is not going to be repped anytime soon.
I'm not specifically looking for the spring drive movement. I just want something that is luxury and not every Tom dick and harry have one. I like getting the "what kind of watch is that" question when wearing something. Not the immediate "that's a fake" or "is that real" question
Nothing you mentioned above is related to the Spring Drive movements. And it would be impossible.l to mimic that GS level of finishing elsewhere.Was thinking about this today. Purely speculative and not based in reality, but what would it take for a rep to capture a GS with a spring drive... I figure it would start with a movement that is really high beat. As I don’t think there is a 36k vph automatic readily available I’d think the precisionist quartz movement would work pretty well. When I put my sbga387 next to my Wilton, I gotta say that the second hand moves very similar.
You would have to use a fake power reserve, but that’s ok.. your on quartz. Also. You’d give up an open case back, but that’s no big deal since the GS doesn’t look all that awesome from the backside. The sword/dauphine hands could be sourced from a pressage... they are readily available. I have no idea about how the dials are actually made but I’d bet some enamel with silica would be close enough.
Dunno. I guess it’s possible... just not likely as the demand is more on the rolex, omega, breitling side of things.
erekose I don’t know. I think the movements would be close enough for a rep. When put side by side they have “similar enough” sweep. If I could figure out how to upload an animated gif I’d upload a clip to show you what I mean.
No one is talking nwbig... but close.