Seiko VK Movement Video (alleged quartz 7750)

[TheTokyoKid]

I have been hearing about these so-called quartz movements that act like a 7750 movement. Been waiting for a video. Haven't seen one. I found this one:

http://www.timemodule.com/sii/video/vkvideo.php

Check it out if you are interested. The movement uses cams to reset the hands to zero.

It answered the one question I had.... does the second hand at 6 sweep or tick. Answer.... tick.

We need to start getting something like the Bulova Precisionist movements into the reps! What do you think?

 

[TheTokyoKid]

You gotta let the whole video load before it will play.

 

[barth]

Would be great indeed... 7750 features at a quartz pricepoint, minus the issues. Dreaming !

 

[TheTokyoKid]

A few TD have these watches available, usually under $200

 

[barth]

Yeah but not with the same case set and all... Some quartz reps are pretty well made though.

 

[Mark9117]

I like the movement. It "ticks" but it ticks in 1/5 second increments which I can live with.

It's a shame the case, etc. is not more appealing. I'd buy a popular rep (Breitling SO crono, PLO crhono, or Daytona) running that movement in a hot minute.

 

[SUMIKITO]

Great video on that "snapback movement" as WBK [Stan] a trusted dealer here calls it. Has offered it in quite a few of his reps before. Great tutorial post !! Thanks !!

 

[TheTokyoKid]

I like the movement. It "ticks" but it ticks in 1/5 second increments which I can live with.

It's a shame the case, etc. is not more appealing. I'd buy a popular rep (Breitling SO crono, PLO crhono, or Daytona) running that movement in a hot minute.

True, but that is for the big, sweep second hand when the chrono is running. The unfortunate part for me is that the seconds at 6 tick as deadbeat seconds.

 

[TheTokyoKid]

Great video on that "snapback movement" as WBK [Stan] a trusted dealer here calls it. Has offered it in quite a few of his reps before. Great tutorial post !! Thanks !!

Exactly! That is where I first saw it mentioned but no one had a video of it. It took a bunch of searching (and looking on Japanese sites) to find one.

 

[TheTokyoKid]

Yeah but not with the same case set and all... Some quartz reps are pretty well made though.

True. But a few of them are getting the same case-set.

Love the pic there on your profile btw. Nice!

 

[ThinkBachs]

I don't want to mess up his thread so I'll post this here:

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It's quartz, but whgen you run the chrono, the sweep hand sweeps!
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A video I found that I hope shows accurately what the movement will do in this watch:

 

[ThinkBachs]

Gen Chrono for comparison:

 

[Luthier]

Still a quartz...

 

[ThinkBachs]

Yep....

 

[SSTEEL]

Shame the seconds @ 6 tick