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Old 20 March 2019, 10:03 PM   #1
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Seiko 2019 Baselworld Countdown!!!!

https://baselworld.seikowatches.com/...Ef8.1553083305
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Old 20 March 2019, 10:27 PM   #2
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show me something less than 40mm in size and 12mm in thickness please!
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Old 21 March 2019, 05:50 AM   #3
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show me something less than 40mm in size and 12mm in thickness please!


I second that motion!
In 13 hours we will see...


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Old 21 March 2019, 06:13 AM   #4
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I am really really excited to see what they give us - they have the potential to be the stars of Basel 2019.
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Old 21 March 2019, 06:37 AM   #5
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I am really really excited to see what they give us - they have the potential to be the stars of Basel 2019.
Absolutely. May need to wake up early tomorrow!
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Old 21 March 2019, 06:44 AM   #6
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Old 21 March 2019, 08:05 AM   #7
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Old 21 March 2019, 08:58 AM   #8
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I was always a Seiko admirer. Was a Rolex fan until the 6 digits and just couldn’t fall in love again. Went to Tudor. Looks like at 7 I am don’t with them now too after their showing. Go Seiko!!!!!


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Old 21 March 2019, 09:21 AM   #9
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show me something less than 40mm in size and 12mm in thickness please!

https://www.grand-seiko.com/us-en/collections/sbga285g

Just .3 over???

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Old 21 March 2019, 09:25 AM   #10
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Seiko, you are the one who will carry the torch now.
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Old 21 March 2019, 11:58 AM   #11
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There is a Flightmaster GMT Batman...

Springdrive and looks like a MM300 case...

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Old 21 March 2019, 12:07 PM   #12
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Yeah this can really be Seiko’s year. At this point I think my favorite launch has been Heuer’s Autavia line, so the bar for Seiko isn’t too high. It seems like the press is just waiting for someone to steal the show. Might as well be Grand Seiko!
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Old 21 March 2019, 12:10 PM   #13
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Check out my IG link for two seiko posts... they are beautiful!!!
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Old 21 March 2019, 01:44 PM   #14
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With all the disappointing news to date and the Swatch Group holding their own separate event, this is a huge opportunity for Grand Seiko and Seiko to steal the limelight and own Baselworld 2019!
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Old 21 March 2019, 01:55 PM   #15
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Old 21 March 2019, 05:31 PM   #16
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1 hour 28 minutes to go...........
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Old 21 March 2019, 06:09 PM   #17
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Old 21 March 2019, 06:53 PM   #18
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SD GMT in Ti looks great!
But wonder why they only managed to get 100M WR out of that case?
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Old 21 March 2019, 07:21 PM   #19
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Ok I don't think I can afford anything GS released this year.
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Old 21 March 2019, 08:34 PM   #20
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A good year for Seiko.
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Old 21 March 2019, 09:25 PM   #21
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Pretty underwhelmed. Huge clunky sports watches. Rather boring time only dress watches. All beautiful, just nothing that stands out or sings to me.


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Pretty underwhelmed. Huge clunky sports watches. Rather boring time only dress watches. All beautiful, just nothing that stands out or sings to me.


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Yeah nothing jumps out at me at this time.
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Old 22 March 2019, 01:29 AM   #23
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Also underwhelmed. Dress watches and giant clunky lions mane thing. Pass this year.
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Old 22 March 2019, 01:33 AM   #24
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Love this though. Will have to import!


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Old 22 March 2019, 01:52 AM   #25
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Yeah nothing jumps out at me at this time.
I would jump all over that platinum Snowflake, if I were a $78k watch buying kind of guy. Just a bit outside of my price range.....by tens of thousands of dollars.
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Old 22 March 2019, 03:06 AM   #26
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prices have gotten whack imo
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Old 22 March 2019, 03:08 AM   #27
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Where can you find the prices?
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Old 22 March 2019, 07:32 PM   #28
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Yeah nothing jumps out at me at this time.
Not the first manually wound GS Spring Drive?

https://kronometer.hu/wp-content/upl...IMG_9264_2.jpg

PR on the rear, which a manual wind version permits...

https://kronometer.hu/wp-content/upl...IMG_9266_2.jpg
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Old 22 March 2019, 08:10 PM   #29
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Not the first manually wound GS Spring Drive?



https://kronometer.hu/wp-content/upl...IMG_9264_2.jpg



PR on the rear, which a manual wind version permits...



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Isn't the 8-day spring drive manual wound?
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prices have gotten whack imo
The LX range of spring drive Seiko models are $5,000 - $6,000 which is pretty steep.

The SLA033 has left me a little underwhelmed and I will reserve judgment until I see it in the flesh, but at US$4,250 I'm not feeling the love. The maxi hour markers are fine but those thin stick hands and narrow lugs with a 19mm strap given a 45mm wide case seems out of whack to me.
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