I actually dreamt I fed him the other night. It wasn't until my wife noticed that nothing had been touched that we realised he hadn't actually been fed!
many more night ahead, good luck bro 
and Nobby had a horrible experience with his GS, thus the negativity towards Seiko, forgot which thread...
Is he the guy who worked out GS isn't a good ship yard watch? I wouldn't normally care too much but it is pretty poor form crapping in my thread about a watch that obviously means a lot to me. It would be different if it was a thread asking whether I should buy a GS.
Regardless, the guy doesn't know much about watches.
Jason - Calm yourself down sunshine. It's your ball and you don't want to play anymore, that's fine, no worries.
For the record: You were summarizing your ownership experiences with both Rolex and Seiko...and so was I.
Chill 
Nobby
So start your own damn thread. As I said, it's extremely poor form to crap in somebody's thread celebrating a watch they love.
I'm no fan of Hublot, for example. If somebody is asking whether to get a Hublot or Rolex, I'll recommend the Rolex and explain why. If somebody is posting about the Hublot they just bought and love, I'm not going to jump in and tell them why they should have bought a Rolex. Because I'm not a dickhead. Do you see the difference?
Here's a thought. Just don't post in any of my threads. You have literally nothing to add that I couldn't hear from the local dopey Rolex salesperson.
Chilled enough for you, brah?
Erm... Now all THAT is out of the way... (apologies to the more gentlemanly members!)
For Sir Sidestreaker and Sir Kenji, without boring the entire forum to death with the excruciating minutiae of high end vintage Seiko and the Swiss Chronometre competitions... Back in the day Seiko had two Japanese factories, Suwa and Daini. They were effectively competing with each other, as well as competing with the Swiss to build the most accurate watches on the world and also for the right to print Chronometre on the dial. One part of the story is that Seiko won, the Swiss declared that only a Swiss watch could be classified a Chronometre, Seiko devised their own internal and more stringent accuracy specs, and that is why very few Seikos are labeled Chronometre. But that's another story!
Meanwhile, Suwa and Daini were trying to outdo each other. Daini devised Grand Seiko so Suwa came up with King Seiko. Both, naturally, were superb. At some point, however, Seiko put an end to this internal rivalry and ran with Grand Seiko only.
Everybody knows of Grand Seiko now but KS has been forgotten by most and flown under the radar. It's really only been in the last few years that more collectors have become aware of the GS/KS relationship.
I picked mine up on the Bay years ago for cheap. I think it was cheap because not many people wanted a KS, and this one is not highly polished. Which is why I love it. Most of the examples you see these days have been polished to a near mirror finish to emulate modern GS at the expense of all those sharp angles and edges. That would be the first thing to watch out for if one was to hunt one down.
The movement is a peach. A relatively simple manual winder running at 36,000 bph. Easy to service but getting parts is tricky. Simply decorated but beautifully finished.
Oh, one more thing. This baby's got back:
That gold medallion makes me warm and gooey (make sure it's in good condition if you're buying. Gold is soft and they tend to wear down noticeably).
If you made it this far thanks for reading!
