Author Topic: Grand Seiko owners, what made you take the plunge?  (Read 20490 times)

Offline Jedirat

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Re: Grand Seiko owners, what made you take the plunge?
« Reply #50 on: March 21, 2016, 01:46:30 PM »
do they hv hi beat or snow flake in store?


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no SF if i remember from last time

Yes, they have hi beat and spring drive. Did not see any SF in the store but I did not ask either.

Visited Mid-Valley last Saturday, noted that the AxG boutique got a number of GS available, more variety than the boutique in Sunway. They have a GS Limited Edition. Almost pull the trigger .....

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Re: Grand Seiko owners, what made you take the plunge?
« Reply #51 on: March 21, 2016, 03:16:21 PM »
GS is a superb quality watch but yes sometimes one would hesitate over spending that kind of money on a Seiko (there's no right or wrong there...just depends on the person).  If you want to spend less, you can get the SDGM003 or SARB033 or even a Seiko 5 (SMKL41).  But the less you pay, the less quality you get.

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Re: Grand Seiko owners, what made you take the plunge?
« Reply #52 on: March 25, 2016, 07:32:17 AM »
The GS are awesome watches,.. just curious tho' if you can get discounts of the MRSP at the ADs?

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Re: Grand Seiko owners, what made you take the plunge?
« Reply #53 on: March 25, 2016, 12:30:47 PM »
The GS are awesome watches,.. just curious tho' if you can get discounts of the MRSP at the ADs?

Asked before, discount will be given but not much and depends on model.

Offline Sterimar

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Re: Grand Seiko owners, what made you take the plunge?
« Reply #54 on: July 15, 2016, 04:10:06 PM »
Reading through this tread with full of superb pictures of GS has really left a deep impression. I think I need to get hold of GS soon .... :laugh:

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Re: Grand Seiko owners, what made you take the plunge?
« Reply #55 on: July 15, 2016, 04:57:38 PM »
Who can resist such beauty?



My sbga103. Fantastic with the extra accurate SD movement!

It's at +12 seconds after 2 months

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Re: Grand Seiko owners, what made you take the plunge?
« Reply #56 on: July 15, 2016, 08:27:24 PM »


Check out the reflection on wall  :)

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Re: Grand Seiko owners, what made you take the plunge?
« Reply #57 on: July 15, 2016, 09:18:04 PM »
This is why GS is so brilliant



Check out the reflection on wall  :)



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Re: Grand Seiko owners, what made you take the plunge?
« Reply #58 on: July 16, 2016, 06:36:29 AM »


Check out the reflection on wall  :)

Wow... GS got something very special.

I tested my watches just now. Most of my watches just have the glass round shape reflection and none can achieve your GS reflection like that. It's puzzling me how can the hours marker reflection pierce through the sapphire glass and show up its reflection on the wall so clear and neat.

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Re: Grand Seiko owners, what made you take the plunge?
« Reply #59 on: July 16, 2016, 09:43:52 AM »
Because the Sapphire on a GS is the clearest you can find (they manufacture their own Sapphire glass) and the polishing of their hands and indices are bright and reflective like diamonds.

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Re: Grand Seiko owners, what made you take the plunge?
« Reply #60 on: July 16, 2016, 09:11:37 PM »
Which model is the GS iconic or representative model ? Like Cartier have Santos n tank , Rolex is submariner n GMT, Maurice is pontos, JLC is reverso


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Re: Grand Seiko owners, what made you take the plunge?
« Reply #61 on: July 17, 2016, 01:47:09 PM »
The first thing that comes to mind is the HiBeat. However that is more of the movement than a model. A possible candidate is the Snowflake


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