TW Steel

[Lola]

Hi !

Just want to find out more on this brand and it this available in KL ??

Many thanks
Lola

[Muachee]

should have.. saw this brand at the journey of time.. try starhill...

[chiewata]

yupe saw many watches of this brand in Starhill during Journey Thru Time......TW Steel....I jokingly ask is it Taiwan Steel.... the sales lady very politely said NOOOOO.....

[patryn33]

big oversize watches! either using swiss or japanese movements.
priced btw us$300-800
http://www.watchwear.com/tw-steel/

[Lola]

Hi ! All

Thanks for the feedback.
hmmmmmmmmmmm, japanese movement , means ... not worth for a buy then ...

Lola

[takashi78]

Why is it that Japanese movt not worth it to buy?
I feel Jap Movt is on par and some times exceed the quality and accuracy of the swiss, i said "quality" and "accuracy" cause i feel IMO in terms of finishing the swiss is still on top.
But damn those Grand Seiko's look really nice.

[ex001]

Why is it that Japanese movt not worth it to buy?
I feel Jap Movt is on par and some times exceed the quality and accuracy of the swiss, i said "quality" and "accuracy" cause i feel IMO in terms of finishing the swiss is still on top.
But damn those Grand Seiko's look really nice.

X1 
dreaming Ananta... 

[chrisyen]

Why is it that Japanese movt not worth it to buy?
I feel Jap Movt is on par and some times exceed the quality and accuracy of the swiss, i said "quality" and "accuracy" cause i feel IMO in terms of finishing the swiss is still on top.
But damn those Grand Seiko's look really nice.

swiss finishing still on top? compare what grade to what grade?

grand seiko finishing not as good as rolex? my foot!

if u compare a < rm200 seiko 5 with 7s26 moveemnt with a any swiss automatic fitted with eta 2824 sure swiss better!
but if compare this seiko fitted with 6r15 cost u around usd400 which actually cheaper than most swiss fitted with eta2824-2

[lilpronaz]

Why is it that Japanese movt not worth it to buy?
I feel Jap Movt is on par and some times exceed the quality and accuracy of the swiss, i said "quality" and "accuracy" cause i feel IMO in terms of finishing the swiss is still on top.
But damn those Grand Seiko's look really nice.

Lola, I beg to differ.

I agree with takashi. The high end Jap movements are as good as any Swiss movements. It goes without saying that GS is one of the very best Jap movement.

[Lola]

Wow ,

thanks bro & sis for the feedback.
coz I have no idea on a japanese movement.

nice grand seiko .....

Thanks comrades for the feedback and the advise

Lola

[jeffbong]

even the Tag Heuer post ETA era next year based on Seiko......

[ck77]

even the Tag Heuer post ETA era next year based on Seiko......

What do you mean by that? Care to elaborate more?

[jeffbong]

Originally Posted by JCBabinTAGHeuer 
Hi, I'm J.C. Babin the CEO of TAG Heuer, and YES, the new Caliber 1887 is based on a SII TC78 platform developped and patented in 1997 (filing) and eversince produced in very limited quantities for Junghans and Seiko watches in Japan. The caliber we propose and announced last week in London is a major evolution of this platform as even if the overall construction may look similar at first glance, the TAG Heuer movement is much different in terms of components, size and eventually performances, not to mention it's manufactured in Switzerland in TAG Heuer workshops of Cornol (Cortech - a company owned by TAG Heuer and already producing TAG Heuer and Zenith cases) and La Chaux-de-Fonds (where we have also the HQs and where we added 30.000 sq feet more last year for movements assembling and other manufacturig projects).
- Dimensions: it's broader (29.3 mm vs 28 mm) and thinner (7.13 mm vs 7.27 mm)
- Therefore the plate, bridges and oscillating mass have been significantly modified to allow this evolution
- Its assortment is a swiss asortment specifically developped by Nivarox and allowing to improve further accuracy and shocks resistancy
- New assortment centring of the balance wheel also specifically developped by KIF, a leading swiss expert company in balance wheels centrings
- Change and development of a new swiss engineered canon pinion to increase time-setting overtime reliability
- Redesign of the fixing of ball bearings of the mass to contribute reducing the thickness
- Adjustements to pass the famous "60 TAG Heuer torture tests" in terms of accuracy, reliability, thermical and physical shocks resistancy, chemical agressions etc....
We have today already 45 TAG Heuer people working full time on that project in Switzerland and work with 21 other suppliers for additional parts, most being swiss. Total investment is several tenth of mio USD.
I would therefore quality that movement as really in-house and manufactured by TAG Heuer even though the original IP has been acquired from SII. Please note that the original SII Caliber has always been praised by watches experts.
I hope I answer your questions as well as our fellow Watchuseek lovers !!!
Good evening - JCB





http://forums.watchuseek.com/showthread.php?t=335964

[ck77]

Thanks for sharing, jeffbong.

Ths is indeed a new information for me. Tag's new caliber 1887 is actually base on Seiko's 6S37, and Tag claimed it as in-house movement 

p/s maybe we should open another thread for the above.

[ex001]

now i want one of those seiko base TAG.   
anything that has seiko name on it means quality... epson seiko, daiwa seiko etc

[Cocas]

I thought this TW Sxxxx brand has died out already.