Deployant messed up last week, posting about the first of the Eco Drive 50th anniversary The Citizens, the 4094-58…changed the image a few hours later. This is the 2nd, the 4090-08A:
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Continue readingnew UFAs
GS just announced a slew of new models. Sorry, folks…none are 9Fs. At least that I'm seeing covered right now. 4 Hi Beats…and 5 UFAs.
And that is, I think, germane here. 5 new UFAs. NICE ones…a white birch, black Lake Suwa, blue Lake S…
Continue readingPhillips New York auction start
WOW!!!!
Off to an absolutely explosive start.
First watch was a Journe with a nacre dial. Estimates were 60-120 K.
First bid? 220K.
It's been that way for most of the first few lots. Right now it's lot #10, a Journe Souscription. Estima…
Continue readingSinn 544 thoughts?
38.5 mm, so about the same as the 556. 2nd gen sw200.
Not a huge fan of the subdivisions between the second/minute track,…
Continue readingNew UFA
All the major blogs have reviews. Attractive purple. 37 mm. Steel, which should be fine.
But no micro adjust! Argh! Seriously high still, too, but come on, once you have the micro adjust, and still on a top-tier (for non precious metals)…it shoul…
Continue readingCitizen 0100 future?
Deployant has a new post yesterday about 2 new fall releases…a Duratect Platinum with platinum-foil dial, and a Duratect Amber Yellow with a gold-speckled brown dial. It included this:
The movement remains the exce…
Continue readingScurfa Diver One Models
Referenced in a thread over in Public.
Continue readingSurprise, surprise…F06.402 or .412 (no date, date versions). Steel or titanium case options, altho the titanium’s “awaiting restock.” The steel models are quite reasonably priced.
NEAR-HAQ Spring Drive
Grand Seiko Steps Into The Future With New Spring Drive U.F.A. SLGB001 And SLGB003
✓ Introducing the Grand Seiko Spring Drive U.F.A. SLGB001 and SLGB003 ✓ The next step in Spring Drive technology is here ✓ Check it out! ✓
www.fratellowatches.com
They’re calling it ultra fine accuracy Spring Drive, rating it at 20 SPY…so, as I say, not HAQ per forum specs, but a big step up from ~ 10 SPM. And no battery, no solar. This version is an automatic, with a 72 hour PR.
The new movement (9RB2) is also smaller, so the 2 references (SLBG001 is a platinum LE at the “if you have to ask the price…
Upcoming Citizen models…and actual mentions in the watch blogs
Article’s in Monochrome, yesterday. They do cover the 1 and 5 SPY Citizens from time to time…but not all that often.
Continue reading2 new models, coming in May according to the article.
Pink Duratect to go along with the soft pink tones on the washi paper. Pretty Japanese, to be sure. This one’s designated the AQ4106-00A…similar to the other Duratect pink, the 4106-00W, but that one has the brown paper dial. I prefer the contrast the brown offers.
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Upcoming Citizen models…and actual mentions in the watch blogs
New Sinn bracelets
per email from the US distributor, WatchBuys. Several new models that didn’t do anything, but the other part…new H-link bracelets, with micro-adjusting clasps. 4 different versions covering numerous models, including my 556.
Continue readingOnly problem?
$540 for the 556 bracelet. $280 for the clasp.
