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*New and upcoming Credor watches*

Creating an all purpose thread to discuss new and coming Credor releases, similar to the one for GS models initiated by @ahonobaka.

As he urged there, “Let's be courteous/cognizant of leaks (aka avoid them please) since this is a sponsored forum….

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New ‘Rotocall’ digitals with mode-changing bezel

SBGJ017/019/021/023/024
Listing: SBJG017 | セイコーウオッチ

According to @Plus 9Time these are reissues of the 1980’s ‘Rotocall’ w…

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GP Laureato Fifty

Just announced as a limited edition of 200

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Should this forum welcome Credor posts?

Credor joining W&W 2026 is a sign that the international profile will be further raised.

Should this forum actively wel…

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The future of Spring Drive is thinner and hybrid

With the caveat that no single patent application indicates a future product, here are my prognostications on the future technological path of Spring Drive, with explanations based on both Seiko patent filings and my reading of the 2025 watch market.

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Seiko patent application for GPS watch with TC

Seiko has applied for a US patent for a thermocompensated GPS watch.

This is denoted Fujisawa (2024), PDF atttached..

Her…

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Citizen cal. H147

I see only one mention of H147 in this forum. Anyone have one of these?

H147 powers the "world's thinnest* Eco-Drive radio-controlled watch" at 7.0 mm. This was as of Nov 2023:

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New details about the new SLGB001/003 casing

No GS with the 30 mm 9R65/9R15 is less than 39 mm in diameter. Yet the SLGB001/003 with a 30 mm 9RB2 achieves 37 mm.

How did they do that?

A Japanese-language article in webchronos.net offers an answer:

1) 9R6 required an anti-magnetic casing ring a…

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Fashion website Jamais Vulgaire article on HAQ

JV is a francophone-centered fashion website, covering men's clothes, shoes and accessories including watches.

They offered up an English-language HAQ article on May 20:

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Seiko Epson’s single-package TCXO circuit block

Seiko Epson’s cal. 9RA in 2020 marked the introduction of a single package or ‘chip’ that included an XO, IC and temperature sensor within a vacuum.

The chip in the 20 spy rated cal. 9RB2

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