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…
Continue readingJV 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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Continue readingSeiko 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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Continue readingNow that SLGB001/003 have begun to arrive in owners hands, can anyone report on the date change speed of the cal. 9RB2?
The 9RA5 in the SLGA001 was found to have semi-instantenous date change. According to a comparison by @chief-diversity-officer:
9…
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A. OPENAI
I asked basic ChatGPT, "Can you summarize the High Accuracy Quartz forum on watchuseek?"
Response:
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Continue readingThanks to the newly-added Case Style field in @Plus 9Time 's GSDB, a systematic grouping of all models by case design has become possible.
Junp to PDF v1.1 (September 2025)
This is a first stab, restricted to only full size references released 2…
Continue readingThis thread tabulates all known GS releases by (only) the following parameters:
ref
any qty, geograhic, or retailer limitation
year of release
Data source is @Plus 9Time web site
HIGHLIGHTS (click on links):
Spring Drive 3-hand automatics
Spring Dri…
This thread will summarize GS releases by (only) the following parameters:
ref
any qty, geograhic, or retailer limitation
year of release
Data source will be @Plus 9Time web site
Edit 1: latest PDF is in post #14.
Edit 2: The precise procedure for …
Continue readingIn a June 2024 Horobox interview (video link), Seiko Watch Corp. boss Akio Naito was asked, "What do you think of the [GS] quartz calibers? What is the positioning in the market? What are you expecting in the future?"
Naito:
"Actually,…
Continue readingUsing the GSDB provided to the community by @Plus 9Time , this is the number of new* GS references released each year:
The i…
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