Hello everyone,
i am thinking of gifting myself either a sgbp001 or sgbp009, sadly i have not seen one for myself, i have watched the entirety of youtube and i'm still torn…please o please post pictures of each to help me….
I have to order the…
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…
Continue readingGrand Seiko SBGH266
Mentioned in passing in this old thread (according to WUS Search): Baselworld 2018 Live Report: Grand Seiko Celebrates 20th Anniversary With 3 Limited Editions
Found on reddit, posted by u/PaternalAdvice (from ProvenanceWatches)
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Continue readingSLGB001/003 date change speed
Now 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…
Continue readingTen Years Later… I Finally Got a “Just a Seiko”
Hey everyone,
I recently made a purchase I'd never thought I'd make!
They say timing is everything. And after ten years of admiring it from afar and trying it on every year, I finally bought "the one" that’s been quietly calling t…
Continue readingThe Grand Seiko case styles of today
Thanks 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 readingGMT dilemma
Well, it's a silly GMT dilemma. I have owned SBGE015 and SBGJ001, and sold both.
SBGE015- amazing timepiece, but no lume on the bezel was an eventual dealbreaker.
SBGJ001- the original Mt Iwate, I loved this watch most, but with my ageing eyes, I …
Tabular summary of all modern GS models
This 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…
Tabular summary of GS releases 2018-present
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 readingGS release statistics, and where GS says it is going
Using 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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