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OT:Will the REAL Bulova Precisionist Accuracy Specs Please Stand Up! (Hint: It’s not +/-10 sec/yr)

Frustration grew to the breaking point seeing continued +/-10 sec/yr being touted and parroted as the Bulova Precisionist accuracy specs on the Internet, when they quietly disappeared years ago and are nowhere to be found on Bulova’s web site. Inquired directly with Bulova what their specs are for all five of their Precisionist movements.

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OT:Will the *REAL* Bulova Precisionist Accuracy Specs Please Stand Up! (Hint: It’s not +/-10 sec/yr)

Reasonable cost HAQ alternatives

Do alternatives exist to the Citizen Chronomaster for the frugal hobbyist?

I love the metal band, smaller case and the quick set hour hand. The price I have an issue with for my daily beater.

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Precision of Seiko 8f movements

I was wondering about the experiences of others who have purchased Seiko watches with the 8f movements (8f32, 8f33, 8f56, etc.) with regard to precision. I am on my second 8f watch and the errors of both are much greater than the advertised +/-20 secon…

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Longines VHP new availability

Just a PSA… If anyone is wanting to get one of the most recently discontinued Longines VHP series (big 12 and 6, +/-5spy, perpetual calendar) Jomashop has some new old stock right now at ridiculous discounts. And don't forget to search for coup…

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New A060 The Citizen

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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Reflections of internal structure from Citizen washi dial watches

It was suggested that I post this in a more specific forum so sorry for duplication.
Original thread here: https://www.watchuseek.com/threads/watch-reflections.5680236/

Has anyone noticed unusaul reflectinos from the Citizen Washi dial watches as per …

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The status of HAQ in 2025

Summary of Citizen and Seiko HAQ models in 2024

The Citizen
Eight new The Citizen HAQs, all powered by A060. Listed in my PDF catalog along with all known earlier models dating back to 1995.

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new 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…

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Citizen AQ4100-22L – 30th Anniversary

Haven't seen anyone post on this forum about the Citizen AQ4100-22L Limited Edition release. Just found out about it a few weeks ago and luckily managed to track one down from a store in Texas (only 400 pieces worldwide). Got it shipped to me ov…

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Energy of photovoltaic HAQ

I was interested to know how powerful the solar panel of my 0100 was, relative to its drain. I realized that all the necessary information is in the manual, which gives:

P = how long it takes to drain (Pee out) a fully charged battery
R = how long it …

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