Mr.Jones
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Post by Mr.Jones on Oct 31, 2019 13:58:18 GMT -8
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HiBeat
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Post by HiBeat on Oct 31, 2019 14:06:27 GMT -8
So definitely only for a few collectors with an issue count of fifty (50) peices.
That said it is probably not supposed to actually be a profit maker, but more of a corporate offering to show they play in that uber-luxury watch space.
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Post by leffemonster on Oct 31, 2019 14:41:25 GMT -8
Not for me, missing the big ‘X’...
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Post by Adrian-VTA on Oct 31, 2019 16:39:46 GMT -8
Looks cool I reckon.
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Myles
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Post by Myles on Oct 31, 2019 18:38:45 GMT -8
Solar movement? GTFO. Seiko could ef-up a wet dream.
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Post by HiBeat on Oct 31, 2019 18:59:35 GMT -8
Solar movement? GTFO. Seiko could ef-up a wet dream. Ha ha well it's not just solar, it's the Astron GPS but with heretofor unseen hidden button elegance. Devoid of all the silly retrograde indicators and mesmerizing hand dance to show how many GPS satalites are bring synched, etc. I had one of them. Yes it found the local time in Stockholm Sweden when it was last in USA but it took about 3 minutes and frankly it's a feature you don't need in real life. |
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Post by earthphase on Nov 1, 2019 6:21:00 GMT -8
Solar movement? GTFO. Seiko could ef-up a wet dream. Ha ha well it's not just solar, it's the Astron GPS but with heretofor unseen hidden button elegance. Devoid of all the silly retrograde indicators and mesmerizing hand dance to show how many GPS satalites are bring synched, etc. I had one of them. Yes it found the local time in Stockholm Sweden when it was last in USA but it took about 3 minutes and frankly it's a feature you don't need in real life. Is this caliber available in other references? |
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Post by huangcjz on Nov 1, 2019 6:49:54 GMT -8
I know that it's more accurate when it can sync to GPS, but for the times when it can't get a GPS signal and has to rely on its inherent quartz accuracy, I find it a bit disappointing that it's not better than the standard quartz accuracy of ±15 seconds per month, which SEIKO have been able to do better than ever since they introduced quartz wrist-watches. It'd've been nice if the Astron GPS tech could have been added to a ±10 or ±5 second-a-year 9F movement, or at least to a movement that can match or beat the ±5 seconds per month of the original Quartz-Astron. Quartz clocks and wrist-watches from 50 years ago still work today - who knows how many decades GPS will be available for in the future? The looks will take some getting used to with the steep chapter ring and the dial text, logos, and markers, apart from what looks like the date window, appearing to float on top of a clear layer on top of the dial surface, like you find on some Citizens like the Chronomasters - I guess that might be due to it being solar? And to nit-pick about the case-back text - they have "Quartz-Astron" on the dial of original watch, and in the lining of the box for this new watch, but "Quartz Astron" on the case-back of this new watch? Is this caliber available in other references? No, it’s new - from SEIKO’s press release: “The new Caliber 3X22 is the world’s thinnest GPS solar caliber to be fitted in a watch case”. Hopefully it’ll come in other watches as well soon. |
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Mr.Jones
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Post by Mr.Jones on Nov 1, 2019 7:12:48 GMT -8
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Post by Deleted on Nov 1, 2019 7:48:46 GMT -8
Solar movement? GTFO. Seiko could ef-up a wet dream. I think it is one of the best and most appropriate features they could have added to a watch with the name ASTRON 7dfe79adc2f0 |
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