SEIKO Diver Made In Japan (JDM) vs K Series (International)

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Jul 8, 2021 15:35:01 GMT -8 aladinsane said:

No, I dont believe them. Back in the olden days when I was a frequent poster on the original scwf, I thought that had been debunked.

Suit yourself.   It's not fake news.

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Jul 8, 2021 17:22:13 GMT -8 Adrian-VTA said:

Thanks for taking the time to email them directly. I am officially shocked.

I'll concede probably only the assembly is done in Japan, but hey, the Swiss aren't any better.

During my visits to the Shizukuishi factory I have seen the components being made. This ranges from the machining of components from raw stock, hardening of components in a furnace, drawing springs from stock, etc.

Numerous machines were labelled with the components that they were producing and on multiple cases it stated 9S/8L on the description of the item being produced. Obviously the levels of finishing differs between movements but the initial production steps from a blank piece of steel to manufacture a palette fork for example are the same.

I also witnessed trays of 8L movements being assembled and also Prospex models having hands and dials fitted before dropped into a case. A MM200 case was shown as part of the examples of models that were assembled at the factory in addition to the GS models.