New Members Please Post Here. Well, as evidenced by this catalogue, even before the close of the year, all bets were off. In the galleries below, we share scans of pages from the 1972 Seiko Special Luxury Catalogue. Two VFA’s disappear – the 6185-8020 (with 3D indices and short hands) as mentioned earlier has been replaced by the 6185-8021, but also missing is the 6185-8020 with regular indices and long hands. sold out. All content copyright The Grand Seiko Guy. One unusual (and rare) version is Cal. In total there are eight references in the 56GS series that are introduced in this catalogue. From the late 1960’s onwards, Seiko would publish two main catalogues each year that were distributed to retailers. Required fields are marked *. versteigern zu lassen. From 1969, Seiko also started to publish one more catalogue – the “Special Luxury Catalogue” that showcased the top of the range models from the collection. 2. It had taken pretty much a decade of continual research and development at Grand Seiko to arrive at the incredible +/- 2 seconds per day accuracy of the VFA references. It is notable as the only 18K gold cased vintage Grand Seiko without a date, and first made an appearance in the previous year’s Special Luxury Catalogue. Article by とうじゅう. Here on Fratello, we ran an in-depth article on Seiko’s vintage Sport Divers and this made a lot of sense because the watches are truly sporty, contain rotating bezels and other things that collectors desire. Not only do we see the introduction of the 3922 and 3923 caliber based Quartz VFA references (eight references in total), but also the earlier 3823 caliber (and newly introduced time only 3820 variant) is now retrospectively being referred to as “VFA”. 2. I’m curious how many have survived being melted down these past 50 years especially with their reputation as being unreliable. 38×2 is branded “38QTC” and is date-only. 3800A (38QT) Suwa Seikosha 38 Stream Overview. (Please note that the scans have been spread across two galleries. When one reads about the “quartz crisis” that was instigated by the introduction of the Astron, one often is given the impression that pretty much overnight the watch world was turned on its head. Post Aug 31, 2009 #6 2009-08-31T20:11...1972 is special year for me...I graduated from high school that year! 1966 Seiko 6216-9000 Seikomatic "Baby Grand" 0.00. 1973 Luxury Catalog. Reference Materials Non Japanese. We see this both directly on the dial of newly introduced references such as the spectacular platinum (case and bracelet) 38SQ-024, and 18K gold 38SQ-026 –, – and also, whilst not appearing on the dial (yet – it would be added in due course), the two models that had been introduced in the regular 1972 catalogue are now featued on a page titled “Seiko Quartz VFA” –. And win big. Seiko started issuing general catalogs for Japanese Domestic Market in 1966. Questa ambisce ad essere la più completa raccolta di cataloghi e brochure Seiko, organizzati in ordine cronologico. The model featured – whilst sharing the same catalogue code of 6185 030 – is different to the one pictured in 1971’s volume 2 and Special luxury catalogues. Intriguingly, if you flip through the scanned pages in the gallery at the bottom of this article through to the final page, you will notice that the 45GS series is represented solely by gold cased references (of either the solid 18K or capped variety). Watches/Parts - Japanese. Willard" 0.00. sold out. Vintage Grand Seiko movement part breakdowns. Page nine of the catalogue continues the pattern (no doubt entirely coincidental) of another two new watches being featured, both with movement-case number references of 5646-7010. This catalogue shows the cross-over by featuring both of the day-date variants, but only the newer example of the time and date 5645-8000. 1972 Seiko 6105-8119 150m Sport Diver "Capt. 1975 Catalog Sup. Following the thread of cobrajet25 of early August, I post now my Seiko catalog form 1972. Seiko Stem 10C 1020C 1040A 1944 1964A. 38×0 was branded “38SQ” and lacks the calendar function. In addition to the half-yearly catalogues (originally titled “No.1” and “No. Velikost: Datum vytvoření: EXIF: GPS: 381 KB 29.10.2009: (c) 2009 xcen3. As stated earlier, there are a total of 35 Grand Seiko references featured in this catalogue – the same number that appeared in volume 2 of 1971. 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