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Reference index to the Friday newsletters

The Grand Seiko Guy
Mar 22, 2023
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Introduction

Last week a collector got in contact with me about a 44GS that they had bought, but had concerns about whether or not the dial had been reprinted. Unfortunately, it turned out that it had been.

This got me thinking that it might be useful to have a resource that makes it simpler for people to check out the references (both good and bad) that have been featured in the Friday newsletters. Then, if someone sees a watch for sale somewhere that they want to check out, they can cross-reference it against watches that I’ve discussed here.

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This newsletter is structured first by vintage Grand Seiko series (57GS, 44GS, etc), then by model reference number (or a more generalized grouping of references). I then will provide links to every newsletter that featured that reference - in chronological order - split out by the “good guys” and the “bad guys”. Where a specific detail of a reference is discussed, I will mention this under the link.

This means that some references will get a lot of links, but that just goes to show how common some of these dodgy ones are. Where a reference has never been featured, it will not be mentioned in the list, so don’t treat the list below as a comprehensive list of all vintage Grand Seikos ever released. For that, consult the series of articles on the Seiko catalogues.

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One important thing to note is that Yahoo Japan only maintain a 6 month archive - the links in any newsletter more than 6 months old at the time you click through will be dead. Also, the earlier newsletters were published before Yahoo Japan blocked connections from Europe, and so in those there are direct links that will throw up an error.

However, the photos in the newsletter should in most cases be sufficient to identify either the pros or cons of the watch in question, and of course the accompanying text will often provide additional insight.

Going forward, I will endeavour to keep this article up to date as I publish the newsletter every week, but occasionally there will be a delay.

There was a lot of work involved in putting this newsletter together, and whilst I have decided to make it available to all subscribers, those with free subscriptions will not be able to access the vast majority of the newsletter archives. However, starting from earlier this month, those with free subs get to see the latest newsletter one week after it has been published, so in time there will be more and more references that they can check out.

One thing you will notice if you start clicking through the links is that the newsletter content has evolved over time. In the earliest newsletters, I only dealt with the bad listings, and I also detailed the specific coloured redials. At around the turn of the year 2021-2022, I stopped listing every coloured redial; introduced the recommended listings; watches available at dealers; and later started the “It’s not a vintage Grand Seiko, but I like it” section (all those are listed at the end of this newsletter).

Please note this is absolutely not intended to be a newsletter to read and click all the way through! Rather, treat it as research material to dip into when you are considering purchasing a specific reference. Check out the “good guys” to compare the quality of what you are looking at compared to others that have sold, and the “bad guys” to make sure you’re not buying something with a problem.


The first Grand Seiko

Print logo dial

Good guys

Can’t a woman just live?

Change that ringtone. Get some Guns N' Roses or something.

Bad guys

Another round of auctions to be wary of

  • Includes detailed explanation of dating of components for the print logo dial.

Here comes the bride

Never let a tragedy go to waste

I’ve got a little itch… down there. Would you mind?

  • Just a dial - they’re getting better

Friend of yours?

  • Same dial as above makes a reappearance


Carved logo dial

Good guys

Normal service resumes

You’ll smell him soon enough. He really likes that cologne.

One Batch, Two Batch, Penny and Dime

One never really knows one’s own true intentions

“Hey - I found something in the hall closet the other day.”

It’s grotesque - I’ll give you $20,000 for it.

Can’t a woman just live?

The world as we know it is coming undone

People are easy if they can be motivated with money

Get off my plane

Change that ringtone. Get some Guns N' Roses or something.

I can assure, you my intentions are strictly honourable

This never happened to the other fellow

  • includes early inner box, detailed discussion

Give us a kiss, give us a kiss

It looks like a watch, but it’s really a laser. It keeps perfect time.

I suppose it’s too late to make a run for it

I didn’t know you could fly a plane

  • Linen dial unicorn. Quite the essay on it! See you at the finish line.

Bad guys

Holiday horological horrors

To boldy go…

  • Dial is good, but a fake medallion

Hello, and welcome to Staying Awake

  • A reprinted black dialed first that I actually wish I’d bought!

You break the rules and become the hero. I do it and I become the enemy.

The world as we know it is coming undone

  • two examples - one with a reprinted dial, one in the wrong case

Let’s go out to the field

Never let a tragedy go to waste

Lies travel faster than the truth

The triggers are anger and fear

If there was only bad people doing bad things, it'd be easy to get rid of them.

If at first you don’t succeed… Mr Kidd?

You're that secret agent! That English secret agent! From England!

  • black dial again

Give us a kiss, give us a kiss

If I let you know where I’m going, then I won’t be on holiday

  • Wrong case


Carved logo dial - transitional

Good guys

I suppose it’s too late to make a run for it

Bad guys

I’m part of an agency called the IMF

  • In a photo rotated 90 degrees, it’s a lot harder to spot the redial


Raised logo dial

Good guys

Christmas crackers

Year end Yahoo excitement

"Would you put day drinking under experience, or special abilities?"

You’ll smell him soon enough. He really likes that cologne.

One Batch, Two Batch, Penny and Dime

“Hey - I found something in the hall closet the other day.”

I read it in Cosmo

Dormammu, I’ve come to bargain.

This drink - I like it!

I already told you - I don’t wanna join your super secret boy band

I speak only with Elizabeth Keen

  • Including an example with box and papers

It’s grotesque - I’ll give you $20,000 for it.

Remember boys, no points for second place.

To infinity… and beyond!

  • with papers, but a bit of a risk

I figure all any kid needs is hope and the feeling he or she belongs.

  • with box, papers, swing tags

How are we doing guys?

The world as we know it is coming undone

  • incredible patina

Nice suit

People are easy if they can be motivated with money

Lies travel faster than the truth

The triggers are anger and fear

Everything I’ve learned about people, I’ve learned from Thomas

Get off my plane

Change that ringtone. Get some Guns N' Roses or something.

If there was only bad people doing bad things, it'd be easy to get rid of them.

Shouldn’t we synchronize our watches?

  • at Phillips

I might just retire to here

This never happened to the other fellow

  • comparison of the two different medallions, and dial codes

This never happened to the other fellow

If at first you don’t succeed… Mr Kidd?

Bond! What do you think you’re doing?

Give us a kiss, give us a kiss

Forgive my curiosity, but, what is that?

You slept well?

Whoever it was, it must have scared the living daylights out of her.

Some day, you'll have to make good on your innuendos

With all due respect, M, sometimes I don't think you have the balls for this job!

I see you handle you’re weapon well

Friend of yours?

I suppose it’s too late to make a run for it

  • Congratulations to whoever it was that outbid me on the “project” watch

  • And a second example that has been reconditioned at the mothership

I’m going to tell you a story about a man

  • also a separate listing for the box

It’s not a trap

  • Needs a new crystal and a good clean!

I don’t want to do this anymore

  • Just a shame about the spot near the SD logo

I know who I am

  • Nice clean example

This tape will self destruct in 5 seconds

  • Poor listing with just 3 photos. Bit of a risk - hope it turned out OK for the buyer!

Why am I Pluto? It’s not even a planet anymore!

  • Small stain on dial

Hope is not a strategy

  • One of the better ones to turn up this year. Small scratch on dial though.

Hope is not a strategy

  • Inner box, papers, tags, buckle.

You’re not the man I knew ten years ago

  • Just the inner box

  • Possibly the worst “redone” dial you’ll ever come across. Worth checking out for the lols.

Bad guys

Multiple vintage Grand Seikos with poorly redone dials

Welcome paid subscribers, and thank you!

Christmas crackers

New Year revolutions

Normal service resumes

To boldy go…

  • Several examples

"Would you put day drinking under experience, or special abilities?"

One Batch, Two Batch, Penny and Dime

One never really knows one’s own true intentions

“Hey - I found something in the hall closet the other day.”

Hello, and welcome to Staying Awake

I read it in Cosmo

This drink - I like it!

I already told you - I don’t wanna join your super secret boy band

It’s grotesque - I’ll give you $20,000 for it.

Can’t a woman just live?

I figure all any kid needs is hope and the feeling he or she belongs.

What we need is a samurai

I don't need anything that fancy. Just t-shirt and jeans.

Lies travel faster than the truth

The triggers are anger and fear

Get off my plane

Change that ringtone. Get some Guns N' Roses or something.

Eternity can be a curse

I admire all forms of life

I can assure, you my intentions are strictly honourable

This never happened to the other fellow

It looks like a watch, but it’s really a laser. It keeps perfect time.

You slept well?

Whoever it was, it must have scared the living daylights out of her.

Why don’t you wait until you’re asked?

If you can't trust a Swiss banker, what's the world come to?

I see you handle you’re weapon well

I’ve got a little itch… down there. Would you mind?

Friend of yours?

  • Someone has redrawn over the original print

This tape will self destruct in 5 seconds

  • This dial reprint is turning up a lot these days. Includes an explanation of how to spot it.

If I let you know where I’m going, then I won’t be on holiday

  • Same dial, same seller. Gotta feel sorry for the collector who paid 392K for this one.

I’m part of an agency called the IMF

  • Black dial

Why am I Pluto? It’s not even a planet anymore!

  • Same seller as the recent carved logo that was presented on its side, same reprint.

Where’s the disc?

Hope is not a strategy

  • Dial probably retouched, rather than reprinted

You’re not the man I knew ten years ago

  • Possibly the worst “redone” dial you’ll ever come across. Worth checking out for the lols.

Nothing shocks me. I’m a scientist

  • If anyone can explain to me why someone would pay 229,000 Yen for this, I’m all ears.


AD dial

Good guys

People are easy if they can be motivated with money

The triggers are anger and fear

If there was only bad people doing bad things, it'd be easy to get rid of them.

Bond! What do you think you’re doing?

Does it do anything?

  • Watch dates from October 1961, so either dial and movement recased, or a service dial

Bad guys

Same same, but different

Here comes the bride

I’m part of an agency called the IMF


Stainless steel

Good guys

The world as we know it is coming undone

Bad guys

Multiple vintage Grand Seikos with poorly redone dials

Welcome paid subscribers, and thank you!

Here comes the bride

This week’s dodgy dossier

Year end Yahoo excitement

  • Modern reprint but with a clearly aged dial. Odd.

New Year revolutions

Normal service resumes

A very interesting week

Nana nana nana nana

One Batch, Two Batch, Penny and Dime

Dormammu, I’ve come to bargain.

You break the rules and become the hero. I do it and I become the enemy.

Remember boys, no points for second place.

To infinity… and beyond!

  • plus some additional notes on the first Grand Seiko in stainless steel

Everything I’ve learned about people, I’ve learned from Thomas

I admire all forms of life

This never happened to the other fellow

Give us a kiss, give us a kiss

Forgive my curiosity, but, what is that?

Some day, you'll have to make good on your innuendos

You know as well as I do decisions made in real time are never perfect

Where’s the disc?

  • Someone ended up paying over a million Yen for a fake watch.

Where’s the disc?

  • Regular First dial and movement in a 1967 Lord Marvel case.


Platinum

Good guys

You're that secret agent! That English secret agent! From England!

Why don’t you wait until you’re asked?

  • auction withdrawn


57GS Series

43999 SD dial

Good guys

Holiday horological horrors

Use the force, Luke

One Batch, Two Batch, Penny and Dime

Can’t a woman just live?

I figure all any kid needs is hope and the feeling he or she belongs.

Let’s go out to the field

I don't need anything that fancy. Just t-shirt and jeans.

I can assure, you my intentions are strictly honourable

Do you mind if my friend sits this one out? She's just dead.

If at first you don’t succeed… Mr Kidd?

Whoever it was, it must have scared the living daylights out of her.

If you can't trust a Swiss banker, what's the world come to?

It’s not a trap

  • It’s been a long wait, but a good one finally turns up

If I let you know where I’m going, then I won’t be on holiday

  • No movement shots, but everything else checks out. Just needs a new crystal. Super looking example.

Hope is not a strategy

  • Poor quality listing. Auction was canceled.

You’re not the man I knew ten years ago

Bad guys

Another round of auctions to be wary of

  • Includes commentary on production date range of the SD dialed 43999

Same same, but different

Watch auctions to watch out for

  • Includes commentary on correct movement and crown for SD dialed 43999, and a very early 43999 SD dial case. Also three incorrect 43999’s listed this week that could fix one another!

This week’s dodgy dossier

Christmas crackers

Year end Yahoo excitement

Use the force, Luke

Nana nana nana nana

You’ll smell him soon enough. He really likes that cologne.

One Batch, Two Batch, Penny and Dime

  • One example in a case that is too late, and one with a faked dial

One never really knows one’s own true intentions

It’s grotesque - I’ll give you $20,000 for it.

Life finds a way.

How are we doing guys?

What we need is a samurai

Get off my plane

  • With box and papers, and some serious problems

I admire all forms of life

You may know the right wines, but you're the one on your knees. How does it feel old man?

Do you mind if my friend sits this one out? She's just dead.

I might just retire to here

This never happened to the other fellow

If at first you don’t succeed… Mr Kidd?

Bond! What do you think you’re doing?

Give us a kiss, give us a kiss

With all due respect, M, sometimes I don't think you have the balls for this job!

If you can't trust a Swiss banker, what's the world come to?

Friend of yours?

  • The usual suspect

I’m going to tell you a story about a man

  • And here he is again

I don’t want to do this anymore

  • And again…

I’m part of an agency called the IMF

  • And again…

Hope is not a strategy

  • Looks like a set, isn’t a set. Fake dial, wrong date for an SD, wrong crown, fake caseback protection sticker…

When do I start going downhill?

You’re not the man I knew ten years ago

  • The dodgy set from “Hope is not a strategy” resurfaces

Nothing shocks me. I’m a scientist

  • Redone dial, December 1964 production. A deliberate misrepresentation.

  • And another one from the regular contributor. Note - going forward I will not be detailing everything he lists, just one per week (which will be summarized in this newsletter).

I didn’t know you could fly a plane


43999 AD dial

Good guys

Same same, but different

  • How the original crown can age

Christmas crackers

A very interesting week

  • With box and two certificates - detailed analysis

One Batch, Two Batch, Penny and Dime

Hello, and welcome to Staying Awake

This drink - I like it!

I already told you - I don’t wanna join your super secret boy band

What we need is a samurai

This never happened to the other fellow

  • with papers, discussion on the different certificates

Bond! What do you think you’re doing?

My God! What’s Bond doing?

Why don’t you wait until you’re asked?

I’ve got a little itch… down there. Would you mind?

Why am I Pluto? It’s not even a planet anymore!

  • Featuring one “regular” one, and one transitional

Bad guys

Watch auctions to watch out for

  • AD dial in a case that is too early

Use the force, Luke

"Would you put day drinking under experience, or special abilities?"

  • AD dial in a case that is too early

  • Two example with the wrong crown, and discussion on that subject

I figure all any kid needs is hope and the feeling he or she belongs.

If there was only bad people doing bad things, it'd be easy to get rid of them.

You know as well as I do decisions made in real time are never perfect

  • August 1963 production with an AD dial, and the wrong crown

I’m part of an agency called the IMF

  • Another August 1963 with an AD dial and the wrong crown


5722-9990

Good guys

Year end Yahoo excitement

I read it in Cosmo

What we need is a samurai

This never happened to the other fellow

If at first you don’t succeed… Mr Kidd?

  • at Phillips

My God! What’s Bond doing?

Forgive my curiosity, but, what is that?

I know who I am

  • Including a discussion regarding the transitional 57GS variants

This tape will self destruct in 5 seconds

  • Just the inner box

I’m part of an agency called the IMF

  • Another inner box

Why am I Pluto? It’s not even a planet anymore!

  • Aaaand another inner box

When do I start going downhill?

You’re not the man I knew ten years ago

  • Boxes galore!

Bad guys

Same same, but different

Watch auctions to watch out for

Here comes the bride

A very interesting week

  • Includes detailed comparison of a correct print to the reprinted example

Use the force, Luke

One never really knows one’s own true intentions

  • Includes some thoughts on “correct” 57GS variants

One never really knows one’s own true intentions

“Hey - I found something in the hall closet the other day.”

Hello, and welcome to Staying Awake

I read it in Cosmo

Can’t a woman just live?

The world as we know it is coming undone

People are easy if they can be motivated with money

Never let a tragedy go to waste

Lies travel faster than the truth

Everything I’ve learned about people, I’ve learned from Thomas

Get off my plane

Change that ringtone. Get some Guns N' Roses or something.

Shouldn’t we synchronize our watches?

I can assure, you my intentions are strictly honourable

You like a close shave, don’t you?

If at first you don’t succeed… Mr Kidd?

You're that secret agent! That English secret agent! From England!

Whoever it was, it must have scared the living daylights out of her.

With all due respect, M, sometimes I don't think you have the balls for this job!

I’m going to tell you a story about a man

You know as well as I do decisions made in real time are never perfect

I know who I am

This tape will self destruct in 5 seconds

  • Wrong crown, too early for a Diashock dial

Nothing shocks me. I’m a scientist

  • Just the inner box, but with a red tray from the later 61/56/45GS box.


5722-9991

Good guys

New Year revolutions

Life finds a way.

Do you mind if my friend sits this one out? She's just dead.

I see you handle you’re weapon well

I don’t want to do this anymore

  • So many bad examples of these, it’s about time I highlighted a good one

Bad guys

Multiple vintage Grand Seikos with poorly redone dials

This week's caveat emptor

Welcome paid subscribers, and thank you!

Another round of auctions to be wary of

Year end Yahoo excitement

Use the force, Luke

Nana nana nana nana

  • Just look at the “K” in Seiko

"Would you put day drinking under experience, or special abilities?"

“Hey - I found something in the hall closet the other day.”

Hello, and welcome to Staying Awake

Dormammu, I’ve come to bargain.

I already told you - I don’t wanna join your super secret boy band

The triggers are anger and fear

Get off my plane

Change that ringtone. Get some Guns N' Roses or something.

If there was only bad people doing bad things, it'd be easy to get rid of them.

Eternity can be a curse

Hey man, for twenty bucks, I'll take you to a Ku Klux Klan cook out!

You're that secret agent! That English secret agent! From England!

Bond! What do you think you’re doing?

My God! What’s Bond doing?

It looks like a watch, but it’s really a laser. It keeps perfect time.

Whoever it was, it must have scared the living daylights out of her.

Why don’t you wait until you’re asked?

I suppose it’s too late to make a run for it

I don’t want to do this anymore


5722-9970

Good guys

You may know the right wines, but you're the one on your knees. How does it feel old man?

I’ve got a little itch… down there. Would you mind?

  • The elusive box!

You know as well as I do decisions made in real time are never perfect

  • 1965 with a 43999 AD dial

Bad guys

Dormammu, I’ve come to bargain.

I know who I am


57GS Cap Gold

Good guys

Year end Yahoo excitement

This drink - I like it!

I don't need anything that fancy. Just t-shirt and jeans.

Do you mind if my friend sits this one out? She's just dead.

This tape will self destruct in 5 seconds

Why am I Pluto? It’s not even a planet anymore!


57GS 18K

Good guys

I can assure, you my intentions are strictly honourable

Forgive my curiosity, but, what is that?


44GS Series

4420-9000 early dial

Good guys

Never let a tragedy go to waste

  • Three in a week!

This never happened to the other fellow

Why don’t you wait until you’re asked?

I’ve got a little itch… down there. Would you mind?

Bad guys

Nana nana nana nana

  • includes a photo of a genuine dial to compare to the reprinted one

Why don’t you wait until you’re asked?

You know as well as I do decisions made in real time are never perfect

I suppose it’s too late to make a run for it

  • Odd considering this is from the same seller that has the two good later dials. Includes a detailed shot of a genuine dial, and how to identify this reprint.

I know who I am

  • Wrong crown.

I’m part of an agency called the IMF

  • Cracked bezel, stained dial, wrong crown


4420-9000 late dial

Good guys

This drink - I like it!

I speak only with Elizabeth Keen

I admire all forms of life

My God! What’s Bond doing?

Why don’t you wait until you’re asked?

I suppose it’s too late to make a run for it

  • Two of them!

Does it do anything?

  • And he turns up another!

Word in the ether was you’d lost your memory

  • Great example at Loupe This

You know as well as I do decisions made in real time are never perfect

There was never just one

  • Two examples

I know who I am

  • Another three - lots of these surfacing of late

I’m part of an agency called the IMF

  • Good dial, poor case

Why am I Pluto? It’s not even a planet anymore!

  • Where is he finding all these?!

Hope is not a strategy

You’re not the man I knew ten years ago

Nothing shocks me. I’m a scientist

Bad guys

Holiday horological horrors

  • Includes photo of a legitimate dial to compare to the reprinted one

"Would you put day drinking under experience, or special abilities?"

  • Includes close-up of the main print on a legitimate dial to compare to the reprinted one

You’ll smell him soon enough. He really likes that cologne.

Hello, and welcome to Staying Awake

I read it in Cosmo

Life finds a way.

Can’t a woman just live?

Never let a tragedy go to waste

Everything I’ve learned about people, I’ve learned from Thomas

Shouldn’t we synchronize our watches?

Bond! What do you think you’re doing?

Give us a kiss, give us a kiss

It looks like a watch, but it’s really a laser. It keeps perfect time.

With all due respect, M, sometimes I don't think you have the balls for this job!

I see you handle you’re weapon well

I’ve got a little itch… down there. Would you mind?

I’m going to tell you a story about a man

  • Someone ended up paying 200K for a reprinted dial

This tape will self destruct in 5 seconds

  • And someone paid 231K for this one with a reprinted dial.

I’m part of an agency called the IMF

  • The usual suspect


4420-9990

Good guys

To boldy go…

“Hey - I found something in the hall closet the other day.”

Dormammu, I’ve come to bargain.

I figure all any kid needs is hope and the feeling he or she belongs.

Bond! What do you think you’re doing?

My God! What’s Bond doing?

If you can't trust a Swiss banker, what's the world come to?


62GS Series

6245-9000/9001 (all variants)

Good guys

Eternity can be a curse

Why don’t you wait until you’re asked?

Some day, you'll have to make good on your innuendos

Does it do anything?

Bad guys

This week's caveat emptor

Welcome paid subscribers, and thank you!

Let’s go out to the field

You may know the right wines, but you're the one on your knees. How does it feel old man?

Why don’t you wait until you’re asked?


6246-9000/9001 (all variants)

Good guys

A very interesting week

  • -9010 dial on a cap gold 6246-9001

Life finds a way.

  • -9010 dial on a cap gold 6246-9001

Let’s go out to the field

Never let a tragedy go to waste

  • -9010 dial on a cap gold 6246-9001

The triggers are anger and fear

  • -9010 dial on a cap gold 6246-9001

Shouldn’t we synchronize our watches?

You may know the right wines, but you're the one on your knees. How does it feel old man?

This never happened to the other fellow

My God! What’s Bond doing?

Whoever it was, it must have scared the living daylights out of her.

Bad guys

Welcome paid subscribers, and thank you!

Same same, but different

Nana nana nana nana

Let’s go out to the field


61GS Series

6145/6-8000 (all variants)

Good guys

Christmas crackers

Year end Yahoo excitement

  • Note - since writing this one up, I have seen more examples of the bracelet without the end-links stamped, and am now of the view that this was probably correct.

To boldy go…

  • Set with swing tags

I read it in Cosmo

Dormammu, I’ve come to bargain.

This drink - I like it!

I already told you - I don’t wanna join your super secret boy band

Life finds a way.

How are we doing guys?

I don't need anything that fancy. Just t-shirt and jeans.

Lies travel faster than the truth

Change that ringtone. Get some Guns N' Roses or something.

If there was only bad people doing bad things, it'd be easy to get rid of them.

Shouldn’t we synchronize our watches?

Eternity can be a curse

You like a close shave, don’t you?

I might just retire to here

If at first you don’t succeed… Mr Kidd?

Forgive my curiosity, but, what is that?

  • 18K gold cased

Why don’t you wait until you’re asked?

If you can't trust a Swiss banker, what's the world come to?

I see you handle you’re weapon well

  • watch, also service cases for both 6145- and 6146-8000

It’s not a trap

  • Dial has issues, case isn’t the best, but it came with its original certificate.

This tape will self destruct in 5 seconds

  • A particularly intriguing (if poor quality) example of the later dial 6146-8000 in cap gold with a “Toyota Thailand 1969” inscription on the caseback. A perfect curiosity for a Grand Seiko collector living in Thailand!

Why am I Pluto? It’s not even a planet anymore!

  • 18K gold cased 6145-8000 on open auction. Auction was canceled.

Hope is not a strategy

  • Watch not the best, but complete with correct inner box and matching numbers certificate.

You’re not the man I knew ten years ago

  • Cross-hair dial, not the best of cases.

  • But later there’s a much better one!

  • A super condition late dial 6146-8000

  • Gorgeously patinated dial on a 6145-8000

  • 6145-8000 service case, with an interesting inside caseback

  • Boxes galore!

Bad guys

Multiple vintage Grand Seikos with poorly redone dials

This week's caveat emptor

Welcome paid subscribers, and thank you!

Another round of auctions to be wary of

Same same, but different

Here comes the bride

This week’s dodgy dossier

Holiday horological horrors

Christmas crackers

Year end Yahoo excitement

New Year revolutions

All quiet on the Eastern front

Normal service resumes

A very interesting week

To boldy go…

Use the force, Luke

Nana nana nana nana

  • including a very well done dial reprint, and a genuine one to compare with

You’ll smell him soon enough. He really likes that cologne.

One Batch, Two Batch, Penny and Dime

“Hey - I found something in the hall closet the other day.”

Dormammu, I’ve come to bargain.

I speak only with Elizabeth Keen

It’s grotesque - I’ll give you $20,000 for it.

The world as we know it is coming undone

People are easy if they can be motivated with money

I don't need anything that fancy. Just t-shirt and jeans.

Change that ringtone. Get some Guns N' Roses or something.

Shouldn’t we synchronize our watches?

You're that secret agent! That English secret agent! From England!

I see you handle you’re weapon well

Friend of yours?

  • An obvious redial of the standard later dial

  • Redial of the cross dial

  • Arabesque dial from the -8010 in an -8000 case. Dial is likely legitimate.

I’m going to tell you a story about a man

  • Redone early GS dial

I know who I am

  • Dial and handset from an -8020

I didn’t know you could fly a plane

  • With fake Arabesque dial

  • And a fake early dial


6146-8010

Good guys

Use the force, Luke

  • with pyramid faceted crystal

I speak only with Elizabeth Keen

Shouldn’t we synchronize our watches?

You may know the right wines, but you're the one on your knees. How does it feel old man?

Bond! What do you think you’re doing?

  • with pyramid faceted crystal

Whoever it was, it must have scared the living daylights out of her.

With all due respect, M, sometimes I don't think you have the balls for this job!

You know as well as I do decisions made in real time are never perfect

  • Not the best example, but at least it’s legit!

Hope is not a strategy

  • Pyramid faceted crystal

Bad guys

This week's caveat emptor

Another round of auctions to be wary of

  • Includes comparison of 6146-8000 and 6146-8010 cases

This week’s dodgy dossier

  • Includes a photo of a genuine dial to compare to the reprinted one.

Year end Yahoo excitement

All quiet on the Eastern front

A very interesting week

To boldy go…

Nana nana nana nana

"Would you put day drinking under experience, or special abilities?"

One Batch, Two Batch, Penny and Dime

Hello, and welcome to Staying Awake

You break the rules and become the hero. I do it and I become the enemy.

It’s grotesque - I’ll give you $20,000 for it.

Never let a tragedy go to waste

Hey man, for twenty bucks, I'll take you to a Ku Klux Klan cook out!

Bond! What do you think you’re doing?

Give us a kiss, give us a kiss

I’m going to tell you a story about a man

  • Genuine case, and an Idemitsu to boot, but it is most definitely a redone dial.

If I let you know where I’m going, then I won’t be on holiday

  • The dial is from the Arabesque, but everything else is from the 6156-8010 Special.


6145/6-8020

Good guys

Use the force, Luke

Remember boys, no points for second place.

How are we doing guys?

Change that ringtone. Get some Guns N' Roses or something.

If there was only bad people doing bad things, it'd be easy to get rid of them.

Why don’t you wait until you’re asked?

Some day, you'll have to make good on your innuendos

Bad guys

Here comes the bride

A very interesting week

Nana nana nana nana

One Batch, Two Batch, Penny and Dime

It looks like a watch, but it’s really a laser. It keeps perfect time.


6145/6-8030

Bad guys

To boldy go…


6146-8040

Good guys

What we need is a samurai

Nice suit

  • same watch relisted

Everything I’ve learned about people, I’ve learned from Thomas

Why am I Pluto? It’s not even a planet anymore!

  • Great example. Closed for over 900,000 Yen.


6145/6-8050

Good guys

To boldy go…

I speak only with Elizabeth Keen

Change that ringtone. Get some Guns N' Roses or something.

I can assure, you my intentions are strictly honourable

If at first you don’t succeed… Mr Kidd?

Forgive my curiosity, but, what is that?

I’m going to tell you a story about a man

  • white dial, potentially reproduction caseback medallion

Hope is not a strategy

  • Another white dial, with bracelet. Case has had some strong polishing though.

Bad guys

You’ll smell him soon enough. He really likes that cologne.

  • A bizarre Frankenstein

I speak only with Elizabeth Keen

  • The incorrect faceted crystal

Life finds a way.

I don’t want to do this anymore

  • Aftermarket crystal, reconditioned case

Where’s the disc?

  • Fake 6156-8000 dial in a 6146-8050 case

When do I start going downhill?

  • The above watch turns up again

You’re not the man I knew ten years ago

  • and again…


6155-8000

Good guys

You like a close shave, don’t you?

Does it do anything?

  • Just the bracelet XAB271 (also good for the 6156-8000)

Bad guys

Watch auctions to watch out for

Normal service resumes

“Hey - I found something in the hall closet the other day.”

  • includes a photo of a correct dial to compare with the reprinted one

I speak only with Elizabeth Keen

Nice suit

I don't need anything that fancy. Just t-shirt and jeans.

The triggers are anger and fear

Get off my plane

My God! What’s Bond doing?

With all due respect, M, sometimes I don't think you have the balls for this job!

I see you handle you’re weapon well

I suppose it’s too late to make a run for it

Hope is not a strategy


6156-8000/8001/8030

Good guys

It’s grotesque - I’ll give you $20,000 for it.

Remember boys, no points for second place.

I might just retire to here

My God! What’s Bond doing?

It looks like a watch, but it’s really a laser. It keeps perfect time.

  • on bracelet

You know as well as I do decisions made in real time are never perfect

There was never just one

When do I start going downhill?

Bad guys

Another round of auctions to be wary of

Christmas crackers

Year end Yahoo excitement

To boldy go…

Nana nana nana nana

People are easy if they can be motivated with money

Get off my plane

I might just retire to here

With all due respect, M, sometimes I don't think you have the balls for this job!

I suppose it’s too late to make a run for it

I don’t want to do this anymore

  • one of the strangest “sets” I’ve ever seen put together, but buy three lots from this week’s bad guys and you can sort almost every problem out!

If I let you know where I’m going, then I won’t be on holiday

  • Redone dial, and how to spot them even when the images are very low resolution.


6156-8010

Good guys

How are we doing guys?

Eternity can be a curse

Why don’t you wait until you’re asked?

I see you handle you’re weapon well

Where’s the disc?

  • From a seller who slowly reduces his minimum bid price. At publication time, this one was listed for 153,780 Yen. It’s still available as I update this newsletter, and now just 139,800 Yen. Someone really should snap it up!

Bad guys

This week’s dodgy dossier

  • Includes a photo of a genuine dial to compare to the reprinted one

A very interesting week

I’ve got a little itch… down there. Would you mind?

Does it do anything?

  • I included a detail shot of the dial from a legitimate one. Can you spot the differences?


6156-8020

Good guys

I don't need anything that fancy. Just t-shirt and jeans.

It looks like a watch, but it’s really a laser. It keeps perfect time.

I’m going to tell you a story about a man

  • Super example, and a great price for the winning bidder

Word in the ether was you’d lost your memory

There was never just one

  • Probably the best example I’ve ever seen, and complete with inner and outer (with Grand Seiko Special printed on the side) boxes.


6156-8040

Good guys

One Batch, Two Batch, Penny and Dime

I’m going to tell you a story about a man

It’s not a trap

  • The best example of this reference to turn up for years. Gutted that I got outbid! Congratulations to whoever got it for 360K.

Word in the ether was you’d lost your memory

  • Another nice example, but no bracelet, but…

  • A separate auction listed the correct bracelet!

If I let you know where I’m going, then I won’t be on holiday

  • Remember a few weeks ago where I said the best example in years turned up? Well this one trumps it. Superb example, complete with price ticket. Ended up selling for 421K.

Why am I Pluto? It’s not even a planet anymore!

  • Not quite as good as some of the recent listings

Hope is not a strategy

Bad guys

Holiday horological horrors

  • A bizarre Frankenstein

A very interesting week

Why am I Pluto? It’s not even a planet anymore!

  • Redone dial (copied from a 56GS!)

Where’s the disc?

  • Same watch relisted


6185-8010

Bad guys

Bond! What do you think you’re doing?

  • wrong dial

My God! What’s Bond doing?

  • same watch again

Give us a kiss, give us a kiss

  • back for a third week - this time it sold


6185-8020 (long hands)

Good guys

Change that ringtone. Get some Guns N' Roses or something.

I admire all forms of life

  • in 6185-8021 case

Hey man, for twenty bucks, I'll take you to a Ku Klux Klan cook out!

Bad guys

Here comes the bride


6185-8021

Good guys

Nana nana nana nana

You’ll smell him soon enough. He really likes that cologne.

Nice suit

  • in an -8020 case. Long discussion on the subject

I don't need anything that fancy. Just t-shirt and jeans.

Get off my plane

  • in an -8020 case.

I can assure, you my intentions are strictly honourable

Forgive my curiosity, but, what is that?

I know who I am

This tape will self destruct in 5 seconds

  • Auction was canceled

I’m part of an agency called the IMF

  • Above watch relisted

Why am I Pluto? It’s not even a planet anymore!

  • Above watch relisted again! This time the auction wasn’t canceled.

You’re not the man I knew ten years ago

  • Might be useful for parts! Missing crystal and second hand, stained dial, poor case… Auction got canceled.


6186-8000

Good guys

People are easy if they can be motivated with money

I don't need anything that fancy. Just t-shirt and jeans.

I can assure, you my intentions are strictly honourable

If at first you don’t succeed… Mr Kidd?

  • at Phillips

You're that secret agent! That English secret agent! From England!

Why don’t you wait until you’re asked?

With all due respect, M, sometimes I don't think you have the balls for this job!

You know as well as I do decisions made in real time are never perfect

I know who I am

  • Blue dial. Very scratched up!

Why am I Pluto? It’s not even a planet anymore!

  • The same watch from “You know as well as I do…”, looking very different under different lighting. Minimum bid of 1.25M, someone took it.


45GS Series

4520/2-7000 (all variants)

Good guys

One never really knows one’s own true intentions

“Hey - I found something in the hall closet the other day.”

Dormammu, I’ve come to bargain.

You break the rules and become the hero. I do it and I become the enemy.

Nice suit

If there was only bad people doing bad things, it'd be easy to get rid of them.

I might just retire to here

This never happened to the other fellow

Why don’t you wait until you’re asked?

Some day, you'll have to make good on your innuendos

I suppose it’s too late to make a run for it

  • Including correct inner box and buckle

I’m going to tell you a story about a man

  • Oddly patinated dial - someone got a bargain here!

It’s not a trap

  • More traditionally patinated dial, and a great price for the winning bidder

Word in the ether was you’d lost your memory

  • Gently patinated dial.

If I let you know where I’m going, then I won’t be on holiday

  • Deeply patinated dial.

Bad guys

One never really knows one’s own true intentions

  • be careful with price tickets!

I figure all any kid needs is hope and the feeling he or she belongs.

  • Not a Wako limited edition

The world as we know it is coming undone

Never let a tragedy go to waste

Hey man, for twenty bucks, I'll take you to a Ku Klux Klan cook out!

You're that secret agent! That English secret agent! From England!

Word in the ether was you’d lost your memory

  • Bizarre frankenstein

When do I start going downhill?


4520/2-7010

Good guys

One never really knows one’s own true intentions

It’s grotesque - I’ll give you $20,000 for it.

When do I start going downhill?

  • Examples of both dials (36000 and non-36000) in the same week. Not the best of condition, but worth including for the educational value!

Bad guys

I know who I am


4520/2-8000 (all variants)

Good guys

Year end Yahoo excitement

New Year revolutions

Normal service resumes

A very interesting week

You’ll smell him soon enough. He really likes that cologne.

One never really knows one’s own true intentions

I already told you - I don’t wanna join your super secret boy band

Remember boys, no points for second place.

Life finds a way.

The world as we know it is coming undone

Nice suit

Never let a tragedy go to waste

Shouldn’t we synchronize our watches?

I can assure, you my intentions are strictly honourable

This never happened to the other fellow

Hey man, for twenty bucks, I'll take you to a Ku Klux Klan cook out!

  • with box and papers, and a second one with papers

My God! What’s Bond doing?

Give us a kiss, give us a kiss

I’ve got a little itch… down there. Would you mind?

Friend of yours?

I’m going to tell you a story about a man

  • Cap gold examples of both 4520- and 4522-

  • and a service case for the cap gold 4522-

It’s not a trap

  • steel 4520-. The one everyone is after

Word in the ether was you’d lost your memory

  • Super example of the cap gold -8000 with box and papers

There was never just one

  • Too late for the newsletter, but a 1969 Toshiba Commemorative complete with original inner box, matching numbers certificate, and Seiko guarantee papers. A ridiculous bargain at just 151,000 for the lucky winner!

When do I start going downhill?

  • Box, certificate, retailer guarantee. Oddly the certificate is the wrong case number, but the retailer guarantee matches the watch.

Nothing shocks me. I’m a scientist

  • Looks to be an untouched, heavily tarnised, case. I bought it. Will share in a couple of weeks.

Bad guys

Another round of auctions to be wary of

Year end Yahoo excitement

A very interesting week

To boldy go…

Nana nana nana nana

"Would you put day drinking under experience, or special abilities?"

Let’s go out to the field

Eternity can be a curse

I can assure, you my intentions are strictly honourable

If at first you don’t succeed… Mr Kidd?

  • on Yahoo and at Phillips

I see you handle you’re weapon well


4520/2-8010

Good guys

"Would you put day drinking under experience, or special abilities?"

“Hey - I found something in the hall closet the other day.”

People are easy if they can be motivated with money

I don't need anything that fancy. Just t-shirt and jeans.

Never let a tragedy go to waste

If there was only bad people doing bad things, it'd be easy to get rid of them.

I might just retire to here

You're that secret agent! That English secret agent! From England!

If you can't trust a Swiss banker, what's the world come to?

I see you handle you’re weapon well

  • watch, and a separately listed buckle

Does it do anything?

I know who I am

  • Terrible listing, but comes complete with the 18K buckle

If I let you know where I’m going, then I won’t be on holiday

  • Complete with certificate (generic) and inner (Hi-Beat 36000) and outer boxes. And the original buckle. Case a little soft, but went for almost 600K regradless.

Why am I Pluto? It’s not even a planet anymore!

  • Original caseback protection sticker

Bad guys

This week’s dodgy dossier

  • Reprinted dial but with a fabulous 3rd party bracelet

I suppose it’s too late to make a run for it

  • Dial reprinted - dial code text on the wrong side of the indicies.

I don’t want to do this anymore

  • Nothing dodgy, just poor condition


4580-7010

Bad guys

Friend of yours?

  • Case and movement only with no dial, wrong handset and wrong crown. Movement possibly originated in a 4580-7020 Seiko Astronomical Observatory Chronometer and has been recased.


4580-7020

Bad guys

Can’t wait until Friday for this one

Use the force, Luke

Everything I’ve learned about people, I’ve learned from Thomas

Do you mind if my friend sits this one out? She's just dead.

This never happened to the other fellow

Give us a kiss, give us a kiss

Forgive my curiosity, but, what is that?

Why don’t you wait until you’re asked?

Some day, you'll have to make good on your innuendos


19GS Series

1964-0010/0020 (all variants)

Good girls

Remember boys, no points for second place.

To infinity… and beyond!

Why am I Pluto? It’s not even a planet anymore!

Bad girls

Multiple vintage Grand Seikos with poorly redone dials


56GS Series

5641/5-5000

Good guys

Never let a tragedy go to waste

Eternity can be a curse

If you can't trust a Swiss banker, what's the world come to?

I’ve got a little itch… down there. Would you mind?

  • Always check the dial periphery

Where’s the disc?

  • Not the best condition, closed for 209,000 Yen.

Hope is not a strategy

  • This one is though (although missing original 18K buckle), closed for 411,000 Yen.


5645/6-5010

Good guys

Christmas crackers

Whoever it was, it must have scared the living daylights out of her.

I’m going to tell you a story about a man

  • Super example of the blue dial 5646 listed at a starting price of 200K. No-one took it, but read on…

It’s not a trap

  • … because it was relisted the following week and closed for 204K!

Hope is not a strategy

  • Is it a good guy or a bad guy? Hard to decide!


5641/5/6-7000

Good guys

Dormammu, I’ve come to bargain.

You break the rules and become the hero. I do it and I become the enemy.

It’s grotesque - I’ll give you $20,000 for it.

To infinity… and beyond!

With all due respect, M, sometimes I don't think you have the balls for this job!

  • Toshiba commemorative 1973

Nothing shocks me. I’m a scientist

  • I don’t feature these often because they’re arguably the least collectible of all vintage Grand Seiko references, but this was a nice one so deserved some exposure!

Bad guys

Another round of auctions to be wary of


5641/5/6-7000

Good guys

I see you handle you’re weapon well

  • 5646-7000 on bracelet with box and a 5641-7000 Toshiba commemorative

I’ve got a little itch… down there. Would you mind?

  • 5646-7000 on an XAB271 bracelet and with a 36000 box

Bad Guys

I don’t want to do this anymore

  • Wrong bracelet (but it’s correct for the odd 6155-8000 listing)


5641/5/6-7005

Good guys

The triggers are anger and fear

My God! What’s Bond doing?

You slept well?

  • on superb third party bracelet

Why don’t you wait until you’re asked?

  • the above watch re-listed

Bad guys

This week’s dodgy dossier

Hey man, for twenty bucks, I'll take you to a Ku Klux Klan cook out!

Why don’t you wait until you’re asked?

Some day, you'll have to make good on your innuendos

I see you handle you’re weapon well

  • relisting of the watch featured in “Why don’t you wait until you’re asked?”

This tape will self destruct in 5 seconds

  • Case ruined by polishing

Nothing shocks me. I’m a scientist

  • Another one with a ruined case


5645/6-7010/1 (all variants)

Good guys

Year end Yahoo excitement

All quiet on the Eastern front

Normal service resumes

To boldy go…

Use the force, Luke

  • One of the nicest patinated dials I’ve ever seen on one of these

Nana nana nana nana

"Would you put day drinking under experience, or special abilities?"

You break the rules and become the hero. I do it and I become the enemy.

Life finds a way.

I figure all any kid needs is hope and the feeling he or she belongs.

People are easy if they can be motivated with money

Let’s go out to the field

Lies travel faster than the truth

The triggers are anger and fear

Everything I’ve learned about people, I’ve learned from Thomas

If there was only bad people doing bad things, it'd be easy to get rid of them.

Shouldn’t we synchronize our watches?

Eternity can be a curse

I can assure, you my intentions are strictly honourable

You may know the right wines, but you're the one on your knees. How does it feel old man?

Do you mind if my friend sits this one out? She's just dead.

I might just retire to here

If at first you don’t succeed… Mr Kidd?

Hey man, for twenty bucks, I'll take you to a Ku Klux Klan cook out!

My God! What’s Bond doing?

It looks like a watch, but it’s really a laser. It keeps perfect time.

You slept well?

Why don’t you wait until you’re asked?

Some day, you'll have to make good on your innuendos

With all due respect, M, sometimes I don't think you have the balls for this job!

I see you handle you’re weapon well

I’ve got a little itch… down there. Would you mind?

  • Silver dial, and a listing for the XQB070 bracelet

Friend of yours?

Does it do anything?

  • Beautiful lemon patina dial. Will I manage to get this one? Or will I be outbid as usual (I was outbid)?!

It’s not a trap

  • Stunning CG 5645 with original strap, buckle and price ticket. I got outbid again! Congrats to whoever got this - superb value even at 182K

It’s not a trap

  • Beautifully patinated dial on a 5645. I should have chased it harder!

I don’t want to do this anymore

  • Finally I get around to recommending a SS one of these that doesn’t have a patinated dial!

You know as well as I do decisions made in real time are never perfect

This tape will self destruct in 5 seconds

  • Deep yellow patinated dial. Finally I won one of these!

I’m part of an agency called the IMF

  • Inner and outer boxes for a 56GS on a bracelet

Why am I Pluto? It’s not even a planet anymore!

  • Super clean 5646-7010

  • But that one wasn’t as good as this one. Boxes, papers, buckle on original strap, caseback protection sticker. As good as you could hope to ever find.

  • Inner and outer boxes

You’re not the man I knew ten years ago

  • Boxes galore!

Nothing shocks me. I’m a scientist

  • I don’t know what’s happened to this blue dialed 5646-7010, but I like it!

  • XQB011 bracelet

  • Inner and outer boxes (two sets)

I didn’t know you could fly a plane

  • Dead stock, including original buckle, price ticket and strap, and caseback sticker

Bad guys

Welcome paid subscribers, and thank you!

Another round of auctions to be wary of

Same same, but different

Here comes the bride

Normal service resumes

I read it in Cosmo

  • No, faceted crystals on these does not mean it was a Wako limited edition

How are we doing guys?

The world as we know it is coming undone

Let’s go out to the field

I suppose it’s too late to make a run for it

  • Again, no. It’s not a Wako limited edition.

It’s not a trap

  • Not sure how anyone can claim “dead stock” on a watch with a replaced (and incorrect) crystal. Remarkably someone paid 342K for this.

You know as well as I do decisions made in real time are never perfect

  • Another “Wako” limited edition that isn’t.


5646-7020

Good guys

You’ll smell him soon enough. He really likes that cologne.

You're that secret agent! That English secret agent! From England!

Word in the ether was you’d lost your memory

  • Rather scratched though

Bad guys

I don't need anything that fancy. Just t-shirt and jeans.

  • how to identify the correct faceted crystal


5646-7030

Good guys

Nana nana nana nana

I figure all any kid needs is hope and the feeling he or she belongs.

I don't need anything that fancy. Just t-shirt and jeans.

Why don’t you wait until you’re asked?

I don’t want to do this anymore

  • Last week a dodgy one, this week a great one.

Bad guys

Remember boys, no points for second place.

It’s not a trap

  • Redone dial, wrong price ticket, wrong box, wrong buckle. Careful with this seller…

This tape will self destruct in 5 seconds

  • At first glance it could be the XQB240 bracelet, but wrong endlinks. Almost certainly a non-GS bracelet that has been fitted with a GS clasp.

If I let you know where I’m going, then I won’t be on holiday

  • Case poorly repolished


5646-7040

Good guys

This drink - I like it!

Never let a tragedy go to waste

I admire all forms of life

You slept well?

It’s not a trap

  • Lovely example reached 270K

This tape will self destruct in 5 seconds

Bad Guys

You’re not the man I knew ten years ago

  • Wrong caseback


5645/6-8000 (all variants)

Good guys

I already told you - I don’t wanna join your super secret boy band

  • two examples of the stunning 18K case and bracelet

I’m going to tell you a story about a man

  • grey dial 5646, no bracelet though

  • XQB040 bracelet

Word in the ether was you’d lost your memory

  • XQB040 bracelet

I know who I am

  • Box (actually for any 56GS on a bracelet, but I’ll stick it here)

Bad guys

This week's caveat emptor

Here comes the bride

This week’s dodgy dossier

Holiday horological horrors

Christmas crackers

Year end Yahoo excitement


It’s not a vintage Grand Seiko, but I like it

Nana nana nana nana

  • Seiko 5718-8000 charcoal dial


"Would you put day drinking under experience, or special abilities?"

  • Grand Seiko SBGW251


To infinity… and beyond!

  • Seiko Quartz Astron


Shouldn’t we synchronize our watches?

  • Seiko 5717-8990 Crown Chronograph


Eternity can be a curse

  • Citizen Chronomaster Chronometer


I admire all forms of life

  • Grand Seiko SBGR007


I can assure, you my intentions are strictly honourable

  • Seiko 3823-7040 18k quartz VFA


You may know the right wines, but you're the one on your knees. How does it feel old man?

  • Casio Casiotron 04-503


Do you mind if my friend sits this one out? She's just dead.

  • Seiko 0124-0030


I might just retire to here

  • Seiko SBS005 “Spacewalk”


This never happened to the other fellow

  • Seiko Grand Quartz 9940-7010


If at first you don’t succeed… Mr Kidd?

  • Seiko Grand Quartz 9940-7000


Hey man, for twenty bucks, I'll take you to a Ku Klux Klan cook out!

  • Seiko 9980-8000 Twin quartz Superior


You're that secret agent! That English secret agent! From England!

  • Seiko Grand Quartz 9940-7010

  • Seiko Grand Quartz 4843-8110


My God! What’s Bond doing?

  • Seiko Lord Marvel 14056 full set


Give us a kiss, give us a kiss

  • Seiko 3823-7030 18k quartz VFA


Forgive my curiosity, but, what is that?

  • Seiko 68-6000 UTD


You slept well?

  • Seiko 0531-0010


Whoever it was, it must have scared the living daylights out of her.

  • Seiko 9983-8000 export twin quartz Superior


Why don’t you wait until you’re asked?

  • Grand Seiko SBGW033


Some day, you'll have to make good on your innuendos

  • Seiko Motorist


With all due respect, M, sometimes I don't think you have the balls for this job!

  • Seiko 9983-8000 Twin quartz Superior

  • Seiko SBAD001 Impact hand wound quartz


If you can't trust a Swiss banker, what's the world come to?

  • Seiko 0138-5020


I see you handle you’re weapon well

  • Seiko 3820-6000 VFA


I’ve got a little itch… down there. Would you mind?

  • SBGW044 - the 18K yellow gold recreation of the 44GS


I suppose it’s too late to make a run for it

  • SBGW044 - last week’s watch gets relisted after the top bid was cancelled, and, no surprises, the auction gets canceled again.


It’s not a trap

  • SBGR007 - the only modern era pre-rebrand Grand Seiko to have a carved logo dial. No collection is complete without one of these!


I don’t want to do this anymore

  • SBGF003 - a very interesting modern GS from 1995. I guess we should be calling these “neo-vintage Grand Seikos” now?


You know as well as I do decisions made in real time are never perfect

  • Seiko 6215-7000. Someone got an absolute bargain picking this one up - congratulations!

  • Credor 5932-5020 “Locomotive” (two of them)


There was never just one

  • Seiko 3883-7000 “Morpho Butterfly” Available (still!) from yours truly.


This tape will self destruct in 5 seconds

  • Grand Seiko SBGA473 Seibu Ikebukuro/Sogo Chiba limited edition of 73 pieces


I’m part of an agency called the IMF

  • Seiko 0138-5020 stripe bracelet, mint

  • Seiko 3883-7000 Morpho Butterfly


Why am I Pluto? It’s not even a planet anymore!

  • Seikomatic Chronometer 6245-9000, includes rotor discussion that will help you check if a 62GS started life as a Seikomatic.

  • Citizen Chronometer in stainless steel

  • Seiko 6159-7001 with boxes, straps (including the orange one)


When do I start going downhill?

  • Seiko 0614-5000, and it’s running!

  • A simply glorious Seiko 3820-3000 VFA 18K pocket watch with chrysanthemum styled hand carved case.


Nothing shocks me. I’m a scientist

  • Grand Seiko SBGS005 (the first platinum GS since the first one)


I didn’t know you could fly a plane

  • Seiko UTD 6810-0020 complete with inner and outer box, certificate, and cleaning cloth

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Christian Schlekewy
Mar 22

Love it! Thank you for taking the time and effort to put this together ❤. This is a big help for a novice like me

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Alexej
Mar 22

This is gold! THANK YOU!

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