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Does Grand Seiko have a spring drive power reserve indicator?

The prevailing thought, it seems, is that now that Grand Seiko has demonstrated an ability to release a Spring Drive equipped watch with the power reserve moved to the back, all such watches should have this upgrade. Well, I’m here to mount a humble, four-pronged defense of the classic (yes, classic!) Spring Drive power reserve indicator.

What is a start-up indicator on a Seiko Kinetic?

N FOR YOUR SEIKO KINETIC®[Instructions for Cal. 1M20]START-UP INDICATORBeing a two-hand model without a second hand, this watch is equipped with a “start-up indicator” function to show that the watch has started operating when the watch is used for the f

What is a Grand Seiko sbga471?

Earlier this month, Grand Seiko released their first new watches of the year. One of them, the SBGA471, is powered by a Spring Drive movement and features a small power reserve indicator between the 7:00 and 8:00 markers that has come to be part of the foundational design language of these things.