Relógios Seiko - edições limitadas pelos 50 anos do Grand Seiko

A SEIKO WATCH CORPORATION acaba de anunciar o lançamento de uma série de edições limitadas, comemorando os 50 anos do modelo Grand Seiko. esta colecção compreende seis relógios, cada um exprimindo, com novos calibres, o carácter essencial do Grand Seiko, mantido ao longo do último meio século. Realce para o novo calibre automático da manufactura, de 36 mil vibrações por hora. Mas há também calibres de quartzo e de tecnologia Spring Drive. A linha Grand Seiko, que até agora se vendia apenas no Japão, vai passar a estar disponível a nível mundial, como Estação Cronográfica noticiou, aqui.

O comunicado da marca:

SEIKO WATCH CORPORATION is proud to announce the launch of a series of the limited
editions, commemorating the 50th anniversary of Grand Seiko. The collection comprises
six watches, each expressing, with newly enhanced movements, the essential character of
Grand Seiko over the past half century. Grand Seiko is, and always has been, the most beautiful,
functional and simple watch that SEIKO can build.

From the very first Grand Seiko watch in 1960 until the all-new 36,000 vph* automatic caliber of today, every Grand Seiko watch has shared the functional beauty and design purity that are now its hallmark.

2010. Celebrating the legend.

The 50th Anniversary collection comprises Spring Drive, quartz and mechanical watches. In
every watch, the movements offer new standards of precision and each has the famous Grand
Seiko lion emblem on the dial and, in the Spring Drive and mechanical models, on the oscillating
weight, in 18 carat gold. All carry the inscription “50th Anniversary 1960-2010” as well as the
individual serial number on the case back.

The 50th Anniversary Commemorative Edition Spring Drive watch uses a new, enhanced
precision version of caliber 9R65, the Spring Drive movement exclusive to Grand Seiko. This
new caliber is accurate as ten seconds per month, an achievement made possible by the
inclusion of specially selected crystals in the regulator, each one of which is meticulously tuned
by SEIKO’s master craftsmen.