The luxury spring driven watch movement that is controled by the new Tri-synchro regulator. It is completely silent with no ticking sound. It took 28 years and over 600 prototypes to create this revolutionary technology.
This is a real innovation. Using the best of both worlds. I think seiko are a great brand and deserve more kudos for their work within the watch sphere.
There's no doubt about them in high end markets, they can go far. Their affordable lines however are not as attractive as a few years ago. Killing the SARB lines by leaving the presage lines as the substitute was not the right move at all. You get less watch for the money. Not to mention they are all bigger size watches as oppose to the traditional 36-38mm size. This is also true for their Prospex lines, countless limited/special editions to grab their loyal fanbase money. Not a smart move at all.
@@HarryUnchained Hopefully they see their mistake and do better with their new ranges. It seems the Presage range seem to be capturing some of that international interest in the SARB domestic market releases but with cost cutting, some of the newer domestic market releases might be better.
Precisionist has a ticking second hands, 16 beats per second. Shut up if you don't what the fuck you are talking about Spring drive can't be considered a quartz movement, because the motion isn't generated by quartz but regulated by it.
@@morgenstern4.669 The whole “spring drive isn’t driven by quartz, it’s only regulated by it” is true, but this is true for ALL quartz watches. The only distinction is that most quartz watches use an electric motor and a battery, whereas spring drive uses a spring. Spring drive is technically a quartz movement, it just gets its own name because it’s a very cool quartz movement without a battery.
@@msfasa rather than an escapement and balance wheel, instead features Seiko's Tri-synchro Regulator system in which power delivery to the watch hands is regulated based on a reference quartz signal
This is the ideal design for mechanical watches. This mechanism operates without batteries, yet an electronic unit manages all functions. The spring serves as the energy reservoir, similar to traditional mechanical watches. Magnets regulate speed, akin to regenerative braking in diesel locomotives. In Fields locomotives, energy is dissipated through a heater coil, while in this case, the energy produced by the regenerative braking powers the controller circuitry. No batteries are needed, eliminating the necessity to open the watch annually. There’s no risk of battery leakage, and the accuracy is exceptional.
This is absolutely brilliant. The biggest downside to a quartz watch is the battery, be it a regular button cell, a rechargeable cell, or a heavy duty capacitor like Citizen uses, it still is a vulnerability if one cannot be sourced. An automatic watch, while still vulnerable to impacts and wear, doesn't need any consumable power source.
@@mybrainlikesthings you're not wrong there, higher end quartz requires far less maintenance than even the simplest mechanical or hybrid drive movement. Even without AT connectivity a good quartz can still be less than a minute off over the course of a year, and a high end one may gain 15 seconds a decade at worst. It's really just the battery waste itself that bothers me. While one button cell every 5-10 years isn't exactly dumping used car batteries into the ocean, they are still technically hazardous waste if improperly disposed of. I've been trying more and more as I grow older to move away from single use batteries wherever I can. Even though mechanical parts need to be replaced and disposed of as well, in theory those are just base metal, and even if they can't be recycled they pose less of a chemical threat to the environment.
@@manoflego123 In terms of environmental damage caused by replacing a tiny battery, how much do you think is saved compared to the months it took to build this expensive watch by hand? A single watch maker taking many days to build this expensive watch, think of the carbon produced by their daily commute to and from work, the heating and lighting in the workshop required just to turn out that one watch, the number of rejected components as they don't match the quality expected for something costing so much, the chemicals used to polish, etch and clean the components so people feel like they are getting something for the expense, all the chemicals that go into the over the top packaging? In the time it takes to build one of these watches, tens of thousands of ordinary battery driven quartz watches will roll of the production line using the absolute minimum of resources because they are cheap, they don't use anything they don't need to use. You also must take into account the servicing, this watch will need to be serviced regularly, it will likely need to be shipped back to a specialist who will then use copious amounts of chemicals to clean it. A tiny watch battery is the lesser of the evils here, and your TVs remove control uses loads more chemicals in its batteries but I bet that doesn't stop using it? These watches are not greener, they aren't better for the environment, they are just a luxury some people can afford, where they probably buy it on some holiday trip to New York or Japan producing more carbon and pollution. No one needs to be concerned about replacing a battery in a quartz watch, that impact is negligible compared to all the other things we consume.
As fantastic as this is, there's still something that seems so heartlike and organic about the ticking. I'd love to see a version of the Spring Drive that keeps the accuracy but also incorporates the ticking of fully mechanical watches
Tbh, this movement doesn’t seem all that complicated. Ppl have been talking about how complicated it is, but in reality, it just seems to me like an electromagnet regulated by a quartz movement to brake the hands. I’m not going to claim I could make this in my sleep, but at the very least the concept seems simple enough
Not complicated at all, it took Seiko 20 years and hundreds of prototypes to get to production.Do you realize the electronics marvel this thing is? It requires a very low electric current to power up the IC and generated the electro-mechanical break.
Does anyone know if these are EM resistant? Would holding magnets mess up the internal computer permanently or just temporary? Do they have EM shielding? Coolest watch ever, I really like no maintenance high accuracy time-pieces.
@@G1NZOU would that be a constant limiting factor of the spring drive, or would it be possible to create a spring drive watch with ~15,000 gauss resistance, such as the Milgauss or omega Seamaster?
@@User-dn9iv omega have subjected one of their watches to 160,000 gauss and they still work. The watch is in their museum. The reason they don’t do that every watch is the machine is too big for their building LOL. Omega is king of magnetic resistance imo
@@jebbush2527 how strong is 160,000 gauss? And why would you need magnetic resistance? Would a normal mechanical watch slows down when came close to, let's say, subwoofer or some sort? I never own a mechanical watch before, my best watch was a cheap 50m water resistant casio dive watch..
Will there be spare parts for this in say 80 to 100 years from now? A SKILLED watchmaker can make anew ANY broken part of a mechanical watch. Not so with VLSI components I guess.
lol a normal engineer can make any of the parts needed for quarzt watch and I can't imagine any good future that only have skilled watchmaker and no engineer left in the world lol.
Eight times a second according to what? According to the reference quartz crystal. The watch will be no more accurate than that quartz ... and you will never even begin to compare this to a cesiuim beam frequency/time standard, so don't even start with that. You know better.
@@zosothezephead837 You make an excellent point which I keep forgetting. I do enjoy timepieces. But lack a yacht, private jet and the like. More power to those who have them and use them to serve others.
@@Bippy55 haha, no private jet for me, just a windfall. I'll probably get blasted for this but I believe "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" and haven't had an issue, fingers crossed.
Mechanical watches are also vulnerable to magnetic fields. Hence why you can't take your watch with you in a MRI. Except the omega seamaster 300 of course.
Davide Perini GS not an ordinary electric watch. It is the hybrid of mechanic and electric that allows you to store power of kinetic into electric and revert it back into kinetic. This thing is awesome m8. let me tell you. That means you need no batteries.
@@Marc-fu1os does it matter? if you want an accurate quarts without a battery you should buy the Citizen - i dont get this hype about a new quartz technology - watches are precise when they run on a quartz based technology - but i find them hard to love - the same with this new quartz from seiko....
Depends on the magnet really. But unless you are working with insanely high powered magnets, you should be fine. I couldn't get my watch to break when testing but those magnets aren't that high powered either.
Not as pretty as the standard balance wheel. My reason for buying a mechanical watch in the first place, over a quartz watch for example, is because I like seeing the Heath Robinson gubbins, made to such wonderful precision and craftsmanship, at work. Although this system doesn't have a battery and is mechanically brilliant , it loses some of the magic for me
perhaps strange for normal speaking, but in a video presentation like this, it is totally normal. many educational or commercial videos have people talking exactly like this. as to the script, most high end professional productions would use english native with (language) (2nd, 3rd,...). you can always read or understand more complex grammar, but not always write or speak it.
I found it really irritating and it detracted from what she was saying. Maybe it's not irritating for US watchers but it's annoying from a UK English perspective.
the breakthrough will cause a lot of debate regardless of the impressive results because the path taken is unusual unlike innovation where most will nod at the path taken and the impressive results Spring Drive is a breakthrough, *NOT* an innovation
There is an escapement. It's just electronically controlled instead of mechanically controlled. Besides, it still uses a mainspring. If anything, I'd call this movement electro-mechanical
You are misrepresenting your technology. Braking is not the correct term. Braking wastes power to stop a moving object. Spring drive is a electromechanical speed controller.
The accuracy will be no greater than its quartz reference, which is unimpressive. The Bulova Precisionist's quartz movement is much more accurate and has a power reserve measured in years, not days. The price of the Precisionist is also just a fraction of this Spring Drive watch. The same goes for complexity ... there's a lot more to go wrong with the Spring Drive. Finally, the "continuous drive" of the Spring Drive is mimicked by the Precisionist with its eight beats per second appearing as smooth as the Spring Drive to the human eye. The only down side of the Bulova is your bragging rights and finish of the watch. The Spring Drive will appeal to your vanity much more than the Precisionist. If you desire extreme accuracy, make your money work for you better ... get more for less with the Bulova 262 Precisionist.
Harpo Marx What is the problem with Quartz ? Quartz movement is more accurate than most swiss watch mechanical mvmt ! Combining Electromagnetic + Quartz + Mechanical = Spring Drivd Which is by far the best technology there is ! Grand Seiko with a 5 hz (36,000vph) has the best accuracy in this world !
a quartz watch without a battery - why? Seiko allready have the kinetic system - if you want a quartz without the need to change the battery - buy the kinetic (or the solar).
Because a mainspring-driven watch has higher torque compared to quartz movement. With higher torque, watch designer can put longer hands on the movement.
I had an AGS watch that had a faulty battery/capacitor, and after an expensive repair the new capacitor also broke and leaked all over the inside. A Pulsar watch also didn't last for more than a few years. So, I don't recommend those watches (at least from Seiko). Spring drive does not have this problem.
I hope you know it's not just a Seiko, dude. Any review will tell you that the case finishing on the watch is second to none, and the dials on Grand Seiko's are far more inspired than anything Rolex can put out. If it's not your cup of tea, then that's one thing. But you cannot sit here and tell me that a Grand Seiko is not worth the price. A name is just that: a name. Realistically, it tells you nothing about the product itself. Only the product does
