Características
Un hi-beat 36000 de alta precision con un refinado diseno
Este modelo incorpora un calibre 9S86, el movimiento de alta especificacion que ofrece la misma precision (-5 a +3 segundos al dia) y la misma reserva de carga (55 horas) que el calibre 9S85, mientras ofrece ademas la funcion GMT que los viajeros internacionales necesitan para asegurar que la
precision del tiempo mostrado no se vea comprometida al cambiar de zona horaria. La manecilla de GMT muestra la hora en la zona horaria local.
El diseno exterior es una version moderna del deslumbrante ""estilo Grand Seiko"" ?la personificacion de la filosofia de diseno Grand Seiko que se establecio por primera vez para el 44GS en 1967? y que presenta una amplia superficie en espejo sin distorsion a todo lo largo.
Un acabado de belleza delicada y refinamiento ha sido creado en la esfera, con el ""patron Mount Iwate"", inspirado en los contornos de la cima del Monte Iwate, la montana que puede verse desde la ventana del Shizuku-Ishi Watch Studio, en donde los relojes Grand Seiko mechanical son
fabricados.
Especificaciones
| Exterior: | Acero inoxidable |
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| Parte Posterior de la Caja: | Reverso de caja atornillable transparente |
| Material del cristal: | Cristal de zafiro de doble curvatura |
| Revestimiento de cristal: | Revestimiento anti reflectante en la superficie interior |
| Revestimiento: | Diámetro 40.0mm Acoplado 46.2mm Grosor 14.0mm |
| Ancho de Banda: | 19mm |
| Tipo de broche: | Cierre triple con botón de apertura |
| Largo de la banda: | 195mm |
| Número de calibre: | 9S86 Manuales |
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| Tipo de movimiento: | Mecánico Automático (con cuerda manual) |
| Reserva de carga: | Aprox. 55 horas |
| Permaneciendo estático: |
-3 a +5 segundos por día (promedio)
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| Resistencia al agua: | Resistente al agua para el uso diario (10 bares) |
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| Resistencia magnética: | 4,800 A/m |
| Peso: | 159 g |
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The dial tells the story; its surface texture was inspired by the numerous ridged contours on the face of Mt Iwate, the imposing mountain that overlooks the Grand Seiko Studio Shizukuishi where all Grand Seiko mechanical watches are made. A Hi-beat GMT Grand Seiko of the “highest” refinement.
“Even a classic can be improved.”
When Nobuhiro Kosugi, the head designer of the 44GS modern re-interpretation, showed his team his idea for the shape of the new case he wanted to create, they saw immediately that a challenge lay ahead. Its super sharp edges, its delicately curved sides and, above all, the thin, tapered end of each lug took the craftsmen and women in charge of the Zaratsu polishing into uncharted territory. Kosugi was asking them to achieve something that had been impossible for the original 44GS in 1967. “I always try to create a design which presents a new challenge”, he says. And his team delivered, as he knew they would.
9S, an ordinary name for an extraordinary family of movements.
When the first 9S series movement was created in 1998, it incorporated advances in materials, manufacturing and craftsmanship that allowed it to offer a level of performance so superior that it changed the Grand Seiko Standard itself.
As often before, Grand Seiko’s ceaseless pursuit of precision, practicality and durability had taken its mechanical watchmaking to a new and higher level.
Each movement has over 200 components and each one is assembled and adjusted by hand to tolerances of one hundredth of a millimeter. 9S may be a quiet name but it speaks volumes.
Why craftsmanship leads to precision
Every 9S movement is made at the Grand Seiko mechanical watch facility in Shizukuishi in northern Japan. Within the same facility is a recently opened new studio where the movements and then complete watches are assembled and adjusted by hand by a team of craftsmen and women who have honed their craft to such an extent that they can adjust parts by hand to tolerances of one hundredth of a millimeter. Their work is all about precision. Caliber 9S85 is a 36000 vph hi-beat movement that is adjusted to +5 to -3 seconds per day.
