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If you’re considering buying a vintage GS from Japan I strongly suggest you subscribe to the Grand Seiko Guy’s substack for a few weeks:
He breaks down auction listings each week and you’ll learn what to watch out for. There are quite a lot of frankenwatches and incorrect or fake dials out there, not to mention incorrect crowns, wrong bracelets, date change mechanisms not working, etc.
Regal
So in my search for JLC Geophysic true second alternative I have found myself in place I never wanted to be... Searching eBay for used GS listings... There's quite a few that are intriguing, albeit mostly too small at 36mm.
Things like:
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/256094508988?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=705-154756-20017-0&ssspo=qbwbORp8SKu&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=jg5XK7xoRQS&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
Into a rabbit hole I go...
@Sumo I dig the Sinn you suggested but if I was going Sinn it'd be a u50 or a Matte finish 104