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Don't you think they've gone all Presage though? Takes away all the refinement for me. Think they have way more misses than hits, need to slow down a little.
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That is generally Seiko’s modus operandi. They make SO many variants and just see what sticks, and then do more of that. The 62GS-cased four seasons watches were originally US exclusives, but they were so popular they now sell them globally. They don’t care if you bought one thinking it would be an exclusive.
There was a similar situation with a limited edition Alpinist that was for the UK market but the following year they released it in Japan with a different strap. The UK division of Seiko were so embarrassed that they offered customers their money back if they wanted to return the watch.
Re: the Presage thing, I think it is more Presage imitating GS with the OTT dials.
Regal
Checked this out the other day. Looks exactly like you’d expect. The bright colour and the green lacquered seconds hand did make it look a little cheap IMO. Still think the lilac one (which they didn’t have in) might be a banger.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=KcKSeucub1w