Spring Drive Archives

November 15, 2021
Watch Gonzo
1973, Alpine, Alpinist, Astron, Automatic, Automatic, Bolt, Chrono XL, Citizen, Cocktail Time, Diver, Dress watches, Exotics, Flightmaster, GMT, GPS, Grand Seiko, Heritage, Hydromax, Invicta, Italian Watches, J.Spring, Kinetic, King Turtle, Lukia, Luxury, Marine Master, MotoGP, Multi-function, Navihawk, New Seiko5, PADI, Pocket watches, Powermatic 80, Powermatic 80, Presage, Presage Automatic, Pro Diver, Pro Master, Prospex, Prospex Diver, Radio-controlled, Re-Craft, Reserve, Russian Diver, S1 Rally, Sapphire Crystal, Sattelite Wave, Save the Ocean, Scuderia Ferrari, Seastar 1000, Seiko, Seiko 5, Seiko automatic watches, Seiko Premier, Solar, Specialty, Spring Drive, Street, Street Fighter, Sumo, Super Titanium, Swissmatic, T-Classic, T-Pocket, T-Sport, Tissot, Tissot T-Touch, Tradition, Tuna, Velatura, Venom, watches

Must-grabs this Week! Tissot, Seiko, Citizen, Invicta and Scuderia Ferrari brings excellent gift ideas for thrill-loving men and women

Watch gifting basics Not every watch gifted needs to be the Breguet No. 160 Grand Complication from the Swedish count Axel von Fersen the Younger to Marie Antoinette, the Queen of France...

September 15, 2021
Watch Gonzo
Alpinist, Astron, Cocktail Time, Flightmaster, Frogman, H-10, Hamilton, Hamilton X, Intramatic, J.Spring, Jazz Master, Khaki, Kinetic, King Turtle, Lukia, Marine Master, New Seiko5, PADI, Presage, Prospex, Re-Craft, Save the Ocean, Seiko, Seiko 5, Seiko automatic watches, Seiko Premier, Solar, Spring Drive, Street, Street Fighter, Sumo, Tuna, Velatura, Ventura, watches

Pitting Seiko against Hamilton (or, Hamilton against Seiko)

Words from the team: This is an interesting comparison the outcomes of which, strangely, shall almost always reflect the mindset of the person drawing the comparison. We’ll try our...

June 6, 2021
Watch Gonzo
Automatic, Automatic, Chronograph, Citizen, Diver, GMT, GMT, Grand Seiko, Hamilton, Marine Master, Multi-function, Omega, Orient, Oris Aquis, Oris Pro Diver, Presage Automatic, Prospex, Prospex Automatic, Ratio, Raymond Weil, Seiko, SevenFriday, Spring Drive, Spring Drive, Tissot

What kind of goods are watches?

“Since when did logic invade the realms of luxury; may I ask you back?” Disclaimer It’s not an attempt in evading the very question hurled; it’s rather an attempt...

April 17, 2021
Watch Gonzo
Alpinist, Astron, Automatic, Citizen, Cocktail Time, Diver's, Eco-Drive, Flightmaster, GMT, Kinetic, King Turtle, Lukia, Marine Master, Navihawk, New Seiko5, PADI, Presage, Pro Master, Prospex, Radio-controlled, Re-Craft, Sattelite Wave, Save the Ocean, Seiko, Seiko 5, Seiko automatic watches, Seiko Premier, Solar, Spring Drive, Street, Sumo, Super Titanium, Tuna, Turtle, Velatura

Is Citizen more accurate than Seiko?

Grand Seiko, undoubtedly, stands as the most accurate watches from Seiko, either mechanical or quartz or Spring Drive. Unfortunately, most think Citizen maxes out with their GPS watches or...

April 8, 2021
Watch Gonzo
Alpinist, Astron, Cocktail Time, Direct Drive, Flightmaster, Kinetic, Kinetic, King Turtle, Marine Master, PADI, Presage, Prospex, Save the Ocean, Seiko, Seiko 5, Seiko automatic watches, Seiko Premier, Solar, Spring Drive, Street, Sumo, Tuna, Velatura, watches

Are Seiko watches collectibles?

Are Seiko watches collectibles? The Gist: There are many timepieces currently from Seiko which have grown to become collectibles. Now, they are considered timeless and their demand is growing...

April 2, 2021
Watch Gonzo
Alarm, Alpinist, Aluminum, Astron, Automatic, Cocktail Time, Direct Drive, Flightmaster, GMT, GPS, GPS, Grand Seiko, J.Spring, Kinetic, Kinetic, King Turtle, Lukia, Marine Master, Men's, Multi-function, New Seiko5, PADI, Presage, Prospex, Prospex Automatic, Quartz, Re-Craft, Save the Ocean, Seiko, Seiko 5, Seiko automatic watches, Seiko Premier, Solar, Spring Drive, Street, Sumo, Tuna, Velatura

Why are Seiko watches so good?

It’s not a rare sight nowadays to see someone spending $10,000 on a Grand Seiko than going for its Swiss brethren costing a much and sometimes, even lower. So,...

March 23, 2021
Watch Gonzo
Alpinist, Automatic, Diver's, Presage, Prospex, Seiko, Seiko 5, Seiko automatic watches, Spring Drive, Sumo

Which Seiko automatic movement is the best? – I

A Cautionary Affirmation This is going to be a long one. With something as colossal as Seiko, it can’t be otherwise. That’s a whole hundred years of innovations and...

December 20, 2020
Watch Gonzo
Aluminum, Hamilton, Invicta, Mobile Link, Oris Pro Diver, Spring Drive, T-Touch watches, Titanium

Gonzo’s Geekery: Titanium as a choice

Despite frequent misinterpretations to weighty appearances at first sight, some watches, quite contrarily, turn up delightfully light, manageable and maneuverable while on the wrist. All they let you feel...

November 24, 2020
Watch Gonzo
Presage, Seiko, Seiko 5, Seiko automatic watches, Solar, Solar, Spring Drive, Velatura

Another dose of Seiko Guidance

SEIKO ISN’T A BRAND IN ITS CONVENTIONAL SENSE. SO, IT NEEDS MORE THAN ONE PAGE. Strumming the Seiko chordIn our last post only we mentioned Seiko higher end watches...

September 30, 2020
Watch Gonzo
Prospex, Seiko, Spring Drive

Spring Drive for the Prospex LX!

A very short summary: The Spring Drive is different from other quartz-regulated watches and is a unique watch technology by itself. The way it generates energy is like every...

May 14, 2020
Watch Gonzo
Alarm, Automatic, Chronograph, Citizen, Direct Drive, Dual time, Eco-Drive, Freelancer, Hamilton, Kinetic, Kinetic, Limited edition, Luxury, Multi-function, Perpetual Calendar, Radio Controed, Radio-controlled, Raymond Weil, Seiko, Spring Drive, Swiss-made, Tissot

Top 5 names in sports-luxury watches: Call them ‘Timeless’, if you will

Amidst myriad crappy choices in this particular category, these 5 will fill you in. Concerns about luxury watches in the sports category provide today the chance for offering this...

June 30, 2019
Watch Gonzo
Automatic, Automatic, Citizen, Dress watches, Grand Seiko, Multi-function, Presage, Seiko, Seiko automatic watches, Spring Drive, Swatch, Zeppelin

Expensive watches: Reasons behind the high price

What are usually the first names that come to mind as expensive (and super-expensive) watches? Pateks, Lange, AP, J-LC, Rolex, Ulysse Nardin, Franck Muller…the list stretches to quite afar;...

October 1, 2018
Watch Gonzo
Automatic, Dress watches, Grand Seiko, Kinetic, Seiko, Solar, Spring Drive, Spring Drive

Widening extreme tunnel visions

All this while, we swam around in the world of European affordable luxury outside Swiss. Today, we decide upon a little breather by going back to the Japanese. Invariably,...