Spring Drive is a name given to a series of watch movements produced by Epson in Shiojiri. The concept of using a mainspring to power a quartz timing package was first conceived in 1977 …

Jan 13, 2023 · Among those technologies is an innovative type of watch movement that was perfected right before the turn of the 21st Century and remains the exclusive purview of just …

Spring Drive combines the precision of a quartz watch with the torque of a mechanical watch, to allow both the long hands and the high precision that Grand Seiko demands.

The Spring Drive chronograph is equipped with a column wheel for maximum stability in the switching mechanism. This eight-pillar component controls the chronograph function with error …

The history of Spring Drive and technical information of all Grand Seiko watches with Spring Drive movements.

Dec 12, 2017 · In the second installment of our three-part series in partnership with Grand Seiko, we go in-depth on the history and development of Spring Drive.

In 1999 Seiko released the “Spring Drive,” the world’s first watch driven by the mainspring power and controlled by quartz at the same time. The development of Seiko’s unique Spring Drive …

Feb 5, 2024 · A hybrid movement that combines the precision of quartz movements with the craftsmanship and beauty of a mechanical movement, Spring Drive powers some of the most …

Fundamentally, Spring Drive is a hybrid technology that takes the autonomous, perpetual power capacity of an automatic movement, and melds it with the impressive accuracy of quartz.

What is Spring Drive – Automatic, Manual-Wind, or Quartz? It combines the good of both while mitigating the negatives. Read on to learn more about this one-of-a-kind horological …