Watches with Seiko VH31?
Hi watch enthusiasts,
I was wondering if you guys know in which watches one could find Seiko 4 times a second ticking VH31 quartz movement? I like precision of quartz but visually it's more pleasing to see a sweeping second hand. I noticed that Vario and Berny(?) have used it but any others?
Thank you for your help!
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6.89” / 17.50 cm
https://alexjameswatches.com/collections/q9-origin-quartz-38
https://a.aliexpress.com/_mOTJP3y
https://watchdives.com/search?q=Vh31
Just a few of them.
Dan Henry Skindiver and the Farr and Switt Wayfinder use a sweep quartz too.
If it doesn’t have to be a Seiko movement, there’s also the Bulova Precisionist movement.
The VH31 is my next project.
Sunon also makes a 4 ticks/sec quartz movement: SP28. You'll find them mostly in cheap watches as the movement costs about a $1,- a piece.
A high-quality watch with a VH31 is the DUFA DF-9037-11
Amazing replies, thank you! Gotta take a look at VH63... And I wish Precisionist were a bit smaller. For my wrist something between 36mm-39mm is the way to go.
This is approximately the 47th time I've said this on WatchCrunch (apologies). I would like to see a three-hander watch with a SOLAR mecha-quartz movement. This would solve the two "problems" with quartz - battery changes and the one-tick second hand. Seiko and Citizen have been making very affordable solar movements for years, and Seiko has been making mecha-quartz movements for quite a while. There seems to be no interest in this kind of watch. I just don't get it.
I would also love to see something like a solar powered VH31. Someone needs to make a solar mecaquartz with multiple ticks per second. That would be awesome.