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Old 27 April 2019, 12:49 AM   #1
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GS 9F in the flesh

I was at my watchmakers today and was talking about how cool the 9f movement looked in pics. So I decided to have him open up my dirty ass sbgx117.
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Old 27 April 2019, 12:58 AM   #2
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Caseback within a caseback?
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Old 27 April 2019, 01:01 AM   #3
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Caseback within a caseback?
Anti-magnetic shield. Like on the Airking 2016
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Old 27 April 2019, 01:46 AM   #4
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Anti-magnetic shield. Like on the Airking 2016
Run-of-the-mill quartz it is not.
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Old 27 April 2019, 02:23 AM   #5
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Very nice, TFS.
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Old 27 April 2019, 05:39 AM   #6
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Call me crazy but I want Seiko to make more GS with 9F movement and display back :)
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Old 27 April 2019, 07:25 AM   #7
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Can’t go wrong with a 9f. My choice for today


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Old 27 April 2019, 08:15 AM   #8
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There’s quartz and then there’s the 9f
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Old 27 April 2019, 01:41 PM   #9
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There’s quartz and then there’s the 9f
Exactly.
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Old 27 April 2019, 10:59 PM   #10
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Great looking movement.
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Old 27 April 2019, 11:35 PM   #11
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There’s quartz and then there’s the 9f
Well said
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Old 28 April 2019, 01:43 PM   #12
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I recently changed the battery on my SBGX091. It has the same magnetic shield held in place by the caseback.











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Old 28 April 2019, 02:37 PM   #13
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I recently changed the battery on my SBGX091. It has the same magnetic shield held in place by the caseback.
Good deal. My Airking has it also.
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Old 28 April 2019, 07:42 PM   #14
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Good deal. My Airking has it also.
Was your Airking in a hail storm?!
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Old 29 April 2019, 01:25 AM   #15
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Was your Airking in a hail storm?!
something like that
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