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Citizen Signature Grand Classic 9184 Watch Hands-On
Mechanical movement lovers with a place in their heart for affordable automatic watches that are made in Japan are likely going to have the same positive feelings I do for the new-for-2015 Citizen Signature Grand Classic 9184 that contains a brand new in-house made movement. Priced at just over $1,000, this new Citizen-made movement will power this dressy yet legible timepiece with enough character to keep it from being boring and enough distinctness to make it different.Over the last few years, Citizen has transitioned its Signature collection from high-end quartz to pieces with their mechanical movements which are produced in their Miyota movement factory. I think this is a wise move and will finally help Citizen seriously compete with Seiko’s popular mechanical timepieces that range from rather inexpensive to their top Grand Seiko watches. Citizen’s Grand Seiko competitor is not Signature, but rather, Campanola. The Signature collection doesn’t have a direct Sieko
Movement Hands-On Series Episode 1: MB&F HM6 Space Pirate
With this?article, we are launching a new series of articles dedicated to?watch movements. In this irregular series, we will be looking at calibers that we consider to be?historically important, technically challenging and unique, or just quite simply fascinating. Today, we begin with a very close and detailed look at the?movement beating inside?the brand new?MB&F HM6 Space Pirate. We need to point out that in this series, all our attention will be dedicated to the movement (which we will always look at uncased,?and not through a sapphire case back),?and we will?not go into a detailed?discussion related to?the concept behind the watch in question-as you will always be able to (re-)acquaint yourselves with it in our original hands-on articles. Without further ado, let’s dive head first into the amazing world of MB&F movements and, more specifically, that of the MB&F HM6 Space Pirate.It is a?lesser known fact that inside every MB&F Horological Machine there is a bes