Nego gde smo ono beše stali u ovoj temi... ah, da, pričali smo o satu
Da li je ovo savršen sat?
Nije.
Da li je ovo sat koji će se svima svideti?
Nije.
Da li je ovo sat koji ima svoju vrednost i mesto na tržištu?
Definitivno jeste.
Većina se osvrće na mane ovoga sata, dimenzije, suvišnu komplikaciju. Iskreno meni je pre hronograf suvišna komplikacija nego GPS modul, ako ćemo iskreno. KOliko ste puta uključili štopericu na svom dragom kvarcnom ili automatskom ljubimcu?
Da li ovaj sat vredi toliko, to pitanje možemo postaviti za skoro svaki sat skuplji od 1000 EUR. Vredi onoliko koliko su ljudi spremni da plate za njega. Ne zaboravite da se ovaj sat neće izradjivati u milionima primeraka. Ovaj sat nudi tehnološki pomak u smeru u kojem je Seiko to zamislio. Svaka kompanija ima svoju strategiju, a tržište će o tome suditi nakon nekog vremena.
Budimo objektivni i recimo da ovaj sat zaista predstavlja vrhunsko dostignuće časovničarske industrije. Zašto je to teško reći? Da li postoji sat koji nudi sve što nudi ovaj sat? Odgovor je da trenutno ne postoji. Pomenuti Citizen Wave nema opciju automatske sinhronizacije vremenske zone, već je morate ručno namestiti. Ovaj sat ispod svog hladnog izgleda krije tehnologiju za čije je kreiranje bilo potrebno jako puno vremena. Bilo je potrebno rešiti razne izazove kao što je adekvatna baterija koja može da omogući nesmetano napajanje ovoga sata uključujući njegov GPS modul. Dok se vlasnici Citizena žale kako se sat može sihronizovati skoro isključivo pri vedrom nebu, kod Seika taj problem ne postoji. Sve te tehničke "detalje" je trebalo rešiti, i u svakom slučaju treba čestitati Seiku na još jednom izvanrednom satu, bez obzira da li vam se ovaj sat svidja ili ne.
OK, unutra nije nikakav termokompenzacioni kvarcni mehanizam,ali opet da li mora da bude sa obzirom da se sat može uspešno sihronizovati sa satelitima? Zašto ga dodatno poskupljivati? Da li ovaj sat nudi mnogo više od nekog RC modela, pa možda ne baš toliko, ali zapitajte se da li telefon ili automobil koji posedujete nudi baš mnogo više od nekog dosta jeftinijeg. Takav komoditet da ne moraju da razmišljaju o oblačnosti, vremenskim zonama, dometu signala, napunjenosti baterije je nešto što će određeni broj ljudi biti spreman da plati i ko smo mi da ih osudjujemo. MI smo na forumu ionako u 99% slučajeva u ulozi pasivnog posmatrača, osim u slučajevima kada sat o kojem se raspravlja zaista posedujemo.
Za kraj podelio bih sliku sata sa opisom funkcija po tasterima i indikatorima, detaljno uputsvo i poredjenje sa pomenutim Citizen modelom od strane jednog člana sa WUS-a:
Uputstvo:
http://www.seiko-watch.co.jp/resource/pdf/manual/7X52_inst_English.pdf
Poredjenje: (izvor)
- Design: I like the Citizen design better - it looks cooler - looks like a floating pebble (design inspired by a rendition of Atlantis); Seiko probably designed by engineers - functional, conservative but uninspired artistically
- Citizen gives more concessions for design over function - the green coils in the periphery of the bezel is a useless design artifice
- Display: Citizen displays date, day, month; Seiko only shows date
- Seiko has very bright Lumibrite indicators and less bright luminous minute and hour indicators; Citizen has phlegm/pus-coloured green indicators which are not luminous at all - how stupid is that!
- Citizen only shows 1 timezone. Seiko has 2
- Seiko has potentially confusing sub-indicators at 10 o'clock; Citizen has a cleaner dial (even with more date functions)
- Function - GPS fix: Seiko GPS sync is very fast (10sec 1st sync time) even in full cloud cover; Citizen has a 90% sync failure rate at the same spot - forget about syncing in less than full sun or under dense cloud cover
- DST setting: Seiko DST can be turned on and off
- Leap second: Seiko will take into account leap second adjustments
- Functionally, the Seiko is more advanced - able to sync via GPS fix both time signals (1 satellite needed only) and time zone via GPS location fix (the world is divided into 1 million segments and assigned time zones) with 4 or more satellites. Citizen only syncs time on those occasions when sync is successful (large minority of attempts)
- It appears that either the Seiko GPS chipset or GPS antenna (embedded in bezel like the Citizen's) or combination of both is clearly superior in deliverable functionality that is beyond what Citizen can, beyond its pretty face.
- Size-wise, both are 47mm diameter but Seiko is 16.5mm thick and Citizen is 20mm (if I remember correctly) - evident in the side view pictures
- Materials: Seiko comes in High intensity Ti (whatever that means!!) with ceramic bezel and Citizen comes in Ceramic bezel and lugs but has a coated Stainless steel midsection for the case.
- Pushers are smaller and more discreet in the Seiko and very ornately stylised in the citizen
- Citizen does not have a bracelet option. Ultimately the strap will crack and break up. Seiko has a Ti bracelet
- Both have solid case backs
- Sapphire Crystal: Citizen is domed and beautiful; Seiko is flat
- Anti-reflective Coating: Citizen - none, hence domed crystal is full of reflections and also difficult to photograph well; Seiko has the best anti-reflective coating that I have ever seen on a watch (previous best was Sinn U1) - it is clear, colorless and really looks like there is no crystal over the watch face at all (except for some extreme angles). Few if any coatings are truely colorless, most have a bluish green tinge to it.
- Water-resistance: Citizen - 30m; Seiko - 100m, with a screw down crown (pushers have no screw down protection)
- Power reserve: Citizen quotes 2.5yrs; Seiko quotes 6 months running and 2 yrs with power-save 2 option activated immediately after full charge
- Both are complicated watches to set and few will be able to fully remember all the steps and trouble shooting settings required beyond simple adjustments. I don't think that either one is clearly simpler in this area
Obratite pažnju na stavke 7 i 10.
Pozdrav.