VFAと言う時計を紹介します

1960年、高級時計の代名詞となっていたスイス製の時計に追い付こうと懸命に時計を開発していたセイコーの技術者たちはついに国際基準を満たす精度のグランドセイコーを開発します。

国際的な時計のコンクールでも優秀な成績で上位に入っていたセイコーは1969年に当時のクロノメーター規格、平均日差－1～＋10秒の精度を遥かに超える平均日差－2～＋2秒の規格「GS Very Fine Adjusted（V.F.A.）」を発売します。

それが今回紹介する1969年製の61GS VFAです、しかも発売当初モデルなのでVFAの表記がさらい無くレアな個体となっております

しかしこの素晴らしい精度を誇る61GS VFAは奇しくもセイコーが1969年に発売した「クォーツ式時計」と言う圧倒的な精度の時計の出現で機械式の精度への挑戦は急速に価値を失い短い期間で終わりを告げる事になるのですが・・・

Introducing the VFA watch.

In 1960, Seiko engineers, who had been working hard to catch up with the Swiss-made watches that had become synonymous with luxury, finally developed the Grand Seiko, an accurate timepiece that met international standards.

In 1969, Seiko, which had been ranked high in international watch competitions with excellent results, was awarded the “GS Very Fine Adjusted (V.F.A.)” standard, a standard with an average daily difference of -2 to +2 seconds, far exceeding the accuracy of the chronometer standard of the time, which was -1 to +10 seconds. V.F.A.” was launched in 1969.

This is the 61GS VFA made in 1969, and since it was the first model to be released, it is a rare piece with no VFA notation.

However, the 61GS VFA, which boasted of its wonderful accuracy, was, coincidentally, put on the market by Seiko in 1969, and with the advent of “quartz watches” with overwhelming accuracy, the challenge to the accuracy of mechanical watches rapidly lost its value and came to an end in a short period of time...