Spring Drive is a name given to a series of watch movements produced by Epson in Shiojiri. The concept of using a mainspring to power a quartz timing package was first conceived in 1977 …

Aug 16, 2024 · Spring Drive is a movement technology developed by the Seiko Corporation, largely used and popularised by its higher-tier Grand Seiko brand, known for its incredible …

Apr 1, 2025 · In 2004, Grand Seiko introduced the Spring Drive Caliber 9R65, which paired automatic winding and 72 hours of power reserve with a movement technology capable of a …

The Spring Drive chronograph is equipped with a column wheel for maximum stability in the switching mechanism. This eight-pillar component controls the chronograph function with error …

Fundamentally, Spring Drive is a hybrid technology that takes the autonomous, perpetual power capacity of an automatic movement, and melds it with the impressive accuracy of quartz.

Dec 12, 2017 · In the second installment of our three-part series in partnership with Grand Seiko, we go in-depth on the history and development of Spring Drive.

The history of Spring Drive and technical information of all Grand Seiko watches with Spring Drive movements.

In 1999 Seiko released the “Spring Drive,” the world’s first watch driven by the mainspring power and controlled by quartz at the same time. The development of Seiko’s unique Spring Drive …

Jan 13, 2023 · Among those technologies is an innovative type of watch movement that was perfected right before the turn of the 21st Century and remains the exclusive purview of just …

If you look at a running Spring Drive watch movement, the absence of the flickering vibration of the escapement is apparent, just as holding it to the ear reveals a silence all its own.