Born in 1974, Credor celebrates its fiftieth birthday this 12 months, and the model has developed a particular version watch to mark the milestone: the limited-edition Credor fiftieth Anniversary Eichi II watch, a blue and gold variant of the much-loved time-only traditional gown timepiece. Whereas at first look, the commemorative Credor timepiece is deceivingly easy in fashion, creating it required painstaking hand-crafting by the artisans who work at Seiko’s lauded Micro Artist Studio in Shiojiri, Japan.
Credor launched the unique Eichi watch in 2008 and adopted it up with the much more refined Eichi II in 2014, eradicating any superfluous particulars it may whereas fine-tuning what was left. The fiftieth anniversary Credor Eichi II watch retains that singular concentrate on minimalism mastery, donning an 18k yellow-gold case that measures 39mm in diameter and 10.3mm thick. That is the primary time Credor has made an Eichi case in yellow gold. Whereas the case is, little question, elegant, the star of the (refined) present right here is the blue porcelain dial.
The deep blue shade of the gently curved dial is known as ruri, Japanese for lapis lazuli. The marginally domed form of the dial is the results of a number of layers of porcelain glaze, which additionally provides depth and richness and permits the colour to range relying on how the sunshine hits it. As is customary for Credor dials, the emblem and hour markers are handpainted; but, that is the primary time that the craftspeople on the Micro Artist Studio have used yellow gold on an Eichi II watch dial. As soon as the dials have been fired, gold is utilized on prime of the handpainted particulars; this stems from the Ruri-Kinsai method that grew to become standard through the Edo interval whereby gold is overglazed on a ruri-colored merchandise similar to porcelain. As you possibly can think about, efficiently making use of small and exact gold accents onto a porcelain dial requires immense ability. The selection of yellow gold provides much more that means to the model’s title; Credor is borrowed from crete d’or, French for crest of gold.
The again of the case provides a view of the manual-winding Spring Drive Caliber 7R14 that powers the Credor fiftieth Anniversary Eichi II timepiece. This is identical motion that every one Eichi II watches have relied on because the mannequin’s inception in 2014, promising an accuracy score inside ±15 seconds per thirty days. Take a better take a look at the motion’s barrel and also you’ll see that it was common after the bellflower, the symbolic bloom of the town of Shiojiri. The pair of hand-finished bridges glisten with high-polished edges, whereas the hand-tempered screws shine in vivid blue. Because of the motion’s Torque Return System, it provides the watch with about 60 hours of energy reserve. In line with Credor, when a mainspring is absolutely wound, round 30% of the accessible energy will not be wanted to keep up precision; due to this fact, the Torque Return System makes use of what would in any other case be a wasted power supply to rewind the mainspring, thereby rising the facility reserve.
Restricted to solely 30 examples and priced at €48,000 Euros, the Credor fiftieth Anniversary Eichi II ref. GBLT996 watch shall be accessible beginning in June 2024. For extra info, please go to the model’s web site.
