While certainly vintage-inspired - and Mr. Soldat’s freshman collection, dubbed Promessa, is made up of three chronographs, all designed in Switzerland by Studio Divine and manufactured in Japan and powered by Seiko’s NE 88 automatic chronograph caliber. Jesse Prawiro, a watch enthusiast who, like many before him in the micro-brand world, wanted to turn his hobby into a career. Soldat is a young company out of Indonesia operated by a one Mr. So when a mechanical chrono hits my inbox, and it’s appropriately priced, solidly specced, and objectively attractive, I pay attention. That’s largely contingent on the price - most mechanical chronograph movements are expensive, and popping a 7750 inside a watch case isn’t always feasible for brands who feel more secure operating on the lower end of the pricing spectrum. in New York from 1978 and had a price tag of $5000.Within the micro-brand space, I find that there’s still a dearth of mechanical chronographs. These models were sold through Tiffany & Co. These models had a case thickness of 2.5mm and were sold not just in Japan but also internationally. While these were marketed as Credor models in Japan, they have Seiko written on the dial as the Credor dial branding did not begin to be seen until 1979. The Credor HGY614 (9320-7000) with a rectangular case and HGY604 (9320-5000) with a round case, both came in 18K yellow gold. There were a few different 9320 models marketed under both the Seiko and Credor branding.
The 9320 released in 1978 was obviously a very significant achievement in the production of ultra thin quartz watches and undoubtedly many lessons were learned in the design and production of these models.
Below is a table to the thinnest calibres produced by SII and Epson from the 9320 to 9A85.
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