Contrast is very poor.

 

My only issue might be contrast. The dial color will turn some off but I like it...but, gold hands aren't my first choice with it.

That aside, it's gorgeous. Very fluid. Great find. This is a way to do two-tone that can work very well.

 

Congratulations on acquiring a lovely new (to you) addition to your collection. It appears that it has been well taken care of.
The size is perfect for a dress watch.
As mentioned by Watchbreath and gangrel, the gold hands on gold face could be somewhat of a challenge to read in certain lighting conditions, but it is a very classy watch, and most of us tend to stare at our watches a bit longer than necessary anyway. Whether reading the time or not, looking at our watch is a major part of the enjoyment of the watch collecting hobby.
Enjoy your newest addition.

 

I'd say that's the perfect size for a dress watch. Of course, these days folks often wear non-dressy watches with more formal outfits, but for an actual dress watch that looks just fine to me. It's a lovely watch.

 

Gorgeous watch only issue is the obvious dress watch conundrum which is limited wearability.

 

That is true, in theory you could wear it every day as it has a sapphire crystal and is so small and slim it is unlikely to pick up damage but how many like it do you see out there? Also you can't afford to get it really wet as the WR is uncertain and anyway it is on leather.

You can see why the sports watches dominate.

Mitch

 

Beautiful watch--know for a fact that the contrast on that one is NOT an issue at almost every conceivable angle (don't even understand why folks pointed that out above, comments based on suspicion rather than reality)--wear it in good health.

 

Sorry, is that a Credor strap it's on? I can't tell ;-)

 

Lovely Credor, congratulations. Does that 8j movement have an independently adjustable hour hand? Size looks to be about 35mm.

 

Unfortunately it doesn't.

It is a fine movement though, matching the Seiko 9F.. at 10 seconds a year and beating the Swiss HAQ found in Breitling et al. It can't match the Citizen A660 movement though and that one does have the separately adjustable hour hand and remains the most accurate watch readily available.

Mitch

 

I LOVE that strap....i mean LOVE it. The watch is so so in my mind. It's nice enough though, I'd love to add it to a larger collection.

 

Well they are not shy about making sure you know who made it that's for sure!

Mitch

 

I like the crown

 

I like it. Congrats on the Credor.

 

The dial is gorgeous. The indices well-shaped. The hands lovely as all get out. And HAQ to boot. Wear it in great health!

 

I like it. A lot.

Funny how there have been many DateJusts posted with similar color schemes with hardly a mention of "low contrast". I always wonder what Credor means in english. It just sounds to close to "cretin" to me for some reason.

 

I like it. A lot.

Funny how there have been many DateJusts posted with similar color schemes with hardly a mention of "low contrast". I always wonder what Credor means in english. It just sounds to close to "cretin" to me for some reason.

This is supposed to be the origin of the name.

"In 1969, Seiko wanted to design a specially selected wrist watch series, one that was high end and made of precious metals (14/18K gold or platinum). In 1974, the series was grouped and named "SEIKO KUREDORU" ( SEIKO CRET DOR ). " CRET D'OR " means " the golden top" in French. The symbol of Credor is derived from the chinese word "Mountain" and symbolise the aim of reaching the summit and touches the cloud and the heaven."

Mitch

 

That Credor's awfully pretty. Certainly a keeper. Nice job.

I could live with the gold-on-gold, too; got a watch myself with gold hands on a gold dial and learned to live with it.

 

Cheers.

I must say I have had no trouble discerning the time, it hadn't really occurred to me before the contrast was mentioned on here.

Mitch

 

Amazing watch!

Considering a Credor GCAR059 which uses the same movement as your watch but I'm finding it hard to get detailed informations about the movement.
or a Grand Seiko with its 9F, which is well known to have one of the best in the world.

Do you happen to know if the 8J81 has the same technology and attention to details as the 9F? What kind of battery does it use?
And most importantly is the movement sealed so dust and debris can't go in during a battery change?

 

Even though Credor still use this movement on some current models I don't believe it as good as the 9F movement, even though it has the same accuracy, though it must be built with fine tolerances. it is not sealed and you can see what battery it uses in the photo of the movement I posted in the opening post.

Mitch

 

I love Credor watches in general. That particular one is not my style, but I hope you enjoy it. You'll definitely never run into anyone else wearing it. And anyone that knows what it is will appreciate it.

 

I love seikos and I wish I loved the credors because there’s nothing I enjoy more in watches than one that people don’t know is special. But none of them (including that one) do anything for me...

 

Now this is quite a few years old! Hoping some are active still, these are a really good looking minimalistic and durable HAQ, but I can’t find much information at all on it or the movement/s and wonder if anyone can differentiate the 8J81B movement here with 7 jewels to the 8J81A I have also seen in similar models with only 5 jewels, I wonder when they modified the A to B and is it better and why