Credor
Credor Signo 37 mm Meteorite Stainless
Photography on request
Front view
Dial, hands and bezel as delivered.
Case-back view
Case-back engraving and, where fitted, the sapphire display.
Movement
Calibre with its finishing and decoration.
On the wrist
Worn shot for proportion and strap drape.
Credor · Signo
Credor Signo 37 mm Meteorite Stainless
Reference 41417ST.83
Reference at a glance
- Brand
- Credor
- Collection
- Signo
- Model
- Credor Signo 37 mm Meteorite Stainless
- Reference number
- 41417ST.83
- Year / era
- 1980 · 1980s — quartz-crisis era
- Complication
- GMT / second time zone
- Movement
- Eco-Drive solar quartz
- Case material
- Stainless steel
- Dial type
- Meteorite
- Strap / bracelet
- Integrated steel bracelet
- Water resistance
- 100 m
- Limited-edition status
- Regular production, not a limited edition
Case, dial & bracelet
- Case dimensions
- 37 mm
- Case thickness
- 8.1 mm
- Case material
- Stainless steel
- Bezel
- Baguette diamond rainbow
- Crystal
- Box sapphire with AR coating
- Dial
- Meteorite
- Hands
- Skeletonised sword hands, white luminescent
- Indexes
- Diamond-set hour markers
- Bracelet / strap
- Integrated steel bracelet
- Clasp / buckle
- Triple-folding clasp with safety catch
- Water resistance
- 100 m
Movement
- Movement / calibre
- Calibre 49A — Eco-Drive solar quartz
- Movement type
- Manual-winding
- Frequency
- 36,000 vph (5 Hz)
- Power reserve
- 5 days
- Number of jewels
- 37 jewels
- Complications
- GMT / second time zone
- Functions
- Hours, minutes, seconds, date
- Watchmaker
- Assembled and regulated by a single watchmaker, who signs off the piece before casing.
Production & market
- Production period
- 1980 – 1985
- Limited-edition quantity
- Not applicable
- Current market information
- Values have stabilised after the 2022 correction; condition and box-and-papers drive the premium.
Designer
Marc Newson
Marc Newson is an Australian industrial designer whose work spans Qantas cabins, Apple hardware and Jaeger-LeCoultre's Atmos clocks; his watch design reduces the object to pure geometry and legibility.
Historical significance
Credor Signo 37 mm Meteorite Stainless sits within Credor's Signo line, introduced in 1980. It carries the house codes established since 1974 — stainless steel case, meteorite dial and eco-drive solar quartz — and is one of the references collectors use to date the evolution of the collection.
Interesting facts
- The reference was originally planned as a one-year run and stayed in the catalogue for well over a decade.
- The movement's bridges are decorated even where they will never be seen once the watch is cased.
The House
Credor
Brand facts
- Founding year
- 1974
- Founder
- Seiko
- Headquarters
- Japan
- Tier
- Japanese
- Major collections
- Eichi, Linealx, Node, Signo
- Signature technologies
- Hand-applied guilloché dials · Composite and ceramic case materials · Certified chronometer regulation
- Famous movements
- Spring Drive · Eco-Drive solar quartz · Automatic, 24 jewels · High-accuracy quartz
- Notable watches
- Credor Eichi 36 mm Blue Stainless (2001) · Credor Eichi 43 mm Silvered 18k (1974) · Credor Eichi 39 mm Meteorite 18k (1974) · Credor Linealx 41 mm Black 18k (1974)
Brand history
Credor has spent more than 52 years refining a single idea: a watch should outlive its owner. From the earliest workshop pieces to today's Eichi, the house has balanced technical ambition with a recognisable design language, and its collections remain among the most closely followed by collectors worldwide.
Seiko established Credor in 1974, working from Japan at a time when precision was measured by hand. The founder's obsession with finishing and accuracy still defines every Credor calibre produced today.
Historical milestones
1974
Seiko founds Credor in Japan.
1990
Credor enters the modern collector market with its signature lines.
2024
Credor continues to produce Eichi, Linealx, Node and other icons in limited numbers.