Is a “KING” ever equal to a “GRAND”?

Of course much of what has been said about automatic Grand Seikos could also be said about automatic King Seikos and even some of the Lordmatic (LM) models of the same period. The LM range also used both the 56xx and 52xx movement streams ), while many Grand Seikos of the period also used the 56xx stream. Although the GS 56xx movements were numbered 564x rather than 562x indicating a higher quality and/or level of adjustment,
The harmony the 562x KS movement has with the 564x suggests to me that if serviced and adjusted, they are effectively equal to the GS 564x ones. So in this sense, vintage automatic King Seikos may practically be the equivalents of Grand Seikos, but offer better value for money because of the ongoing status of the Grand Seiko label.