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Steel is one of the most common materials in the world today, but steel-cased Seiko 8F56 Perpetual Calendar Quartz SLT077 is a hard watch to find. With its +/- 20 seconds per year accuracy, 10-year battery, and independent hour hand adjustment — it has a blend of elements needed to smelt one sharp […]

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Never owned a Seiko chronograph with the 7T62 quartz movement before getting Seiko SNAA45P1. An interesting feature is the way the 1/5 second chronograph hand moves—just like the second hand on Seiko SKX007 powered by the 5-beat 7S26 automatic movement!
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One of Seiko and Citizen’s strong points is they sometimes take classical designs by European brands and put a twist on them. I’m always on the lookout for Omega Speedmaster and Tudor chronograph homages, and I recently found both in Seiko models SNAA45P1 and SNAA41P1.

Both watches come with Seiko Quartz movement 7T62. It’s […]

GMT+9 reader “Tom” recently picked up the gorgeous new Grand Seiko Quartz SBGT021.  He was kind enough to send us some pictures along with a few words about the watch and his purchase.

Here’s what he had to say:
I owned a SBGT015 with the gold dial for about five years and was recently looking for another […]

Seiko released information and photos on its Japanese Web site about four of its Grand Seiko designers. They are, from left, [Nobuhiro] Kosugi, Toshiro Matsubara, Eichi Hiratani, and Shinichiro Kubo. This post features Kosugi.

Kosugi is a designer of both the Grand Seiko Classic Line, and the Grand Seiko New Line.
The Grand Seiko Classic Line
The Classic […]

A Grand Seiko Fair will take place from Wednesday, July 2 through Tuesday, July 15 at Takashimaya Department Store in Nagoya, Japan. The 13-floor-high department store is part of the Nagoya Japan Railway Train Station complex (which has restaurants, beauty salons and barber shops at the top on the 51st floor).

The Takashimaya Watch & Clock […]

Editor’s note:
Thought some might enjoy diving deeper into the Seiko Spring Drive Diver’s Watch movie. Perhaps this translation will give you a feeling of how these are being marketed in Japan. Click on the image above for the full translation. Enjoy!
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Know the attraction of the
Spring Drive Diver’s Watch
With Seiko Diver’s Watch techniques
and Spring Drive’s high […]

Click on the image above and watch Grand Seiko movies. Six different movies are available. When you get to Seiko Japan’s website, choose the movie you’d like to watch by clicking on images on the left hand navigation menu, and then hit the “start” button.
Movies are 3 minutes long. They include:

Grand Seiko Diver’s
Grand Seiko Chronograph
Grand […]

Seiko has released a new 9F Quartz model with 5-seconds-per-year accuracy. It is a limited edition of 300 units, released in commemoration of the 15th anniversary of the launch of the 9F Quartz movement in 1993. The watch, Grand Seiko SBGT027, retails for ¥399,000, and is only available in Japan.

The watch is powered by […]