Horological Meandering

Grand Seiko SBGR059 automatic with 72 hour power reserve in a Bright titanium case. Depending on the lighting the dial is either a pale champagne shade or silvery, and the substantial blued steel seconds hand is stunning. When I purchased this I thought it looked a bit boring - I was wrong.

- SJX

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Let's see--first Habring, now Seiko--yet another fine timepiece. What will you be pulling out of your safe next??!!

Thanks for sharing--I cannot wait until the Grand Seiko line is released in the United States...

Respect themselves, there is no overkill, something that caress the eye...like a ferrari lusso.
Maestria, un capolavvoro as they say south.
Congratulations and thanks for sharing it.
Cheers.
Luc

Beautiful, SJX.  I've really liked this new model with the new 9S65 three day movement, at least the pictures I've seen!

Could you give a little more background and context on this model, and what led you to choose it?  I think there's a black dialed version (SBGR061?) as well as another pair of automatics with the 9S65 that are somewhat less expensive.  Wondering how Seiko has positioned these new watches.

thanks, Tom

 

This model is the new entry level automatic Grand Seiko, along with SBGR051, 053 and 61. All have the 9S65 72 hour power reserve movement with the skeletonised pallet and escape wheel as well as hairspring and mainspring made from a new proprietary alloy (SPRON510 for mainspring and I forget the name of the hairspring alloy).

The SBGR051 and 53 replace the SBGR001 which was the first modern Grand Seiko introduced in 1998. The SBGR061 has an ivory dial and is less expensive since it is on strap.

The black dial version is the SBGR053, but it is steel.

I chose this for two reasons: the Bright titanium case and the blued steel seconds hand. The Bright titanium alloy is highly polished and is a much brighter shade than regular titanium. And the blued steel seconds hand looks perfect with the dial and case.

- SJX

I had missed your notation about the Ti case.  Makes the difference clearer.

Much appreciated!

 

I love that dial and hands combo. A white or silver dialed GS is on my wishlist for the near future.

My Sbga003 still gives me goose bumps

Best

Drew

I need to check it out as I always want to feel a bright Ti case...Oh no, another temptation (