My second Grand Seiko was the grail piece I badly wanted since I first saw it on WPS sometime in 2014. It took me till late 2015 IIRC (so over 10 years ago) to finally find one - the series was produced in 300 pieces and few came to Europe. In hindsight a

The dial, the specially regulated movement and the overall versatility of the piece did it for me from the first time I have laid eyes on one. And over 10 years later none of the appeal is gone. What Seiko / GS has been close to your heart for ages?

It’s difficult to capture - here an earlier attempt, where the green of the dial is better visible. As for the first, that was a bit of a coincidence. My search for the SBGH035 bore no fruit by that point and this was supposed to be a test of whether the

This one always brings me back to over 10 years ago and the much earlier period of engaging with watches. Was a grail piece for me and one I felt I would most likely not be able to find. And then one found me and the rest is history, as they say 😁 It coul

Been a while since I wore this - my grail Grand Seiko. It is definitely the most popular one but was the first modern Special in steel and it pushes all the right buttons for me. The yellow stingray strap might not be for everyone but the watch overall re

I do not think it would be the finalist if I was to only keep one. If I take the emotional aspect out of it, it would either the Grand Seiko SBGH035 or the Habring2 Foudroyante. Both are completely under the radar, sufficiently interesting horologically a

Haven’t posted this one for a while, so it was time 😊 The first modern ‘Special’ - I.e. specially regulated and minutely altered movement to pass the even stricter chronometry specs than the standard GS ones - in stainless steel and a wonderfully universa

This is where the GS story began for me, about 10 years ago. While I was dreaming of the SBGH035 - a dream turned reality some months after this was acquired - I yearned to understand, what the fuss was all about too much to wait. When I found an opportun

I figured the likelihood of the sun shining seems to correlate somewhat with the wearing of yellow. Not enough for a scientific publication but even if it doesn’t work, it still brightens the immediate surroundings. Here the Grand Seiko SBGH035 on a yello

Once upon a time there was an 18 year old boy who got a pilot’s license for his birthday. Actually passed my pilot’s and driver’s test the same day 😊 Back in the day, I was dreaming of a Breitling. Knowing that it would probably remain a dream for many ye