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It does go against their design philosophy...
The Grammar of Design postulates legibility as one of the most important facets of GS watches and central seconds hands offer a better legibility than subdial seconds. I do agree with you that there are some really interesting options one could imagine if this were not the case, though 
Grand Seiko don't do sub seconds dials?
I've been really interested in the SBGW231 for a while now, It has a real Calatrava feel to it. But I can't help wondering how much better it would look with a sub seconds dial rather than central seconds. Pushing that thought on further I wondered what i...
I think the subseconds movements are in the Credor range rather than the GS range
See the 4s line of Seiko movements
Yes, I find small seconds in Credor
for example, this ladies mechanical movement watch and of course, in the GS Chronographs you find a running seconds hands, but not in the normal range of men and women's Grand Seikos. On one of the 9F movement pages, GS does make a big deal of a special c...
Full hands are showcasing their super smooth sweeping motion.
(Hi-beat, Spring Drive). Won’t be able to appreciate in small seconds.
I don't mind the center seconds as many of my manual winds already have small seconds.
And hey, that's my IWC shot! 😁
I love that watch, and capture.
I bookmarked it on IG recently, resulting an a couple of hour research, tempting.
It's an awesome watch for sure, much wrist presence!
It's big at 44mm but the 10mm thinness makes it a charm to wear 👍
44mm for a reason though.
I can live with that, a thin bezel a black dial also helps slim it down a bit visually.
It does go against their design philosophy...
The Grammar of Design postulates legibility as one of the most important facets of GS watches and central seconds hands offer a better legibility than subdial seconds. I do agree with you that there are some really interesting options one could imagine if...
Ken is right, here is a quote from Mr Hattori himself
In answer to your question (also posed by James Dowling), the President of Seiko (descendant of the founder) said: “The philosophy of Grand Seiko puts legibility and precision at the very center of each design. We believe that a sub-second dial is not app...
