Japanese Watches

60 Years Soaring: Grand Seiko Unveils U.S.-Exclusive GS Eagle Limited Edition Ref. SBGE263

As we’ve covered extensively throughout the year, 2020 marks 60 years since the release of the first Grand Seiko watch, and if you thought the brand was done announcing new commemorative editions for the year just because we’ve reached late December, you would be mistaken. Last week, the Japanese luxury watchmaker unveiled the new U.S.-exclusive...

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Dec 23, 2020 by Caleb Anderson

The WatchTime Q&A: Grand Seiko U.S.A. President Brice Le Troadec

We sat down with Grand Seiko USA President Brice Le Troadec to talk about the brand’s strategy and why collectors can hardly resist the Japanese brand. Le Troadec joined the team of Grand Seiko USA chairman and CEO Aiko Naito in May 2017, shortly before the creation of the Grand Seiko of America company in...

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Dec 17, 2020 by Roger Ruegger

Grand Seiko Rounds Out its 60th Anniversary Collection with Blue-Dialed SLGH003 Limited Edition

Grand Seiko’s 60th anniversary year has brought a number of noteworthy timepieces and two entirely new in-house movements. One of those movements — the automatic Caliber 9SA5, which debuted in a gold-cased replica of the first Grand Seiko watch from 1960 — now finds itself installed inside a new steel case, behind a shimmering blue...

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Oct 30, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

NEWS

Grand Seiko Marks 60 Years with Four New Limited Editions

It was in December of 1960 that Japanese watchmaking giant Seiko released its “King of Watches,” the first Grand Seiko timepiece, which became legendary for reaching new heights of precision, durability, legibility, and ease of use. This year, the Grand Seiko brand — once Japan’s best-kept horological secret, now a worldwide phenomenon — celebrates 60...

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Jan 31, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

PROMOTION:

The G-SHOCK GMWB5000D-1 is a Full Metal Take on the Classic G-SHOCK Design

The G-SHOCK Full Metal collection has emerged as one of the Japanese brand’s most successful recent ventures. First introduced at Baselworld 2018, the line quickly expanded with a number of different colorways to match demand, but one of the first references, GMWB5000D-1, with its cool silver tone, stands out as perhaps the most memorable design. Taking...

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Jun 28, 2019 by WatchTime

COUTURETIME 2019:

The Time of the Seasons: Grand Seiko Unveils Four New U.S. Exclusive Editions

The annual CoutureTime watch exhibition kicked off yesterday at the Wynn and Encore in Las Vegas, and a handful of watch brands have taken the opportunity to introduce new timepieces to the U.S. that were not on display at the two major Swiss watch fairs, SIHH in January and Baselworld in March. One of these...

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May 31, 2019 by Mark Bernardo

NEWS:

Casio Releases a Surprise 10-Piece Collection of New Edifice Models

While G-Shock continues to reign supreme in the worlds of fashion and utility (especially in light of the model’s 35th anniversary this year), Casio’s Edifice line is where the brand has continually experimented with highly-accessible prices combined with high-tech gadgetry such as Bluetooth connectivity. Last week, the Japanese brand surprised its global following with 10 new...

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Aug 20, 2018 by Logan R. Baker

BASELWORLD 2018:

Solar-Charging Bull: Citizen Tsuno Chronograph Racer Channels 1970s Bullheads

Japan’s Citizen Watch Co. will mark 100 years of operation in 2018, and to commemorate the occasion the brand is releasing a unique, vintage-inspired bullhead chronograph, the Tsuno Chronograph Racer, at this week’s Baselworld watch fair. The new watch takes its design influences from a 1972 chronograph known as the Challenge Timer, and especially from...

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Mar 22, 2018 by Caleb Anderson

FEATURE

Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy: The Re-Creation of the First Grand Seiko

For all the historic, groundbreaking, and trend-setting watches we’ve covered in this series — and the lineages they’ve begotten — there’s a type of watch that we tend to cover less often but one that deserves no less attention. These are the pieces that are famous not for being forerunners of technical innovation or iconic...

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Sep 24, 2017 by Caleb Anderson

FEATURE

Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy: Seiko Prospex SLA017

A few months ago, we covered a modern descendent of the original Seiko "Tuna" divers' watch. At Baselworld this year, Seiko decided to go back even further into its timepiece archives by reissuing the grandfather of all the brand’s divers: the famed Seiko Ref. 6217, also known as the 62MAS (below). We compare that historical model with the all-new Seiko Prospex SLA017.

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Apr 2, 2017 by Caleb Anderson