Grand Seiko SBGA293 b&p

Born in 1960, Grand Seiko is the realization of Seiko founder Kintaro Hattori's mission to create the "ideal watch" - a timepiece that perfectly embodies precision, legibility, durability, and beauty. Today, this ethos remains the driving force for Grand Seiko's engineers and designers, who continue to innovate with an eye toward the future without ever forgetting the past.

This GS ref.SBGA293 is a men's watch made by the high masters of Seiko. It has a Japanese automatic 9R65 calibre. The steel case, measuring 40.2 mm in diameter and 12.8 mm in thickness is very classy and imposing. The white dial is a perfect conjugation with the sapphire, antireflection coating glass. The black crocodile leather band complete the work. 

Caliber 9R65 is currently the most standard of the 9R Spring Drive movements, and is used in many Grand Seiko models. Spring Drive, one of the great innovations in modern watch making history, regulates a spring-driven movement with state-of-the-art electronic technology that functions without batteries or other external power source. Its sole power source is a mainspring, which drives a series of gears. A rotor, connected to the end of these gears, generates a small electrical charge that activates an electronic circuit and quartz oscillator. Its accuracy is unprecedented for a watch wound by a mainspring.

GS is definitely a thorn in the side of Luxury Swiss watchmaking. A concentrate of elegance, technology and affordable price.