Grand Seiko re-branding: misstep or confident stride forward?
For 40 years or so, Grand Seiko was largely unknown outside Japan, and certainly outside South East Asia. Grand Seiko …
Category Archives: Grand Seiko
Changing the battery on a Grand Seiko SBGV009
In the broader context of the somewhat intimidating business of tackling seemingly complex watch repair and restoration projects, it is …
A Grand Seiko in all but name: the Seikomatic 6216-9000
In his economic treatise on The Theory of the Leisure Class, Thorstein Veblen first coined the term “conspicuous consumption”, referring …
Grand Seiko vs. Grand Seiko
The concept of the homage to glories past is one that the watch industry appears to have embraced of late, …
A Grand Seiko Self-Dater from 1965
The romantic overtures that led eventually to the conception and birth of the Grand Seiko line were played out through …
Auction watch
Since March 2009, the Bank of England base rate has been at or below 0.5%. Currently it sits at a …
The law of unintended consequences
Hare-brained schemes and cunning plans are all very well but all too often they fall victim to the law of …
Hare-brained scheme: A high beat, hand winding Seiko 6105
At about the same time as the first generation Seiko 6105 divers watch first made its appearance in 1968, so …
Shabby chic: A Grand Seiko 6145
In constructing a heart-over-head case to acquire another short-lived object of desire, absolute reality trumps virtual any day of the …
Face-off: Rolex vs. Grand Seiko
In the eyes of a typical consumer on the hunt for a new wristwatch, the received wisdom is that a …
The first automatic Grand Seiko: the 6245-9001
Grand Seiko. A 55 year old heritage of fine Japanese watchmaking but only now starting to make an impact as …
