Having a Spring Drive one and a Quartz one in my collection already, it is only natural that my 3rd #GrandSeiko would be a Hi-beats automatic. When I saw the radial snowy dial, the 44GS case and the blue GMT hand, I knew that the SBGJ201 aka “Mt Iwate” was the one. It’s not the first watch that can handle timezones in my collection but definitely the first regular GMT. #watches#watchesofmastodon
My 3rd #GrandSeiko is secured. I had been looking for one for weeks and stumbled upon an opportunity to get one that meets literally everything I wanted. l will post about it later but if you know that I already own a Spring Drive one and a Quartz one, you can guess where this is going 😉 #watches#watchesofmastodon
I just bought my 2nd #GrandSeiko. Will talk about it and explain the choices I made once I actually get my hands on the box. The only thing I will tease is that this reference is very plain and simple, and probably not one I would have considered 3 months ago before I had owned the very fancy SBGA259/Golden Snowflake. #watches#watchesofmastodon
Reference is SBGP005. I was looking for a good everyday watch. I had 3 criteria:
can work both in casual and formal if needed, 44GS case and incredible finish are classy but sunburst dial with no extra pattern is relatively simple for a #GrandSeiko
blue dial, blue was the one glaringly missing color in my collection so far
convenience, date is a must and 9F85 quartz rated at +-10s/year means that I don’t have to babysit it, battery swap after 3 years is trivial #watches#watchesofmastodon
The #GrandSeiko SBGP005 has basically taken the place of both my SBGA259 which I find a bit too fancy for everyday and my #Citizen E650 S086728 which I don’t wear often anymore because it’s too heavy, too big (42.5mm) and a bit too complicated. The SBGP005 is 40.5mm, has one date complication and is steel instead of titanium so it is definitely heavier than SBGA259 but still nowhere near as heavy as the massive Citizen. #watches#watchesofmastodon
Comparing the side view of the #GrandSeiko SBGA259 and SBGP005, unsurprisingly the case of the watch with quartz movement is much slimmer than the one with Spring Drive. But due to titanium instead of steel the bigger case is still lighter. #watches#watchesofmastodon
I know it is a bit unusual but I own a #GrandSeiko, a #Citizen and a #Casio watch yet I don’t have any #Seiko. I am going to fix that soon as I am missing a field watch in my #watches collection. Hint: I went very cheap as I intend for it to be my beater 😁. #watchesofmastodon
I have had my #GrandSeiko SBGA259 for almost a week. It seems to have deviated by about 1-1.5 sec so far. If we are extrapolating, this means 5-7.5 sec per month. This confirms that it is more accurate than my quartz #watches 😅.
It looks like I am already on my way to get a #GrandSeiko for my #watches collection. Instead of going for the SBGA211 aka Snowflake, I’ll be getting the SBGA259 aka Golden Snowflake 😁
Yay 🎉. This #GrandSeiko is incredibly pretty in person and probably underrated compared to the regular Snowflake. Very light on the wrist as it is titanium. A fine addition to my #watches collection.
I have had the #GrandSeiko SBGA259 for 3 days. I know it is to be expected from the specs. But still it is crazy to witness in person that the Spring Drive movement has yet to deviate from a single second so far and is in sync with my #Citizen E650 on atomic time. In comparison in my #watches collection, my automatic Knot CAP-38 (YN84) is behind by 15 seconds in the same period. 😅
I am definitely adding a #GrandSeiko at some point in my #watches collection. The only question is which model as I probably want to limit myself considering their price 😅
The natural choice is the #GrandSeiko SBGA211G aka Snowflake. Having seen it in person, it is indeed a beautiful watch but I may want something a bit less obvious and I saw a lot of other beautiful #watches at the flagship store in Tokyo. I don’t mind Hi-beat auto or quartz but I definitely prefer Spring Drive if possible which drastically reduces the amount of options I guess 😅