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
@r_df_ng Grand Seiko is normally a bit over-budget for what I was willing to put for an everyday convenient watch. So I was initially considering something like a smaller quartz Citizen or a Longines VHP. But then I got lucky, was offered a very very good deal for this one and went back to the idea of GS.
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
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