The limited edition will be released in October of this year and personally is the most attractive of the three, however, I am also a big fan of the orange hand version.įrom what I read on the web the initial reactions were mixed with a lot of people complaining about the price as well as the similarity to the Rolex Explorer 2 particularly for the orange hand version. SBGN001 of 800 pieces priced at €3,600 which features yellow accents as well as a higher level of accuracy of 5 seconds a year (compared to 10 for the other two) and is marked by a special texture and a golden star on the dial. Additionally, there will be a limited edition ref. The SBGN003 and SBGN005, priced at €3,200, will be unlimited and released in January 2019. Grand Seiko will release three different versions of the GMT. This allows for the watch to have a slender profile coming in what I consider perfect measurements of being 39 mm wide and 12.1 mm thick. The model takes much of what was already established in the mechanical counterpart and adapts it to the quartz model. Seiko, however, wishes to change this with the introduction of the Grand Seiko 9F Quartz GMT proving that to this day that there is value in continuing to develop this range. Safe for a dive watch however these incredible movements have always been limited to simple designs which do not necessarily catch the eye of younger generations.
Since then it has become the unparalleled standard for those looking to buy the best new quartz watch the market has to offer.
SEIKO GMT 9F ACCURATE 5 SECONDS PER YEAR SERIES
Like a lone wolf however Grand Seiko, at this point I won’t even try to contain me being a fanboy for the Japanese brand, keeps their 9F series alive.įor the uninitiated, the 9F was introduced in 1993 as an ultimate version of the quartz watch showing what the platform is capable of if only it gets the same amount of attention and effort that high-end mechanical watches are used to. While the technology set the industry ablaze in incendiary fashion killing off huge parts of the watch world today mechanical watches make up figuratively 99% of the watch world for enthusiasts.