The Grand Seiko Spring Drive is a mechanical movement exclusive to the Japanese watch company. It mimics the accuracy and operation of a quartz movement without a secondary power source. It was a ...

GENERALLY speaking, for fans of fine watches there is a clear and even line to be drawn between mechanical and electronic watches. The one consists of an intricate system of cogs, gears, wheels and ...

Grand Seiko means a lot of things to a lot of people. For some, the Japanese watchmaker may represent their first foray into luxury timepieces, while for others, Grand Seiko is the embodiment of ...

Seiko Watch Corporation will release the first regular Grand Seiko model equipped with the latest Spring Drive movement, Caliber 9RA2, on February 11th. The suggested retail price is 1,045,000 yen ...

Watchmaker and Takumi - top artisan - Kaori Washimi explains the high level of skill involved in creating every Grand Seiko timepiece There is a reason the people who work on the watches at Grand ...

Grand Seiko’s 44GS collection is emblematic of the brand’s design language. When the initial 44GS debuted in 1967, it set the tone for the unique style that would come to define Grand Seiko watches ...

Originally fitted to its Credor models and later deployed in Grand Seiko and Prospex ranges, from next month Seiko's innovative Spring Drive manually wound movement finds a new home in its most highly ...

If you're a fan of the best watches on the market, you'll know just how convoluted the market is. Gone are the – arguably simpler – days when you'd simply purchase a dress watch for the office and a ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Seiko’s Grand Seiko sub-brand devotes itself to making top-quality mechanical watches that for decades were ...

While the dust may have settled on Watches and Wonders 2025, its impact on my watch-loving habits has not. Many brands took to the show with a wide variety of new pieces in tow, showcasing the best of ...

You might think of Seiko as an entry level watch brand – and, actually, you’d be right. Grand Seiko, on the other hand, is a whole different ball game. Where the former makes watches which cost as ...