Grand Seiko | Cool Material https://coolmaterial.com Tue, 23 Apr 2024 13:33:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 https://coolmaterial.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/cropped-CM-favicon-large-2-32x32.jpg Grand Seiko | Cool Material https://coolmaterial.com 32 32 Grand Seiko Releases Its First Hand-Wound Movement in Half a Century https://coolmaterial.com/watches/grand-seiko-first-hand-wound-movement/ Tue, 23 Apr 2024 13:44:31 +0000 https://coolmaterial24.wpenginepowered.com/?p=308475 Grand Seiko has unveiled an elegant new dress watch boasting their first hand-wound high-beat movement in fifty years. The heart of this timepiece, the Caliber 9SA4, is a variation of the 9SA5 but with innovative tweaks including a click shaped like a wagtail, a nod to the local avian fauna near Grand Seiko’s Shizukuishi studio. […]

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]]> Grand Seiko SBGW295 https://coolmaterial.com/watches/grand-seiko-sbgw295/ Thu, 16 Feb 2023 15:07:29 +0000 https://coolmaterial24.wpenginepowered.com/?p=275879 If you think Seiko only makes affordable timepieces, think again. This 110th anniversary commemorative Grand Seiko SBGW295’s dial is about as handcrafted as a watch can get. The dial is known as “Black Urushi” which uses a delicate process that gives it a rich black coloring and is accentuated with gold maki-e markers that have […]

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]]> The Best Japanese Watch in Every Price Range, From Under $50 to $5,000-plus https://coolmaterial.com/watches/mens-japanese-watches/ Thu, 10 Nov 2022 15:45:44 +0000 https://coolmaterial24.wpenginepowered.com/?p=270780 The Japanese watch brands that most people know are generally affordable. Casio, Citizen, Orient, and Seiko typically will not break the bank, and all make solid watches for much less than even the most affordable watches from the top luxury brands. While there are notable premium exceptions, for the most part, Japanese watches aren’t known […]

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]]> Grand Seikos in Ever-Brilliant Steel https://coolmaterial.com/watches/grand-seiko-watches-ever-brilliant-steel/ Tue, 01 Feb 2022 15:42:20 +0000 https://coolmaterial24.wpenginepowered.com/?p=257024 Grand Seiko creates some of the most stunning timepieces on earth, celebrating its robust history, premium materials, and dial styles and textures second-to-none. Its two latest models are the epitome of Grand Seiko style that has been the beacon for the brand. The SLGA013 and SLGH009 are the numerical model numbers, both with remarkable movements, […]

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