Grand Seiko is no stranger to groundbreaking, sometimes industry-shattering, innovations. This is, after all, the company which in 1969 sparked the quartz crisis when it unveiled the Quartz Astron—a ...

Automotive-inspired design has been shaping the best watches for decades. The chronograph, for example, was specifically designed for car racing. One of our favorites that captures this sleek, ...

The meca-quartz chronograph marries battery-based watchmaking with a “mechanical feel.” While those looking for the “feel” of a mechanical watch have a variety of affordable, basic three-hand options, ...

To commemorate the 140th anniversary of Seiko's founding, Seiko Watch Corporation will release a sporty quartz GMT model on June 10th. The dial embodies Grand Seiko's strong determination to take on ...

Ask people in the know on watches and almost all will agree that one measure of a quality timepiece is almost always whether it has an automatic movement rather than quartz. A quartz movement gets its ...

Grand Seiko, the luxury brand offshoot of watch giant Seiko, has established a handful of signature traits over the course of its 64-year lifespan. There’s the fine, mirror-like polishing technique ...

The story of the mechanical timepiece has always been one of relentless progress towards accuracy, usually by tiny, gradual increments. From Christiaan Huygens’ first watch to the observatory tests of ...

Grand Seiko introduces a new Spring Drive U.F.A. creation in Ever-Brilliant Steel, capturing the ethereal beauty of a frost-covered dawn over the Shinshu forests. Powered by the ultra-precise Caliber ...

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