Grand Seiko

Watches by Grand Seiko are not only superb Japanese timepieces, but also conversation starters that give many Swiss counterparts a run for their money. LEARN MORE

Favorite Grand Seiko models:

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Grand Seiko Elegance Automatic Beige 39mm

SBGM221
   €5.000     €4.089
 -18.3% Grand Seiko

Grand Seiko Heritage Grand Seiko Automatic Pink 40mm

SBGA413
   €7.000     €5.719
 -18.2% Grand Seiko

Grand Seiko Sport Grand Seiko Automatic Green 41mm

SBGM247
   €5.900     €4.829
 -18.2% Grand Seiko

Grand Seiko Sport Grand Seiko Automatic Black 44mm

SBGE277
   €6.600     €5.399
 -18.3% Grand Seiko

Grand Seiko Sport Grand Seiko Manual Winding White 45mm

SBGA481
   €11.100     €9.069
 -18.2% Grand Seiko

Grand Seiko Elegance Automatic Mother of Pearl 31mm

STGK013
   €11.900     €9.729
 -18.2% Grand Seiko

Grand Seiko Heritage Grand Seiko Quartz Champagne 40mm

SBGN011
   €3.200     €2.619
 -18.2% Grand Seiko

Grand Seiko Heritage Grand Seiko Automatic Silver 40mm

SBGA437
   €5.000     €4.089
 -18.3% Grand Seiko

Grand Seiko Heritage Grand Seiko Manual Winding Blue 40mm

SBGJ267
   €7.800     €6.369
 -18.3% Grand Seiko

Grand Seiko Elegance Automatic Silver 31mm

STGK011
   €11.700     €9.559
 -18.2% Grand Seiko

Grand Seiko Evolution 9 Automatic Black 41mm

SBGE283
   €8.900     €7.279
 -18.2% Grand Seiko

Grand Seiko Sport Grand Seiko Automatic Blue 41mm

SBGE255
   €6.600     €5.399
 -18.3% Grand Seiko

Grand Seiko Elegance Manual Winding White 39mm

SBGY013
   €9.300     €7.599
 -17.9% Grand Seiko

Grand Seiko Heritage Grand Seiko Quartz Blue 40mm

SBGP013
   €2.800     €2.299
 -18.2% Grand Seiko

Grand Seiko Sport Grand Seiko Automatic Black 41mm

SBGE253
   €6.600     €5.399
 -17.9% Grand Seiko

Grand Seiko Heritage Grand Seiko Quartz White 40mm

SBGP011
   €2.800     €2.299
 -18.2% Grand Seiko

Grand Seiko Sport Grand Seiko Automatic Green 40mm

SBGH271
   €6.500     €5.319
 -18.0% Grand Seiko

Grand Seiko Heritage Grand Seiko Quartz Champagne 40mm

SBGP001
   €3.500     €2.869
 -18.4% Grand Seiko

Grand Seiko Elegance Automatic Grey 40mm

SBGE271
   €6.800     €5.549
 -18.3% Grand Seiko

Grand Seiko Sport Grand Seiko Automatic Black 44mm

SBGA463
   €8.000     €6.539
 -18.2% Grand Seiko

Grand Seiko Heritage Grand Seiko Automatic Silver 37mm

SBGH311
   €7.200     €5.889
 -18.2% Grand Seiko

Grand Seiko Sport Grand Seiko Automatic Green 44mm

SBGJ239
   €7.200     €5.889
 -18.4% Grand Seiko

Grand Seiko Elegance Automatic Silver 40mm

SBGE269
   €6.800     €5.549
 -18.3% Grand Seiko

Grand Seiko Elegance Manual Winding Red 37mm

SBGW287
   €5.100     €4.169
 -18.3% Grand Seiko

Grand Seiko Sport Grand Seiko Automatic Blue 44mm

SBGJ237
   €7.400     €6.049
 -18.2% Grand Seiko

Grand Seiko Heritage Grand Seiko Automatic Blue 40mm

SBGH273
   €6.500     €5.319
 -18.3% Grand Seiko

Grand Seiko Elegance Manual Winding Ivory 37mm

SBGW281
   €5.100     €4.169
 -18.3% Grand Seiko

Grand Seiko Evolution 9 Automatic Silver 40mm

SLGA009
   €10.000     €8.169
 -18.2% Grand Seiko

Grand Seiko Heritage Grand Seiko Manual Winding Brown 37mm

SBGW293
   €5.500     €4.499
 -18.3% Grand Seiko

Grand Seiko Heritage Grand Seiko Automatic White 40mm

SBGH243
   €7.000     €5.719
 -18.3% Grand Seiko

Grand Seiko Sport Grand Seiko Automatic Blue 44mm

SBGH289
   €7.400     €6.049
 -18.3% Grand Seiko

Grand Seiko Evolution 9 Automatic Black 44mm

SBGC251
   €12.100     €9.889
 -18.3% Grand Seiko

Grand Seiko Heritage Grand Seiko Automatic Blue 40mm

SLGH013
   €9.800     €8.009
 -18.2% Grand Seiko

Grand Seiko Elegance Automatic White 40mm

SBGH213
   €6.700     €5.479
 -18.2% Grand Seiko

Grand Seiko Heritage Grand Seiko Quartz Black 40mm

SBGN013
   €3.200     €2.619
 -18.3% Grand Seiko

Grand Seiko Elegance Manual Winding Blue 37mm

SBGW283
   €5.100     €4.169
 -18.3% Grand Seiko

Grand Seiko Heritage Grand Seiko Manual Winding Silver 40mm

SBGY011
   €8.600     €7.029
 -18.3% Grand Seiko

Grand Seiko Elegance Automatic Blue 38mm

SBGY007
   €8.700     €7.109
 -18.3% Grand Seiko

Grand Seiko Elegance Manual Winding Green 37mm

SBGW285
   €5.100     €4.169
 -18.3% Grand Seiko

Grand Seiko Evolution 9 Automatic Black 40mm

SLGH017
   €11.100     €9.069
 -18.3% Grand Seiko

Grand Seiko Sport Grand Seiko Automatic Black 46mm

SBGC223
   €15.700     €12.829
 -18.3% Grand Seiko

Grand Seiko Heritage Grand Seiko Automatic Silver 40mm

SBGH277
   €6.400     €5.229
 -18.3% Grand Seiko

Grand Seiko Sport Grand Seiko Automatic White 46mm

SBGC221
   €15.700     €12.829
 -18.2% Grand Seiko

Grand Seiko Heritage Grand Seiko Manual Winding Silver 37mm

SBGW291
   €5.500     €4.499
 -18.2% Grand Seiko

Grand Seiko Heritage Grand Seiko Automatic Black 40mm

SBGR317
   €4.900     €4.009
 -18.3% Grand Seiko

Grand Seiko Sport Grand Seiko Automatic Black 44mm

SBGC203G
   €8.700     €7.109
 -18.3% Grand Seiko

Grand Seiko Elegance Automatic White 40mm

SBGJ271
   €7.600     €6.209
 -18.3% Grand Seiko

Grand Seiko Elegance Automatic Blue 40mm

SBGJ249
   €7.600     €6.209
 -18.3% Grand Seiko

Grand Seiko Elegance Automatic Green 40mm

SBGJ251
   €7.600     €6.209
 -18.3% Grand Seiko

Grand Seiko Sport Grand Seiko Quartz Black 40mm

SBGN019
   €4.700     €3.839
 -18.3% Grand Seiko

Grand Seiko Sport Grand Seiko Quartz Blue 40mm

SBGN021
   €4.700     €3.839
 -18.2% Grand Seiko

Grand Seiko Evolution 9 Automatic Grey 41mm

SBGE285
   €8.900     €7.279
 -18.2% Grand Seiko

Grand Seiko Heritage Grand Seiko Automatic White 40mm

SBGA465
   €5.000     €4.089
 -18.0% Grand Seiko

Grand Seiko Sport Grand Seiko Quartz Blue 39mm

SBGN029
   €3.500     €2.869
 -18.3% Grand Seiko

Grand Seiko Elegance Manual Winding Beige 37mm

SBGW231
   €4.600     €3.759
 -18.0% Grand Seiko

Grand Seiko Heritage Grand Seiko Quartz Black 40mm

SBGP003
   €3.500     €2.869
 -18.3% Grand Seiko

Grand Seiko Heritage Grand Seiko Automatic Silver 40mm

SLGH005
   €10.000     €8.169
 -18.2% Grand Seiko

Grand Seiko Sport Grand Seiko Automatic Green 41mm

SBGE257
   €6.600     €5.399
 -18.2% Grand Seiko

Grand Seiko Heritage Grand Seiko Automatic Silver 41mm

SBGA211
   €6.700     €5.479
 -18.0% Grand Seiko

Grand Seiko Sport Grand Seiko Quartz Black 39mm

SBGN027
   €3.500     €2.869

Grand Seiko: On a mission to become the world’s best watch brand

If you wanted to buy a high-quality watch in the 1960s, there was simply no way around Swiss brands. At that time, the first Swiss watch brands were already looking back on a more than 200-year-old history. This of course also shaped the collective consciousness of watch enthusiasts (and those aiming to become one). There is no doubt that other countries were home to excellent watch brands as well, such as Germany or the United Kingdom, but the general opinion was: The best watches come from Switzerland. Period.

However, an island nation in the Pacific, almost 10,000 km away from the cradle of modern watchmaking, had a thing or two to say about it.

Nippon Watchmaking

In Japan, when it comes to the production of commodities, the Japanese have always adhered to the maxim “all or nothing”. Deeply rooted in the country’s culture, this principle has changed little to this day. The Made in Japan designation of origin is still regarded as one of the most powerful ones in the world and as a guarantee of uncompromising quality and longevity.

It was precisely these attributes the watchmakers of Grand Seiko had in mind in 1960 when they presented their first watch to the world public. To be fair, however, this is an understatement, to say the least. The aim was not just to stand up to the Swiss, it was much more the incentive to create the best watch in the world, unparalleled in readability, precision and quality. Spoiler alert: They are on a good way.

In the 1960s, the Neuchâtel Observatory competitions were widely regarded as a prestigious showdown among Swiss watch brands, making it the perfect occasion for the Japanese to enter the international watch stage with a big bang. For the first time, the Japanese were involved in the race for the world’s most precise watch in 1963. Year after year their rankings improved, which increasingly became a thorn in the side of the reigning top dogs. Everything indicated that the race would soon decide in favour of the Japanese, until the competitions were finally officially stopped once and for all. Shame be to him who thinks evil of it. Since the brand was also banned from using the “chronometer” designation due to its non-Swiss origin, it was decided to introduce its own more stringent standard: The Grand Seiko Special Standard was born and the brand’s success story began to  really take off.

Today, watch brands usually offer a wide range of both mechanical and quartz watches. In Grand Seiko’s chest, however, beat three hearts: The Japanese have a very innovative and unique hybrid movement in their repertoire, which is called Spring Drive. It has rightly gone down in the annals of watchmaking history as one of the most innovative new developments and is arguably Grand Seiko’s biggest selling proposition. Spring Drive makes use of both mechanical and electronic elements, resulting in a movement that achieves extraordinary results. The best of both worlds.

Three hearts in one chest

But Grand Seiko also leaves nothing to chance with their mechanical and battery-powered quartz models and impressively shows how traditional watchmaking practices can be raised to a new level. While quartz watches usually only elicit a weary smile from die-hard watch lovers, quartz watches at Grand Seiko are a serious matter. The brand cultivates its own quartz crystals and lets them age for several months to guarantee ideal oscillation capabilities. In addition, every quartz crystal is individually and carefully selected for each watch.

A very brief look at the history of watchmaking reveals why quartz movements continue to be a major discipline for the Japanese. At the beginning of the 1970s, Seiko was the catalyst for the “quartz crisis”, a revolutionary development in the watch industry, when mass-produced and high-precision quartz watches almost made their more expensive Swiss counterparts disappear forever.

The mechanical movements at Grand Seiko are not just ordinary watches either. As one of the few watch brands worldwide, Grand Seiko has a large number of high-frequency movements in its portfolio, which perform their work precisely and shockproof with 36,000 half oscillations per hour. Virtually every component of Grand Seiko’s watches is produced in-house, which makes Grand Seiko a watch manufacturer with one of the highest production depths around.

From a former Japanese insider tip to a global success story

For a long time, Grand Seiko was regarded as an insider tip for true watch connoisseurs. Surprisingly, Grand Seiko has only been managed as a solely independent brand within the Seiko Group structure, which also manages for instance Credor and Orient Watches, since 2017. The luxury spin-off Grand Seiko ushered in a new era: While the “Seiko” lettering was being banned from the dial, the lettering “Grand Seiko” stayed. This is certainly to be understood as a means to push international expansion more successfully.

Watches from Grand Seiko are genuine luxury watches in every respect. The rich history is joined by particularly refined finishes such as Zaratsu finissage, special features such as Snowflake dials, high-precision in-house calibres and, last but not least, a fair price policy.

The Grand Seiko collections:

Grand Seiko Elegance Collection

As the name suggests, this collection is characterized by its elegant appearance. The watches are only being offered on leather straps and feature clean and minimalist dials, although this timelessness is occasionally loosened up by a GMT hand or a power-reserve indicator.

Grand Seiko Sport Collection

Complications, such as a second time zone, a power reserve indicator and chronograph modules make the watches in this collection more technically sophisticated, which in turn contributes to the fact that they wear more present on the wrist. Equipped with stainless steel bracelets and large pushers, the watches have a sporty and masculine appearance.

Grand Seiko Heritage Collection

The Heritage collection is perhaps the most sought-after collection of the three and represents a successful compromise between the two previously named collections. Classic dials, elegant Dauphine hands, stainless steel bracelets and a wide range of case diameters make this a collection a true crowd pleaser. In particular the SBGA211 – which is probably better known under its epithet “Snowflake” thanks to its dial reminiscent of freshly fallen snow – rightly enjoys cult status among Grand Seiko fans.

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