Introducing: The Grand Seiko 60th Anniversary Restricted Version Skilled Diver’s 600M SLGA001, With New Spring Drive Caliber 9RA5

The SLGA001 is a restricted version of 700 items globally and the value, at $11,100, will take some getting used to, though there are arguments to be made for it, contemplating the know-how and top quality of building. (The so-called Excessive Depth Titanium used for the case, as an illustration, is a proprietary alloy which is each more durable and 30% lighter than customary stainless steels, and it isn’t floor hardened, which implies the case could be refinished if mandatory). As firmly as low cost and cheerful, tough-as-nails Seiko dive watches are entrenched in so a lot of our reminiscences, there is no denying that SLGA001 shouldn’t be your dad’s (or your) SKX007. As an alternative, it is a precision-made piece of high-end horological engineering, designed to maintain Grand Seiko’s device watches on the slicing fringe of horological innovation.