Introducing: The Grand Seiko SBGE249 Restricted Version Spring Drive GMT (Reside Pics & Pricing)

There may be little or no to argue with on this watch, in my humble opinion. It takes the already excessive customary for superb dials at Grand Seiko and delivers an much more interesting bundle than what may be anticipated from a typical, non-limited manufacturing mannequin. I’d want that the bracelet’s clasp was a bit nicer, or that Grand Seiko may eschew the facility reserve indicator, however general the SBGE249 is a really properly designed watch with a dial that simply plain sings. Even the date window, which is absolutely framed in mirror-polished metal, leans into being a date window in a manner that might win over even an inveterate date-window hater. And I need to say I actually like this fashion of the Grand Seiko GMT, wherein the 24-hour scale is discreetly but legibly printed on the watch’s rehaut. House time is there to be learn at a look, however this GMT avoids the overtly sporty look that, say, a 24-hour bezel would convey.