Introducing: The Grand Seiko SBGD205 Masterpiece Assortment Spring Drive eight Days Jewellery Watch

Common readers right here will know that regardless of my style often skewing towards the extra understated, I do love a very good gem-set watch. This watch isn’t any exception. Grand Seiko’s design language is so minimal and clear, which makes a bit like this really feel much more indulgent and maximalist in all one of the best methods. I like that Grand Seiko opted to maintain the case clear right here and to make use of one in every of its most technically fascinating actions too – all of that lets the gem-setting and dial work shine, whereas additionally giving it a strong, substantive basis. Now, the Spring Drive eight Day watches are all on the massive aspect, at 43mm throughout and over 13mm thick, so that you want a wrist of a sure measurement to tug them off, however this might be one heck of a strategy to make an announcement.

Lastly, simply in case you thought I used to be lacking one thing necessary right here, there may be in actual fact a narrative behind the design too. Grand Seiko’s Spring Drive workshop sits within the Shinshu area of Japan, and this watch is impressed by a snowy Shinshu morning. The icy colours and textures sparkle and shift within the mild, giving the watch a barely ethereal high quality, regardless of its measurement.