Grand Seiko SBGY003 Spring Drive

Grand-Seiko-SBGY003-Spring-Drive

If you were to take Seiko’s Presage Cocktail Timer and turn it up to 11, this would be the result. The SBGY003 features one of Grand Seiko’s most spectacular radial textures, simplicity in all elements, and a case more subtle than you might expect. But then there’s the absurd level of finishing, the blued steel,…

Read More

Grand Seiko SBGY003 Spring Drive

Grand Seiko SBGY003 Spring Drive

I am a massive fan of Rob Reiner’s Spinal Tap mockumentary. I bring this up for one reason: if you were to turn up a Seiko Presage Cocktail Timer to 11, this would be the result. The 2019 SBGY003 features one of the brand’s greatest dial textures, a fresh take on the radial folds of…

Read More