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Grand Seiko don't do sub seconds dials?
I've been really interested in the SBGW231 for a while now, It has a real Calatrava feel to it. But I can't help wondering how much better it would look with a sub seconds dial rather than central seconds. Pushing that thought on further I wondered what it would looking like with a black dial, white/silver sub dial like the IWC attached. I sure it will never happen but it would be a very attractive watch if it did come to being.
I don't recall ever seeing a GS set up with small seconds, is it against their design philosophy or deemed inferior?
Grand Seiko don't do sub seconds dials?
I've been really interested in the SBGW231 for a while now, It has a real Calatrava feel to it. But I can't help wondering how much better it would look with a sub seconds dial rather than central seconds. Pushing that thought on further I wondered what i...
I think the subseconds movements are in the Credor range rather than the GS range
See the 4s line of Seiko movements
Yes, I find small seconds in Credor
for example, this ladies mechanical movement watch and of course, in the GS Chronographs you find a running seconds hands, but not in the normal range of men and women's Grand Seikos. On one of the 9F movement pages, GS does make a big deal of a special c...
Full hands are showcasing their super smooth sweeping motion.
(Hi-beat, Spring Drive). Won’t be able to appreciate in small seconds.
I don't mind the center seconds as many of my manual winds already have small seconds.
And hey, that's my IWC shot! 😁
I love that watch, and capture.
I bookmarked it on IG recently, resulting an a couple of hour research, tempting.
It's an awesome watch for sure, much wrist presence!
It's big at 44mm but the 10mm thinness makes it a charm to wear 👍
44mm for a reason though.
I can live with that, a thin bezel a black dial also helps slim it down a bit visually.
It does go against their design philosophy...
The Grammar of Design postulates legibility as one of the most important facets of GS watches and central seconds hands offer a better legibility than subdial seconds. I do agree with you that there are some really interesting options one could imagine if...
Ken is right, here is a quote from Mr Hattori himself
In answer to your question (also posed by James Dowling), the President of Seiko (descendant of the founder) said: “The philosophy of Grand Seiko puts legibility and precision at the very center of each design. We believe that a sub-second dial is not app...
