Seiko

I de-sarcasmed the story a bit

I wasn’t meaning to be critical of this particular watch ... but I got the press release in the middle of the night and fell asleep wondering how I could make this new release interesting. Having observed for a decade how Seiko (GS particularly) has to work so hard to remain true to itself while still making new watches, I imagined some poor soul (or committee) agonizing over the options, the prohibitions, the combinations, the price point, etc.
(Just like the Porsche 911 team)
I woke with the idea that contrasting all these models and their prices would help us all understand the tiers of cost/value in the GS line-up.
That was my initial concept anyway — I suppose writing an interesting model intro about GS watches is almost as difficult as designing one 🙂
Cazalea

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What's a poor product manager supposed to do at Grand Seiko?

By: cazalea : July 16th, 2019-09:29

Everything under the sun has been done! So the unfortunate product manager looking to create something Brand New at Grand Seiko is in much the same kind of fix as his equivalent at Porsche who's got the 911 to look after: "You can do anything you want as ...

Very good and very amusing.

By: kev09 : July 16th, 2019-10:57

I enjoyed reading it. Regards Kev.

Well, at the end of the day this is simply a new variation of the SBGE201.

By: Moana43 : July 16th, 2019-11:21

I happen to like it, and the higher price is fairly consistent with the approach taken by other brands when adding a gold bezel. I guess I’m not sure why there’s a need for sarcasm when it comes to this model — I take it you’re not a fan?

I de-sarcasmed the story a bit

By: cazalea : July 16th, 2019-12:00

My apologies, cazalea!

By: Moana43 : July 16th, 2019-13:06

I guess I wasn’t sure where you were coming from, so thanks for the further context. In any event, certainly no offense intended! 😊

almost as much fun as I had reading it !

Nice story thanks Chief!

By: kesharoo : July 16th, 2019-21:06

LOL good one. [nt]

By: aris d : July 17th, 2019-02:50

I have 4 criticisms about Grand Seiko and Seiko in general

By: reintitan : July 17th, 2019-13:41

1. This one is for Seiko as a watch company. They have way too many references. Choice is good, but there's also too much of a good thing. Thousands, upon thousands of watch models ranging from cheap $60 Seiko 5s all the way through Grand Seiko and up to ...