Seiko

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...  

See the 4s line of Seiko movements

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...  

(Hi-beat, Spring Drive). Won’t be able to appreciate in small seconds.

And hey, that's my IWC shot! 😁

I bookmarked it on IG recently, resulting an a couple of hour research, tempting.

It's big at 44mm but the 10mm thinness makes it a charm to wear 👍

I can live with that, a thin bezel a black dial also helps slim it down a bit visually.

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... 

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... 

If so, I know the feeling... ...