So many new GS watches? A Review of 2020-2022 Releases
After a flurry of Seiko and GS watch releases, It seemed a good time to take inventory. Are there too many Grand Seiko watches? Can there be too many? Even as your moderator I found it extremely hard to keep up, so I thought it worth a review to see how m...
Thank you for putting this together - I'm sure it was a marathon!
To your verbose post I have a succinct reply: Probably.
Thanks and to avoid bias I took out the "Too Many" in my title
But left the question in the post, so your answer is still probably correct ... it's amazing they can crank out all these watches. It gives you a sense of HOW BIG Seiko and Grand Seiko are as companies.
Agree. They are MASSIVE.
I remember seeing a chart of Swiss watch makers and how many unites and dollar values they were selling. Seiko was, obviously, not part of it but it would have been so interesting to see how it stacks up versus Rolex.
Wow - that's a lot of new watches
Have they dropped an equal number, or is this more of them expanding their range and output. Cheers JML
Expanding!
I’m sure some drop off when inventory runs out, but I see some models in the catalog that have been in production for 20 years. Cazalea
The platinum with the engraved cases...
...are so fantastic. I would love to see one in person...maybe next time I'm in Tokyo.
They just released 2 more today. Def diluting the brand
SBGA469 just released oct Than today 2 more watch releases. Seems like 1-2 new releases a week.
Brand management may be a Western concept
The way Seiko is run is a case study of the word “inscrutable” and we can leave it at that. BTW - these releases would normally be done at annual trade shows but that sort of venue is in jeopardy, so they’re metering them out to the world “a few at a time...
Hugely appreciate the effort!!
I was actually looking to learn precisely what you have provided for us here Mike! Sincerely appreciated, Filip
66 in 2021, 61 in 2020
It's extremely surprising to me that nobody here seems to be aware of the work done by Anthony Kable over at Plus9Time, who has documented every single Grand Seiko (and Seiko) release for a number of years now. Not least because if you do a Google search ...
Those two Kintaro Hattori watches are my favourite releases.
Eye candy from the dial to the caseback.
Hard to keep up with these releases.
I like the brand and particularly admire their dials. I purchased the skyflake last year because of the dial texture and color. I’m curious whether others like the new fat hour hand that does not go to a point (looks sort of cut off at the end). I still m...
Personally I don’t care for it
At least in photos. I haven’t worn a watch with those hands so I’ll have to suspend judgement until then. Cazalea