That is quite the build up!

Celebrating the Start of the Weekend

By: RDSChicago : February 20th, 2026-21:56

I’ve been looking for this limited edition reference for weeks now. I thought they were long ago sold out, but lo and behold, I was pleasantly surprised to find that an authorized dealer I’ve done business with previously just got one in stock. I was very...

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Celebrating the Start of the Weekend

Huge congratulations, what a color

Thanks so much, Concord, and I will!

Killer dial Rob!! Huge congratulations, it’s a lovely GS and zero clutter on that dial!

Thanks Larry! It looks forward to meeting your new Celebration watch!

Really lovely. Congrats and thanks for the images!!

You’re welcome, Filip, and thanks for your kind sentiments!

That is so nice. Big congratulations!

Thanks so much, Steve. Appreciate the compliment!

Clean styling! I bet you're spending a lot of time staring at the incredibly smooth motion of that second hand! It's mesmerizing.

It is quite smooth. Thanks so much!

What a great unboxing series — love posts like this — and the watch looks awesome!

Thanks Ron, and coming from you, most complimented and appreciated!

Congratulations, member of the Spring Drive club!

Thank you Mike!

Congratulations on the arrival of your special Grand Seiko that really is a beautiful dial.

Thanks so much, Marc!

Beautiful dial, congrats!!

Thanks!

Huge congratulations 🎉🎊🎈

You are so right, Kristjan. GS provides for such a variety of interesting watches, and those dials are far more interesting and artistic than many of its Swiss counterparts.

They do a lot of things well 👍🏻👏🏻

👍

Huge congratulations, R !

Thanks Emmanuel. I look forward to monitoring the SBGY009’s accuracy. I can use it to set the time on my other watches!

That's great!

👍indeed

Thanks Emmanuel. I look forward to monitoring the SBGY009’s accuracy. I can use it to set the time on my other watches!

Congratulations a wonderful GS

Thanks so much!

Beautiful dial, Rob.

Thanks so much, Jon. After 25 years of collecting, I wonder why it took me so long to acquire a Grand Seiko. I was missing out on some very cool pieces!

That is quite the build up!

Thanks so much Aquaracer! Appreciate it.