If you’re one of the many watch enthusiasts who tends to look down on analog quartz watches, Grand Seiko wants to show you just how refined and high-end a quartz timepiece can be. The celebrated ...

Touted as “the highest-performance quartz watch in the world,” Grand Seiko’s Caliber 9F was critically acclaimed when it was introduced in 1993 and has remained a cult favorite over the past ...

In 1993, Grand Seiko debuted it’s Caliber 9F, arguably one of the greatest quartz movements ever made, retaining all of the technical goodies that make quartz movements accurate while adding high-end ...

Grand Seiko 9F quartz calibres are also renowned for refinements rarely made to quartz movements, such as an anti-backlash mechanism designed to eliminate any “shudder in the second hand” and ...

Mr. President of Grand Seiko and Seiko, Akio Naito, has the most wonderfully approachable and graciously kind smile. If that sounds at all reductive, you clearly haven’t had the honour of being ...

Grand Seiko has launched a new Spring Drive movement that’s accurate to within 20 seconds per year; ... That’s more precise than all but a handful of the world’s quartz movements, ...

Grand Seiko, for one, does engage in much habillage. ... The Spring Drive Caliber 9RA2 beating inside combines the best in quartz and mechanical technology in order to provide 120 hours of power ...

But by Grand Seiko standards, ... If you're looking to buy a quartz watch, there are few you'll find on the same level as the Grand Seiko models. Today's best WOLF BLAKE WATCH ROLL deals.

There is also an example of a 1959 Seiko Crown which would provide the basis for the movement to be included in the first Grand Seiko, the 3180-powered J14070, or Grand Seiko Chronometer.

Grand Seiko first used the Spring Drive in 2004 with its Caliber 9R movement. ... It mimics the accuracy and operation of a quartz movement without a secondary power source.

How did you do that? Grand Seiko was born as a pinnacle of the Seiko brand in 1960 and in 2010 we made a decision to launch Grand Seiko into the global market but it didn't really take off and we ...