We are taught not to judge a book by its cover, but when it comes to watches, only a few seconds on the wrist can leave a ...

How could a watch that costs $76,000 ever have anything in common with a plug-in hybrid car, many of which are less than half that price? As unlikely as it sounds, there are genuine comparisons to be ...

Watch collectors have strong feelings about quartz versus mechanical watches: Battery-powered quartz is inexpensive, accurate and robust, but it lacks the je ne sais quoi of an electricity-free ...

From the ubiquitous 4R36 to the cutting-edge Grad Seiko Spring Drive, Seiko has led the way in affordable reliability and advancing timekeeping precision. Seiko is one of the most beloved watch brands ...

Grand Seiko’s 44GS 55th Anniversary Limited Edition Spring Drive is a 1,500-piece edition inspired by the moon over the Shinshu Mountains in northern Japan where Spring Drive watches are made. When it ...

While much of the luxury watchmaking world seems to draw its inspiration from cars, airplanes, mountain climbers, or vintage watches, Grand Seiko has a charming way of claiming nature itself as its ...

Originally published by Logan Baker on Hodinkee. Grand Seiko is updating its tentpole dive watch today, adding the Spring Drive caliber 9RA5 into a serial production dive watch for the first time ...

Grand Seiko has a cult following among high-end watch collectors, not least because of its expertise in both the mechanical and electronic watchmaking realms. That’s where the brand’s ground-breaking ...

The latest offering to Grand Seiko’s sport collection is the SBGC253 Spring Drive Chronograph GMT. Crafted with the watchmaker’s emblematic lion symbol in mind, the timepiece poses as an homage to the ...

Watchmaker and Takumi - top artisan - Kaori Washimi explains the high level of skill involved in creating every Grand Seiko timepiece There is a reason the people who work on the watches at Grand ...