This is the 60th year of the Grand Seiko that made its first appearance in 1960, and it is time to celebrate at Seiko Singapore. The Grand Seiko remains the most advanced practical watch in the world, a vision of the Grand Seiko team when the watch was first launched. To demonstrate the vision, the makers chose the lion as the symbol of Grand Seiko that displayed the determination of the team to create the King of watches.
Establishing the Grand Seiko style
After launching the Grand Seiko in 1960, it took seven years to develop the style in 1967 when the 44GS was created. The design of Grand Seiko uniquely expresses the Japanese idea of beauty that remained true to the GS ideals.
44GS was an essential landmark in the developmental journey of Grand Seiko as it set a high standard of accuracy for a hand-winding caliber. However, it was the design of 44GS that made the maximum contribution to the future of Grand Seiko. 44GS became the inspiration for the future designs of Grand Seiko and defined the looks, which made it the milestone in the annals of Grand Seiko that remained inspirational to all creations in the genre that followed it.
The secret of everlasting value
What sets 44GS apart is that the design remains as vivid by passing the test of times by staying trendy even to this day. It is no mean achievement to last for more than half a century by adapting the changing trends, which has been possible mainly due to the Japanese sense of beauty from which the design derives inspiration. The design conveys the enduring value that transcends time and cuts across geographical boundaries.
The elements of the Grand Seiko style
Simplicity, purity, and practicality are the hallmarks of the Grand Seiko style that creates a design language that easily strikes chords with people across diverse cultures. The essential characteristics of the Grand Seiko design are beauty, legibility, precision, and ease of use. The design is the best demonstration of the perfect harmony between form and function.
Light and shadow
The creators had insisted on the demonstrative values of the design, as evident from the exceptional sparkle of quality that shows up in every Grand Seiko. The use of light and its reflection manifests in every detail in pure perfection. Every facet of the markers and hands are designed to reflect the minutest ray of light, creating a clear, crisp, and unique aesthetic that upholds the Grand Seiko as the last word in practicality among watches.
The core aesthetic passes down the generations with necessary adjustments to adapt to the changing trends. The approach ensures preservation and enhancement of the design that makes it most suited for all times.
Japanese art believes in the interplay of light and shadow that creates the endless character of expression, and you will find its use in all aspects of the Grand Seiko design that emanate from the Japanese sense of aesthetic. The highly polished smooth surfaces are the principal element of design that crystallizes a unique design language.
A CLOSER LOOK AT THE 2020 GRAND SEIKO 1960 RE-CREATIONS
All things considered, these three watches, references SBGW257, SBGW258, and SBGW259, aren't totally new to Grand Seiko fans, as they utilize a similar formula that was utilized in 2017.
Case, dial format, and development are the equivalents too, however, a few subtleties in the materials and hues have changed to make a set of three that stands apart from the past constrained releases. So how about we investigate, we were one of the first to have the chance to see these watches in the metal – simply as we did with another 2020 presentation, the Seiko Prospex 62MAS Re-Creation.
Rich CASE AND RESTRAINED PROPORTIONS
The essential thought with this new set of three watches was to pay a dependable tribute to the watch that really propelled Grand Seiko in 1960, yet with a marginally modernized bundle. You won't be shocked at that point to see that the greater part of the plan components of the 1960 "Diashock" watches has been reutilized, beginning with the case.
Fantastic Seiko 60th Anniversary Collection - First Grand Seiko Re-Creation 1960 SBGW257 SBGW259
What's amazing when you take a gander at the primary ever Grand Seiko is the way the vast majority of GS configuration codes were at that point there… The hands, the cleaned surfaces, the shapes, the files, this first grim look that is vivacious in all actuality… This watch was the establishment of the entire GS achievement and the brand has kept it alive from that point forward, with no intense modification of its structure.
The case is formed indistinguishably molded in the 2020 set of three of 1960 Re-Creations. The slim smooth bezel, the extended, somewhat cumbersome carries with adjusted profile and angle, and the smooth profile all make the filiations evident. The principle development doesn't concern the shape yet the size. Rather than a somewhat obsolete and 1960s width of 35mm, Grand Seiko has picked a distance across of 38mm. In all reasonableness, this remaining parts smaller and establishes the pace for these watches, which must be viewed as appropriate dress timepieces – a kind of Calatrava, the Japanese way. As frequently with Grand Seiko, the case could have been more slender however at just shy of 11mm in tallness, the thickness stays adequate.
