Quick Take: Four newly released high-end Grand Seiko Elegance watches celebrate 20 years since Seiko’s fascinating Spring Drive movements debuted in 1999. (While Spring Drive technology can be hard ...

Grand Seiko’s 44GS collection is emblematic of the brand’s design language. When the initial 44GS debuted in 1967, it set the tone for the unique style that would come to define Grand Seiko watches ...

Editor’s Note: Watches & Wonders (formerly SIHH) and Baselworld 2020 are canceled but that hasn’t stopped watch brands large and small from debuting their new wares. To stay on top of this year’s best ...

Grand Seiko has spent a lot of time reflecting on the Japanese landscape through its watchmaking in recent years, including its recent ice ridge-inspired Omiwatari, but its latest Spring Drive ...

Grand Seiko is no stranger to groundbreaking, sometimes industry-shattering, innovations. This is, after all, the company which in 1969 sparked the quartz crisis when it unveiled the Quartz Astron—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 ...

The Grand Seiko Spring Drive is a mechanical movement exclusive to the Japanese watch company. It mimics the accuracy and operation of a quartz movement without a secondary power source. It was a ...

To commemorate its 60th anniversary this year, Grand Seiko last week announced the development of two new movements that will serve as the engines for special-edition watches that will arrive in ...

If anyone doubted Grand Seiko‘s ownership of the textured dial, the new Omiwatari Spring Drive is the watch to clear up any confusion once and for all. The subtle undulating texture on the crisp, ice ...

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 ...

The design of Grand Seiko’s latest evolution of the 44GS was inspired by Asaborake, “the moment when dawn draws back the veil of night.” At Grand Seiko, the team shares this experience during a brief ...