Release Date: Aug 2024
Features:
Hours, minutes & seconds
Power reserve indicator on caseback
Wagtail shaped click on caseback
Zaratsu polishing
Specifications:
Movement: Grand Seiko Caliber 9SA4 manual-winding
Power Reserve: Approximately 80 hours
Accuracy: 5 to -3 seconds per day
Water Resistance: Splash resistance
Magnetic resistance: 4,800 A/m
Case:
Material: Grand Seiko’s Brilliant Hard Titanium
Diameter: 38.6mm
Thickness: 10.0mm
Caseback: See-through case back
Crystal: Box shaped sapphire crystal, Anti-reflective coating on inner surface
Dial:
Design: White Birch
Hands: Zaratsu polished stainless steel hour and minutes with tempered blued steel seconds hand
Markers: Zaratsu polished stainless steel markers
Strap:
Black Crocodile leather
Width: 20mm
Buckle:
Three-fold clasp with push button release
Warranty:
Grand Seiko 5-Year International Warranty
Details:
Caliber 9SA4 makes its debut in a new dress watch belonging to the Evolution 9 Collection, whose design represents a continuation of the Grand Seiko Style that reaches back to the iconic 44GS of 1967.
The case and clasp are made of Grand Seiko’s Brilliant Hard Titanium. The alloy is brighter than traditional titanium, causing the case’s Zaratsu-polished surfaces to appear even more radiant and achieving a sparkle of quality and beauty befitting a Grand Seiko dress watch. Brilliant Hard Titanium makes the watch not only light but also highly resistant to corrosion and scratches while commanding a hardness double that of standard stainless steel.
The new creation’s dial is inspired by the slender white birch trees that thrive in northern parts of Japan and that grow in profusion near the Grand Seiko Studio Shizukuishi. The exquisite pattern echoes the beauty of the birch tree’s bark with its intricate, multi-dimensional texture. Combined with the watch’s elegant design and the movement’s high precision, the new creation offers a refined experience of the nature of time.
The click is in the shape of a wagtail, a bird recognized as special to Morioka, a city close to the Grand Seiko Studio Shizukuishi, where this and all Grand Seiko mechanical watches are crafted. Thanks to the redesign of the movement, the bird-like pecking motion of the click is visible to enjoy through the sapphire crystal case back during the hand-winding process. Together with the delicate finishing of the movement inspired by the Shizukuishi River, Caliber 9SA4 not only showcases the very best of Grand Seiko’s mechanical watchmaking capabilities but also captures the beauty of the studio’s natural surroundings.
