Grand Seiko Sport Line, GMT
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- Опубликовано: 8 фев 2025
- All Grand Seiko Spring Drive timepieces are designed, made, assembled and adjusted by the skilled craftsmen and women of the Shinshu Watch Studio, which is located in central Japan and surrounded by the Hotaka mountain range whose tallest summit is 3,190 metres high. As the Hotaka mountain range was created by volcanic activity, its peaks and slopes have sharp ridges and sheer cliffs which, even when carved by the wind and snow over the millennia, reveal nature at its most dramatic. This watch’s dial has the color and texture that typify the geology of the Hotaka range.
Thanks to Grand Seiko’s unique Spring Drive caliber, the seconds hand glides silently and smoothly, with no ‘tick’, across the dial, perfectly reflecting the natural and continuous flow of time. The power reserve is 72 hours when fully wound and is shown on the discreet indicator next to the eight o’clock marker. The GMT hand allows a second time zone to be shown and the hour can be adjusted without compromising the one-second-a-day precision of Spring Drive.
Love this watch. Getting the 277 in a couple of months!
Lucky guy let me know what you think of it 👍🏻
@@ClickSpringReviewit’s great - it runs about 5 seconds fast a month. Setting the hour hand isn’t too “squishy” like some other GMTs I tried on my hunt.
Something that really surprised me is how quickly it charges up just from regular wear, and how few winds it takes to fully wind it.
I have a 19cm wrist and it fits great, I feel the weight, but with the crown placement and curvature from the caseback it wears similar to a g shock full metal square.
Definitely never selling this watch. :)
@@ClickSpringReviewforgot to mention perhaps one of my favorite things about it, the indices have this prismatic effect to them under certain light - they give off a rainbow refraction. Very, very cool.
Always impeccably done a bit busy this model but no doubt will find a crowd. Great review as has come to be expected
Thank you John 👍🏻
The Grand Seiko SBGE277 is an awesome watch. This review did an amazing job pointing out the subtle details like the texture of the dial and the bracelet adjustments. I was going to go to my AD to buy one until I realized the case diameter is 44MM! If Grand Seiko can pare the size down to 40MM I will go buy one. I hope the GS marketing team is reading this review.
Thank you Danny , its a shame its just so big, if it was 41mm or under they would sell so many more I believe
The new 103 is just like a 103C from 20 years ago except with new innards. Manual wind for 58+ hours of power reserve. No pulling crown to wind and still 20 bar waterproof. And every time you pick it up to wind you going to find some neat detail to enjoy it more. I have a feeling Ryan's first one is going to be yours 👍.
I've already a 103A Sa its a 15 year old now and love it, its only watch I know which has a domed glass caseback :)
Hi Barry, excellent watches, Grand Seiko... This one is big though, in common with so many travellers GMT watches. Thanks for this Barry LG Bob 🍻
Hi Bob , I prefer there my simple smaller models myself this one is a bit of a beastie
@@ClickSpringReview You're not alone there, Barry... 🙂
Hi Barry, by you'll be aware of the new Sinn novelties that have just been announced, including their new bracelet clasp... Bring on your reviews... I'm watching this space! 🙂
@@robertlock6041 I was lucky and got to see them a few weeks ago but had to remain quiet about them Bob
@@ClickSpringReview Luck you! It's all in the open now though: Watchmaxe has covered the launch so you won't be breaking any secrecy... 🙂
Woo hoo Barry with a GS, you are allowed back into Seiko world. You know I was offered this watch with a good discount right around American Thanksgiving holiday but I passed, saving for a Frankfort visit to Sinn. Didn't get the EZM 3F (back ordered for a long time) but got the new hand wound 103. Would love to see you review it when Ryan gets one in but it's so Un-Sinn (it's not auto, it's not tegimented, it's not sapphire, it got applied indices and dome glass, and it's just old school) but love it. I also like the u50 hydro but I'm happier with my u50s. Anyhow thanks for a good seiko review and I too like this seiko but didn't love it.
Edit : my bad I was offered this watch but under Seiko banner, not GS.
I was surprised they let me review it, but I have to be nice about it lol. The new 103 now thats cool well done ,I can't to get my hands on one of them or any of the new models to be fair. I'm hoping to get my hands on some new interesting watches over the next few weeks :)
At 6:25 you failed to notice that the bezel has idiotic 72 click adjustment giving 20 minute increments, but there are no 20 or 40 minute time zones anywhere! 48 or 96 clicks would make perfect sense making 30 minute time zones like India possible or even 15 minute ones for countries like Nepal. They apparently lifted the adjustment ring from a diver's watch without giving it a second thought. Amazing indifference and negligence.
I got banned from reviewing Grand Seiko after I was negative about the clasp turns the rep seen this and ask I didn't review them again 🙄
@@ClickSpringReview I actually have GS SD GMT and like it a lot, except the stupid bezel GMT click issue. Has been running for almost 8 years at +0.15 sec/day... I tried to contact them about the bezel and the arrogant answer was something like "We do not take design advice from outsiders". And sorry, you did wonder about the strange clicks but did not dig quite deep enough.
I also have the compact quartz GS GMT with fixed 24 hour bezel, that finds most time on my wrist out of my collection.
By the way, nobody except my 3 year old granddaughter has noticed my GS watches... She asked about the extra red hand on it. My wife did once pick up the SD version, looked at it and just said "Seiko", as it is the older model. Close call...
GS are one of the few true watch manufacturers. They even make their own in-house balance springs. But boy, do they need to sort out their case sizes and bracelets. It's strange because their primary market has mostly been Asia. So, case size should traditionally be smaller. And prices, well. 🤞
Completely agree regarding the size I can't see these selling to will , which is a shame but sometimes less is more.
GS doesn’t make those tacky miniaturized sports watches like the Swiss makers do. They make their sports watches to be fully functional tool watches. Brands like Rolex, on the other hand will make a “diver” that’s got all the bells and whistles but is way too small to be used as an actual diver… presumably for a customer who wants a watch to wear as a dress watch but also wants that watch to look like a diver?
A dive watch with a suit is tacky in general. A dive watch the size of a dress watch built specifically for the purpose of wearing it with a suit is another level.
Beautiful piece. Love GS, but I find they scratch so easily and are more noticeable due to the zaratsu finishing. Guess I'm too accustomed to tegimented finishing now. ps thoughts on the U50 Hydro?
Everything scratches easily when compared to a Sinn LOL
I am very excited with the Sinn U50 Hydro release. Can you do a comparison of UX and U50 Hydro? I am struggling between two
I will as soon as I get the catch Sir, but one thing I would say is the UX has a much better movement than the U50 being it has Thermal Compensation and its COSC rated
Few things would drive me bonkers for a watch at this price. The non colour matched date wheel and the bezel colours not splitting the 18 & 6 down the middle.
Thats a good point about the bezel Jack 👍🏻
Great review but this GS is too peculiar and lacks cohesion with an over crowded dial
Yeah its not the best to be fair