Grand Seiko Spring Drive Chronograph GMT SBGC013 Limited Edition Watch
As a 55th anniversary piece in celebration of the first Grand Seiko watch produced in 1960, Seiko today has announced a new limited edition Grand Seiko sport watch - and it's quite lovely. One important thing to note about this new Grand Seiko watch is that the Grand Seiko Spring Drive Chronograph GMT SBGC013 is the first Grand Seiko watch to incorporate ceramic into the case construction. The bezel of the watch is in "deep black" ceramic which, of course, is a material that is much more scratch resistant than steel.The rest of the Grand Seiko Spring Drive Chronograph GMT SBGC013 case is in titanium, and at its core, this is one of the brand's older, yet more interesting sport watch models that Seiko developed in order to display the versatility of their Spring Drive movement collection. The movement is the caliber 9R96 automatic Spring Drive Chronograph GMT movement made in-house at Seiko's Shinshi Watch Studio. The last time I believe we discussed a Seiko watch with this movement was

The eagle has landed !
Better later then never ! The new addition..........

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