Rich textures and ever-more-advanced movements made this year’s Grand Seikos feel like rolling proof of the brand’s quiet ...

Continuing on its 20th-anniversary celebration for the Caliber 9R, Grand Seiko has released two limited-edition timepieces: the SBGA499 and SBGY035. Both references are rendered with radiant ...

Time doesn’t tick in Japan the way it does elsewhere—it flows uninterrupted, like a mountain stream or the drifting petals of a cherry blossom. At least, that’s the philosophy behind Grand Seiko, a ...

Jorg recaps the Grand Seiko releases we covered in 2025 on Fratello ✓ From the Shūbun to the Moondrop ✓ See them here! ✓ ...

Whether you’re a Seiko fanatic or not, this watch is about as close to perfect as it gets. The newly released SBGH368 represents two uncommon moves for Grand Seiko, and the combination of them makes ...

Grand Seiko's Alive In Time exhibition in KL highlights Japan's natural landscapes, being present in each moment.

While Grand Seiko today is highly regarded as an independent luxury watch brand under the Seiko corporate umbrella, the brand had a more humble beginning. Several of Grand Seiko’s dials have an almost ...

We caught up with Akio Naito, president of Seiko Watch Corporation, to talk about the future of the luxury Japanese brand. Welcome to Dialed In, Esquire’s column bringing you horological happenings ...

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 ...

In the Japanese language, Shizukuishi, the name of a small town in the north of Honshu, Japan’s main island, translates to “water trickling on stone.” It’s a fitting detail on a mid-September morning ...

Welcome to Dialed In, Esquire's weekly column bringing you horological happenings and the most essential news from the watch world since March 2020. Just seven years after the Grand Seiko brand was ...