2022 Grand Seiko Heritage Hi-Beat GMT SBGJ203G
Ref: SBGJ203G (9S86-00A0)

2022 Grand Seiko Heritage Hi-Beat GMT SBGJ203G
2022 Grand Seiko Heritage Hi-Beat GMT SBGJ203G
2022 Grand Seiko Heritage Hi-Beat GMT SBGJ203G
2022 Grand Seiko Heritage Hi-Beat GMT SBGJ203G
2022 Grand Seiko Heritage Hi-Beat GMT SBGJ203G
2022 Grand Seiko Heritage Hi-Beat GMT SBGJ203G
2022 Grand Seiko Heritage Hi-Beat GMT SBGJ203G
2022 Grand Seiko Heritage Hi-Beat GMT SBGJ203G
2022 Grand Seiko Heritage Hi-Beat GMT SBGJ203G
2022 Grand Seiko Heritage Hi-Beat GMT SBGJ203G
2022 Grand Seiko Heritage Hi-Beat GMT SBGJ203G
2022 Grand Seiko Heritage Hi-Beat GMT SBGJ203G
2022 Grand Seiko Heritage Hi-Beat GMT SBGJ203G
2022 Grand Seiko Heritage Hi-Beat GMT SBGJ203G
2022 Grand Seiko Heritage Hi-Beat GMT SBGJ203G
2022 Grand Seiko Heritage Hi-Beat GMT SBGJ203G
Regular price
Sold
Sale price
£3,750.00
Unit price
per 

Specification

Reference : SBGJ203G (9S86-00A0)
Movement : Automatic Grand Seiko Cal. 9S86
Age : 2021/2030
Specific Age : January 2022
Case Size : 40mm
Case Thickness : 14mm
Lug to Lug : 46mm
Lugs : 
19mm
Condition :
 Pre-Owned
Box & Papers :
 Box & Papers
Case Material : 
Stainless Steel
Warranty :
 Manufacturer Warranty
The wrist model's wrist size is 6.5inch


Points of Mention

This watch is sold with its original Grand Seiko box & Grand Seiko paperwork. The watch comes paired with its original Grand Seiko 19mm 5-link stainless steel bracelet and signed folding clasp with polished and brushed finishing. The watch is from January 2022 and is sold in worn condition, however as you can see from the photos the watch is in excellent condition. The watch comes with its Manufacturer's Warranty.


The Watch

Here we have a modern interpretation showcasing the design aesthetics and characteristics seen for the first time in their 1967 GS44 timepiece, our 2022 Grand Seiko Heritage Hi-Beat GMT SBGJ203G has a 40mm stainless steel case that gently curves over your wrist with exquisite brushed and polished tapered drilled lugs, a lug-to-lug length of 46mm and a case thickness of 14mm gives the watch an impressive wrist presence. Chamfered edges are perfectly polished and brushed by Zaratsu experts whose abilities can be clearly appreciated when you wear this timepiece. On the right side is a screw-down signed crown sitting slightly recessed, and a smooth bevel-edged polished bezel holds a flat sapphire crystal AR coating on the inside that sits slightly above the bezel. The black dial pattern is inspired by Mount Iwate situated near their Shizuku-Ishi Watch Studio in Japan, it encompasses the many ridges seen on the mountain, and an outer 24-hour chapter ring surrounds the minute track with applied Zaratsu polished indexes. At 3 o’clock a framed date window, and elegant dauphine hands are Zaratsu polished with razor edges, complemented by a tapered sweeping second hand and a red arrow hand indicating the 24-hour position. At 12 o’clock an applied “Grand Seiko” motif and at 6 o’clock “Automatic Hi-Beat 36000 and a red GMT printed underneath. On the reverse, we have a screw-down exhibition case back, inside an automatic Grand Seiko Cal. 9S86, 37 jewels, 36,000 beats per hour. Pulling the crown out to its first position enables the hour hand to be adjusted without stopping the minutes or the second hand so that the accuracy is not compromised. Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) technology is used to fabricate its precision parts, and the oscillating weight is skeletonised and engraved Grand Seiko. The watch comes fitted on its original Seiko 19mm polished and brushed stainless steel bracelet with a push-button release signed folding clasp and comes with its Seiko presentation box and papers.


Personal Note

We have been selling pre-owned Grand Seiko for 6+ years and it has been amazing to watch how the brand has evolved over that time, but also how collectors have changed with regards to buying Grand Seiko! This is a great reference and perfect for the collector wanting a GMT on a bracelet that merges the world of sport but can easily be more dressy at the same time, if you are unsure, book an appointment and come see it for yourself!


The Brand

The first Grand Seiko debuted in Tokyo in 1960. The ref:3180 was made by Suwa Seikosha. Rather than sending its 25 Jewels Chronometer movement to the Swiss to be tested, Seiko decided to do the testing themselves. The European Chronometer Official Association believed that a chronometer-rated watch had to be independently tested to be awarded that designation. Seiko watches were not independently tested so therefore they could not be chronometers. The ECOA did what irritated watchmakers do, they wrote a stern letter to Seiko requesting that the designation of Chronometer on Grand and King Seiko watches stop. Seiko obliged and ceased using a chronometer on their watches. In response, the Japanese Chronometer Authorization Association was started in 1968 as an independent group to test timepieces to chronometer standards. The Association was short-lived: due to the rise of quartz watches, it closed in 1983. Today Grand Seiko movements are tested over 17 days in 6 positions compared to COSC testing over 15 days in 5 positions.  In 1985 Suwa Seikosha became Seiko Epson Corporation In 2017 Seiko announced that Grand Seiko would become an independent brand.