Grand Seiko Finishing, Dials: The Poetry of Texture
The dial, in many ways, is the heart and soul of a watch. It?s literally what you see when you use the watch for its most basic function: telling the time. A good dial allows you to do this easily and quickly but rewards the owner with fine details that can be discovered and enjoyed over time. Grand Seiko are experts at crafting dials that match the precision and visual interest of their cases, but in a way that often reveals itself slowly.
All of the Grammar of Design characteristics that define Grand Seiko case design can be applied to dials as well, and when this happens it creates a synergy between the case and watch that is crucial to the watch?s enjoyment. When every facet of the dial is made to the same standard and in the same way as the watch?s case, it underlines the idea that there is a cohesive principle at work behind the entire watch. Just as case sides are polished to a mirror shine, so is much of the dial furniture. Everything from the hands, hour markers, and even the frame surrounding the date window is given an exacting treatment that makes individual details pop when you least expect them to.
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