Hodinkee Teams Up With Grand Seiko for a New Take on a Favorite GMT
Today, Hodinkee has announced their latest limited edition, and we have a gut feeling that this won?t be quite as controversial as a certain release from back in July that grabbed the watch conversation on social media for far longer than any of us had any good reason to expect. In fact, based on the brand that Hodinkee is working with, the dial color, and the complication, it?s not unreasonable to expect that this might be among the more well received limited editions that has been released in Hodinkee?s ongoing series. A collaboration with Grand Seiko has always felt like something of an inevitability – it?s a brand that has received broad support from the watch community, and Hodinkee in particular, over the last several years as both the website and Japanese watchmaker have grown by leaps and bounds. Today, with the all new Grand Seiko SBGM239 Limited Edition for Hodinkee, we see the fruits of a collaboration that has been years in the making. Let?s jump in.Â
The starting point for this watch is the SBGM221, which is certainly among the most admired watches in Grand Seiko?s current catalog. Ilya Ryvin reviewed his back in April 2019, and if you haven?t already read that review, stop what you?re doing right now check it out. It will give you a great sense of this watch?s case shape and finishing, which are the factors that make it so easy to enjoy. At 39.5mm, with classic dress watch lines and a subtle but still impressive execution of Grand Seiko?s famo...
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