The European Market Gets Their Own Exclusive Grand Seiko Release
It was only a few weeks ago that Grand Seiko premiered three limited edition dress watches for the US market with lightly textured green dials that the watch community immediately hailed as a sensation. These new takes on the much loved SBGW231 format received almost universal acclaim when they were unveiled at the Couture show in Las Vegas last month, but you might not have been quite as excited if you received the news on foreign shores. A limited release (140 examples of each watch) and a deal to sell them solely through US channels means that these watches would be a tough get for international collectors. Luckily, if you?re in Europe, you now have a regional release of your own, also based on the SBGW231, and while it gives a very different impression than the US exclusive green dials, it?s every bit as cool, and will likely make some stateside collectors think about their European import options.Â
The Grand Seiko Elegance SBGW267 and SBGW269 are inspired in part by the brand?s new boutique located in the the heart of Paris, and by sho?ji, which in Japanese architecture refers to a movable paper screen used to diffuse light. These screens are a feature of the Paris boutique, and the dials have been given a subtle paper-like texture that evokes this type of traditional Japanese decor.Â
The SBGW267 has a silver colored dial, and the texture appears far more pronounced on this watch than the SBGW269, its counterpart in a deep brown. While sho?ji certainly pr...
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