#Seiko 9f accurate 5 seconds per year series#
#Seiko 9f accurate 5 seconds per year windows#

I typically donвЂ™t wear watches this size, but would I make an exception for this handsome timepiece that wears on the larger side (for being under 39mm wide) given its wide lug structures. As I mentioned, the 9F movements are also designed to work a very long time between servicing and require a battery change each three years or so. There is also a special system that makes sure the ticking seconds hand is utterly stable as it moves, which prevents that not-so-good-looking вЂњwobbleвЂќ you see from cheaper quartz movements. The movement is designed with extra torque so that larger, more impressive hands can be used. Unlike most standard quartz movements that are accurate to about 15 seconds per month, the 9F movements are accurate to 10 seconds per year. I will quickly highlight just a few of the main talking points related to these impressive quartz movements. In that article, I wax poetic about these hand-assembled вЂњclass-leadingвЂќ quartz movements produced by SeikoвЂ™s вЂњwatch MeistersвЂќ in their clean Grand Seiko rooms. A little while ago, I reviewed the Grand Seiko Quartz Diver SBGX117 and SBGX115 watches here that also contain the 9F61 movements. Given that IвЂ™ve already offered a long discussion of the Grand Seiko caliber 9F61 quartz movement in a previous review, I wonвЂ™t offer the same discussion once again here. This hybrid dressy/sporty SBGX093 manages to look classy and smoothly elegant as a Euro-style seductress from the Far East.

#Seiko 9f accurate 5 seconds per year series#

It is hard to deny that the lack of date window on the SBGX series of Grand Seiko watches helps the range look clean and elegant вЂ“ often in a more superior way, even when compared to other Grand Seiko timepieces. With that said, watch makers need to carefully decide where specific watch models will sell better: in the вЂњnormalвЂќ retail environment, or among potentially more sophisticated collectors who obsess a bit more over design?

#Seiko 9f accurate 5 seconds per year windows#

The biggest ally of date windows on a watch is the oft referenced fact (at least historically) that, in a retail environment, watches with a date window complication sell better than watches without the date. Watch nerds in general have lashed out against the date window lately, objecting to its added functionality as a less-than-convincing reason to destroy visual symmetry on the dial.

In fact, one reason the 9F family of Grand Seiko watches is so beloved is the fact that they lack anything extra on the dial вЂ“ namely a date window. There is a lot to say about this deceptively simple time-only quartz movement. A leader of such timepieces is easily anything with SeikoвЂ™s impeccable 9F family of quartz movements that are designed to go 50 years between service intervals and come in a sealed container within the watch. It is perhaps the advent of the smartwatch that has created a sort of nostalgia in me for good-quality вЂњindependentвЂќ quartz watches.

Even as I began my foray into high-end timepieces, I always retained a soft spot for quartz watches, I just shunned those that felt cheap inside and out. Over the last few years, I have become increasingly interested in the best-made quartz timepieces, and I have wondered why. High-end quartz love is still a minority passion among timepiece collectors, but I proudly include myself amongst those who have a soft spot for well-made watches with well-made quartz movements inside of them. Today, I review the SBGX093 version of this вЂњGrand Seiko Magnetic Resistant QuartzвЂќ watch. Concurrently with these quartz models, Seiko also released the Grand Seiko SBGR077 and SBGR079 watches that I went hands-on with here that are similar-looking but contain mechanical movements. Seiko produced this вЂњenthusiastsвЂ™ versionвЂќ of its new вЂњMilgauss homageвЂќ as a testament to classic вЂњengineers watches,вЂќ like the Rolex Milgauss, IWC Ingeniuer, etc. When the Grand Seiko SBGX089, SBGX091, and SBGX093 collection of watches was released in around 2012, the first of those models вЂ“ the SBGX089 вЂ“ was a limited edition of 500 pieces with a yellow hand and some different colors on the black dial.