GRAND SEIKO

ELEGANCE - JAPAN SEASONS SHŌSHO SBGJ249

$7,700

The Grand Seiko GMT watch celebrates ever-changing seasons.

In Japan, each of the four seasons of the year is experienced in six phases and all have their own distinct characters. The subtle changes from one to the next bring the nature of time ever closer to our senses. The GMT watch celebrates one of the year’s 24 seasonal phases or sekki.

Shōsho. High summer approaches and, at last, the rainy season ends. The warm wind creates delicate ripples in the many thousands of lakes and ponds that shimmer in the early summer sun throughout Japan. The wave pattern dial brings Shōsho to life as the long, tapered seconds hand, driven by the high beat caliber, moves powerfully across the dial.

CASE

Case Material: Stainless Steel

Case Diameter: 39.5mm

Case Thickness: 14.1mm

Case Length: 46.9mm

Lug Width: 19mm

Crown: Push Crown

Strap/Bracelet: Stainless Steel w. three-fold clasp

Crystal: Box-Shape Sapphire, Anti-reflective coating on inner surface

Caseback: See-through case back , with 6 screws

MOVEMENT

Caliber: 9S86

Power Source: Automatic

Jewels: 37

Accuracy: +5 to -3 seconds per day (when static)

Duration: 55 Hours

FUNCTIONS

Features: Time, Date, GMT

Water Resistance: 30m

Magnetic Resistance: 4,800 A/m

Special: Independent Adjust Hour Hand

FEATURES

In Japan, each of the four seasons of the year is experienced in six phases and all have their own distinct characters. The subtle changes from one to the next bring the nature of time ever closer to our senses. In Shōsho, the eleventh of the year’s twenty-four seasons, high summer approaches and, at last, the rainy season ends. The warm wind creates delicate ripples in the many thousands of lakes and ponds that shimmer in the early summer sun throughout Japan. The wave pattern dial brings Shōsho to life and the tempered blue steel GMT hand adds the color of the blue sky in summer.

REF: SBGJ249