I bought a Grand Seiko! 55TH Anniversary Limited Edition "Sea of Clouds" SBGP017
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- I have wanted various Grand Seikos for years now, but I've never been able to buy the one I wanted when it was actually available. Till now.
So, here it is, my first Grand Seiko. The 55th anniversary limited Edition 'sea of clouds' SBGP017.
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If you ever travel to Japan and see a man staring at a tree, the sky, a lake or something like that, he's not schizophrenic, its not a mental disorder, he's just working for Grand Seiko.
And thats a stunner of a watch, congrats!
That's funny and thanks.
No need to justify buying a quartz watch, let alone a GS quartz watch. The watch is great.
Indeed!
Great video and channel! Keep it up 👍🏻 beautiful grand seiko 🎉I just picked up a similar 44gs 😊
Awesome! Thank you!
BAHAHHA that intro was TOOOO MUCH! Hahaha I always called it the cult of GS! ….. but I’m in the cult de Cartier. So we are rival gangs 😜
I'm just trying to have fun with it.
BAHAHHA! I too am a fan of tomfoolery! It’s only watches. 💕💕💕
Thermo-compensated quartz movements are incredibly accurate. Looking forward to the full review
The dial is a MAJOR inspiration for buying any watch. Few would wear a watch with a spectacular movement but a dial they find off-putting. The reverse can rarely be said. And this watch has awesome accuracy. Congratulations on your new acquisition!
Thank you!
Got an Slga017 last week,super honeymoon period still, it’s snowy, and it’s hot 🔥 😉
Tried the sea of clouds and the Ginza blue auto as well when I was choosing. Both were stunning. Anyway, was concerned re fit for my tiny 15.5cm wrist - but my band is screw links and has a several short and several long links that are removable. By mixing combosof the short and long I found perfection in fit. Did you get the full length of bracelet to work with? Mix and matching the 2 lengths of link was the key in my case!
I love high end quartz! I am a The Citizen guy, but that is purely personal choice and I think the GS quartz are absolutely top shelf. Congratulations on the beautiful watch!
Thank you!
Great video. Thank you. So pleased I discovered your channel. Love your style. 😊👊
"Rolex might have" Okay, that got a real laugh from me. I'm happy that you have a GS now. I agree with you about quartz watches also. There are quartz movements that can be purchased for less than a dollar, I think they are trash. But there are also quartz movements that are really well made and beautiful, I love those. I also understand the bit about Seiko limited editions, sometimes it becomes frustrating because it seems like it's all they want to produce. But then Seiko produced a limited edition chronograph for the World Athletic Championships first time being in the US. I swore I would never buy a limited edition Seiko, but the lure of a gorgeous chronograph, and the knowledge that there are only 400 of them sucked me in. Now, $3200 dollars later, I have number 234 of 400. Seiko can be sneaky with the limited edition stuff. The chrono came with a bracelet and a leather strap, the bracelet doesn't quite fit right, and the leather strap might be worse than the one that came with my Alpinist. And I love the watch anyway. That's Seiko in a nutshell.
Amazing looking watch. I’m so keen to get the white birch.
I just need to sell a kidney or something to afford it.
I couldn't agree more, GS needs to do better. The fist one I purchased didn't even say "grand" seiko on the box it just said seiko...the bracelet has to be improved and maybe throw a couple of bucks on the overall packaging as well. I do love the movements and craftsmanship for sure but the little things do matter to collectors, at least it does to me. I do have the Grand Seiko Heritage Autumn Limited Edition SBGH269 ... in my collection sorry.
Prefer mechanical, or even better a spring drive mechanical…or whatever it is. But this watch is beautiful. Plus it’s a good quartz. DOH! I need one.
How awesome is that; there are three tiers in your watch setup in regards of pricing, your designers have made an absolute killer of a dial and for some reason GS decides too put it in the line of the least expensive one! Name one other brand who would do that.... my next watch is going to be a quartz and not just a quartz but a killer quartz.
Elizabeth you are truly amazing. What a breath of fresh air for someone like you to show on the scene. You have great insight of the watch world and information you share is accurate and your opinions are honest. Great content and thanks for keeping it real. Wish you all the best with this channel which I am sure will reach great heights. Remember keep it real if I can kindly offer you some sound advice.
Thank you! 😊
I totally identify with the Dexter-like urge periodically rising like an overwhelming obsession, the dark passenger awaking and needing a kill, errrr… a watch purchase. That’s exactly it! Congrats on the new watch, I love it.
This guy gets it!
Another great video! I'm a massive fan of high-accuracy Quartz. I wish more brands would put that kind of effort into their Quartz movements. Plus Grand Seiko dials are just gorgeous.
Thank you!
What I love about grand seiko is they take cues from Japanese culture and landscape. Not many other makers can say that.
What I love about 9f is you can get them for $1.5k on ebay.
Are those Allen Edmonds Strands? Love them. Enjoy the watch (and the shoes).
congrats. i have the same. and i love it.❤
Best watch intro ever!! 🤣🙌
You playful !
Great video, Elizabeth, thank you 😊👍Nearly half my humble collection is quartz, but I prefer mechanical. Not a question of quality, just prefer the ticking sound and see the balance wheel turning. That said, this watch is BEAUTIFUL, love the finish and yeah the display back is unique and quite attractive 👍
That is one hell of a watch a perfect choice for your next victim. 🙂
That intro was just perfect. Subscribed
Ha ha ha love that opening of the video happy Halloween love your watch
I love the 9f quartz and think you got one of the best looking Grand Seikos full stop.
I as well.
Bro this intro is fookin hilarious and genius 😂😆
This suggestion was new. Another quirky watch babe, let's follow you and see what you can do. Britt Pearce just got her expensive quartz stolen. Shout out to her if you don't know her already.
Oh don't worry, I know the Gringa!
Horrible news about the stolen watch though.
that display caseback is gorgeous
Hi Elizabeth. Great review as usual and the appearance of the watch is just beautiful. Unfortunately quartz movements just leave me cold. I think this is one watch that could do without an exhibition case back. If it don't tick, on my wrist it won't stick.😊
It ticks.....60 times a minute :)
best intro ever. i love it.🙇♂🙇♂🙇♂🙇♂😎😎
I love GS
And you've got me considering buying a quartz GS. You achieved the impossible.great video.
Thank you!
I first saw your videos when looking at different shoes and boots. I’m also into watches, and yes. Grand Seiko does make a much better watch than Rolex. In every objective scenario.
Nice watch by the way.
Thank you!
Hi quality quartz make sense in GS . Waiting for your full review.
Thank you for always making great content 🇸🇪
My pleasure!
Not sure it’s true, I’ve heard many quick adjustment mechanisms on bracelets are patented, so GS has to innovate a new system. Agree that bracelet needs to be updated, but congrats on owning another beautiful watch!
Thank you!
Not convinced about GS the only quartz I want right now is the Mars Watch, but I did want to ask about that Gringa fight....
I don't know, she's feisty.
Just epic! Never apologise for acquiring a quartz watch. You picked a superb watch. Observant cognoscenti will notice that single gold star, subtly raise an eyebrow, then make eye contact and smile. Enjoy!
Well said!
i very much like your description on the parallel/similarity between watch enthusiast buying a new watch with that of serial killer..... every once a while.... we need to do it again !
Yep!
If you get started on their LE's you will be buying often. Frightening - expensive over time.
I’ll keep that in mind.
Lol that intro and serial-killer analogy earned you a sub, I'm a minute-in and I'm hooked, joining the Cult.
Very cool!
It’s lovely, I bought one and even got 5% discount because there was a scratch on the bracelet . I’ve worn it a week and it’s lost in the other scratches . What number did you get?
1212.
Congratulations on your new watch beautiful woman
Thank you! 🤗
@@elizabeth_grant 😘
Beautiful video...Gorgeous watch,gorgeous presenter!0
Thank you so much.
OMG i love that intro! Imagine having the budget from the bigger TH-camrs to do your videos, that will be insane! Congratulations on your new purchase! :D
Congratulations on your new GS! It is great with jeans. Great Vid too. You are funny! 😂
Thank you!! 😁
It is one of the best watches I ever saw
Them GS gets me drooling..and them dials they be making ! Really sick
Excellent video. Just discovered the channel. Subscribed. Good news on Seiko's poetic explanation. Indeed it isn't BS. When climbing Mt Etna in 2006, there was a blanket of low lying cloud around the volcano and yes, the blue sky does reflect off the cloud tops giving them a distinctive blue tint. It doesn't just happen in Japan though. Nice watch too. Good purchase!
Interesting!
That into was hilarious 😅
You hit the nail, the marketing of Seiko & various other watchmakers know their target market well, to the point where it’s not an object you’re buying but a philosophy. Rolex represents a certain type of client which Omega isn’t, both watches are great but represents certain qualities to the eyes of this client. Your sketch was point on 😂
Seiko dials for all Grand Seikos are to die for, the accuracy of yours is quite outstanding. They are innovators in the exhibition see-thru back👌❤️👍 for quartz, I personally would like this on every quality quartz watch, this would allow the public to admire the inner-works(& battery condition: possible leakage before it’s too late 👍❤️👌)
Bracelets are always a 🤯mind boggling game: I have big wrist, I have the same problem. I like my bracelet tight: when impacts are given I’ve seen them cut skin 😮, thus no play-no cuts. Even with 1/2 links the fitting is 💩, diver watches can be micro adjustable thru the clasp 👍.
You have a beautiful & wonderful watch: a Grand Seiko 👌❤️👍, have opened our eyes 👀 on quality exceptional quartz movements 👌.
Thanks for your quick review,
John
Very creative intro young lady. You have a new subscriber.
Thanks for subbing!
That intro was epic 👏 massive congrats on the new GS! #teamGS
Appreciate it!!
Nice looking watch. Funny video. Be well and safe.
Thanks 👍
this fits very well. a beautiful watch for a beautiful woman👍
Thank you kindly
I have more respect for Quartz than Spring Drive. At least with Quartz it is being true to its roots.
I like them both.
@@elizabeth_grant well, we can’t be sitting on the fence all the time eventually when we grow will need stand for something. My journey started with quartz at a young age and now in my golden age I am at strictly manual wound timepieces.
@@Thankyou_3 Fair enough.
@@elizabeth_grant by the way, I love ❤️ your videos and style of videos. Contents are very well researched instead of copied from other videos. Thank you for keeping it so simple without any drama. Here is to million subscribers! 🍷
#grandseikotherolexkiller
Welcome to the club…got a Snowflake as my frost GS.
Snowflake ❄️ is beautiful 😍
The intro. 🤣🤣🤣
Lovely watch
Hands down, I love your videos. Congratulations on your new addition. I know quartz gets a bad rap especially in the higher price points but it will be accurate, ready to go when you are and easy to maintain. A Grand Seiko is on my radar as well and their quartz options are hard to ignore. I'm with you on the micro adjustments as well though 😤 It is a beautiful watch. Best always...
Thank you!
Top production! 🔥 Congratulations!🥳
Thank you 🙌
Love this video. I just bought a Grand Seiko quartz, and I still can't believe I spent substantially over $2,000 for a quartz watch. I must be insane.
great video! love the rant on the GS bracelet. I own a SBGP017 as well, and I thought that GS could have done a better job on the bracelet.
Right on
@@elizabeth_grant like , come on Grand Seiko. you spent so much great time and effort on the case, the dial , the movement, but you neglect the bracelet? if they were to redesign their bracelets and actually make the wearing experience much better, I don't see how the masses won't say "no" to Grand Seiko anymore. hahaha
Quartz are okay as long as the seconds hand hits the markers spot on. Then you know you have a well made watch with a topnotch quartz movement.
Mine does. But when I film at different angles it doesn't always look like it.
Quartz or not, it looks incredible. Reminds me of my quartz Seamaster. Maybe not as accurate as the Seiko, but it’s mine and I love it. 😁
I totally understand that!
Congrats on your new purchase! I don't mind quartz especially 9f ones. But I'm leaning more towards a Spring Drive since it's a one of a kind movement from GS.
I totally understand that.
Have a Grand seiko quartz very happy with it . a Seiko LX titanium spring drive had it over 3 years, prefer it more than my Omega Seamaster, draws no attentio, an are super accurate . Much more than the Omega Seamaster. If you can , a Seiko Spring Drive get one
Real watch collectors don’t fear quartz.
No fear!
Class
Gorgeous watch! I got this same watch as my first Grand Seiko too! I'm happy with the bracelet though, I just let it be on the loose side and that's quite comfortable for me.
Yeah, I don't like it loose, and the watch is oversized for me on the bracelet.
@@elizabeth_grant fair enough. Good thing you like it on a strap! Might be personal preference, but I don't find it looks oversized on a bracelet on my small 6inch/15cm wrist. I do wish GS made more smaller watches though, especially with the spring drive!
That intro was hilarious. Congrats on the watch!
Glad you liked it!
Nothing wrong with quartz watches. Rolex makes quartz watches for $10K - $40K. Your background music is a bit distracting.
Does your leather strap have a micro adjust? Nope. I have 3 GS's with the normal GS bracelet and they fit nicely with a combination of the small and large links. The small links are NOT half links. It means proper combinations yield a broader variety of fit. The GS bracelets are getting bashed as it just seems trendy to do so. I have never needed to do a micro adjust "on the fly" with any of my 18 watches in my collection. Complaining about not having a micro adjust is a great big nothing burger. 😊
Nice video and great watch, I have one too.
Like you said, you never know which limited edition will be sold out and hard to find and which won't. This one sadly is still very easy to buy, even below retail but oh well, it's a keeper nevertheless of course. I assume it's not that popular mainly because many people still don't want a quartz.
Unfortunately mine is not very accurate, it's about minus 1.2 second per month, really strange as this is supposed to be even more accurate than the normal 9F. I have two other 9F Quartz (SBGX335 and SBGN023) and they run within +/- 1 second per year.
Great choice! I got this one a week ago, chose it over an Omega AT. Wear it in good health 😊
Thats a banger dial. I once heard a cooking expert say he admitted to judging a person if they wore quartz. Which tells me he's not a watch expert. I only recently bought my first quartz, an homage of the Paul Newman Daytona. It came with a ceramic bezel and synth sapphire crystal with a Seiko Mecaquartz....for $99. Why do we spend crazy money on watches again?
I've been sporting a Seiko GMT from the Pressage line, the white asanoha hemp leaf pattern with the blue Diashield bezel. It's losing about 5-8 seconds a day. The finishing is so good I'm tempted to jump into that Grand Seiko Hi-Beat Peacock special edition or the bamboo green. I'm wearing the Seiko on a navy elastic paratrooper strap, my default for all sports watches as it keeps the watch head perfectly centered on the flat part of my wrist while still being just loose enough for comfort.
Congrats ! I recently purchased a GS Sport GMT quartz SBGN003 mode myself l as I wanted a GMT option. 9f is a proper watchmaker grade quartz movement. So handy to have as your grab 'n go watch that will be always dead accurate. And yes I agree GS bracelets are crap. I've also owned a spring drive SBGE255. The clasp on that was like a cheap tuna can
I haven't sufficient shekels to buy a GS quartz so I got the next best thing, a Casio Oceanus. JDM only, fabulously finished cases and radio controlled accuracy.
Congratulations on the beautiful watch! I was able to buy one though a dealer here in the states. Great watch to pick up and go. I use this one to set the time on my autos.It sits next to my spring drives. Real watch geek fun to watch the 2nd hand on the 3 of them! For me the bracelet works fine. I like to ware mine a bit loose.
The dial on this watch is the same as my sbga413, shunbun. ......only light blue.
Over all a stunner of a watch! This is one you can't say....it is only a quartz.
Wish they could focus on the bracelet, do the micro adjust. Do the taper, do the micro tolerances. I dont want sun light between the lugs and the bracelet. GS fanboys will say buy a swiss watch. I think thats BS. GS have come so far, do the same quality on the bracelet that you have done with the dials. Its a winn winn.
Nice watch, but these aren't that scarce, so don't let FOMO push your purchase. They are sitting at ADs not selling...
I just bought this too, new from a GS AD in CA. I’ll be looking forward to your review of this watch!!
I own the SBGV245 Grand Seiko Quartz. It is as close to a perfect watch as I have ever owned. I love it.
I loved the intro - the urges are real!
Indeed!
What’s funny is that cheap Seikos have micro adjusts on their bracelets.
Awesome, congrats on the watch, and enjoy it. We all deserve some "me and my stufff" time.
Otherwise, what's the point?
Great vid, really enjoyed it 😎!
Glad you enjoyed it
Elizabeth, you're a flipping BABE!!!
dial furniture - LOL awesome. Someday I will get a Grand Seiko.
you were smart to get the quartz... I have a Hi-Beat "White Birch" and it keeps no better than +30 seconds a day... after two attempts to regulate it with GS... I'm going to be replacing it with a spring drive.. they have work to do on their mechanical hi-beat movement.
I don’t know if being a watch collector is the same as being a serial killer. I think a serial killer can be rehabilitated I watch collector on the other hand I’m not quite so sure. Sometimes I think it’s the thrill of the kill on eBay or hunting the discount deal or finding that watch that has been discontinued
I love quartz watches! Congratulations!!
Creative vid! Nice watch!
Thanks!
Quartz !?!?!? 🤮 jk nice dial but it doesn’t have a soul.
Nothing wrong with quartz, they are engineering marvels.
Nice watch. Spot on about the bracelet, there watches feel expensive but there bracelets feel like there off a cheap watch.
Youre not wrong about zaratsu high polish being a scratch magnet 😅
I too just got my first GS 2 months ago (sbgp003). With regards to the bracelet, wear it a half link loose and you should have no problem when your wrist expands. 😊
Ha! it'll be great 6 months out of the year!
I don't know about Elizabeth, but if I wear my watches even just a bit too loose they will just roll around my wrist - not good!
@@dperreno slip them higher up your forearm is my solution. Works for me anyway 😊
In nomine Christi, Amen
Sade, dis-moi
Qu'est-ce que tu vas chercher?
Grand Seiko ou Rolex
steel or silicone strap
Sade, dis-moi,
Pourquoi tiens tu en Rolex ?
Grand Seiko ne te plaît pas ? Où sont tes fidèles?
Si tu es contre Dieu, tu es contre l'Homme
Sade, es-tu diabolique ou divin?
No never a grand seiko. It stil. Be seiko
Nothing special hahaha
Beautiful watch that I am lusting over for a while. I did end up selling my SBGN009 and still sort of regretting that sale. Choices in life……
Inspired by nature, a thing of beauty. Congrats!
❤