
These New Grand Seiko Watches Are Made for the U.S. Market
Four stunning new Hi-Beat and Spring Drive Grand Seiko watches poetically interpret the Japanese seasons with interesting dial executions.
Zen Love is Gear Patrol's Associate Editor. He has been deeply obsessed with watches for over a decade and has written about them professionally for nearly as long. Since 2019, he's been covering anything that ticks and fits on the wrist for Gear Patrol with a bent toward making watches' history, mechanics, and collector culture approachable and democratic. He is always punctual.
Four stunning new Hi-Beat and Spring Drive Grand Seiko watches poetically interpret the Japanese seasons with interesting dial executions.
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