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striking design featuring a mirrored, multi-sided case and wide dial opening, which was achieved with a bezel-free construction and Grand Seiko’s signature Zaratsu polishing technique. Pure and displayed and time can be adjusted without impairing the precision of the movement. dial opening, achieved with a bezel-free construction and Grand Seiko’s unique Zaratsu polishing. Together, these elements combined to make 62GS a clean, slim, easy-to-read and comfortable watch.

It also has a power reserve of three days when fully wound. e design was created by veteran designer Nobuhiro Kosugi and, with its ivory colored at dial, sapphire box crystal and blue steeled 24-hour hand, it has a unique but universal appeal.

High legibility, whatever the light e multi-faceted diamond-cut indexes, hour and minute hands catch and reect even the faintest light and allow the time to be read even when the sun has set.

A quintessential Grand Seiko design

All the signature elements of Grand Seiko are here. e sharp cut hands and indexes, the mirror surfaces of the Zaratsu polished case and the wide dial opening that lets in all available light. Yet the design is both unique and memorable. e secret is in the long, owing lines. As Kosugi says, “ e uniqueness of this watch lies in the side slopes of the gently curved lugs.” His artistry is truly in every detail.

Embodiment of Japanese nature and its artistic sensibilities

In Japan, each of the four seasons of the year is experienced in six phases and all have their own distinct characters. e subtle changes from one to the next bring the nature of time ever closer to our senses.

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