Unveiling the £50,000 Grand Seiko: A Watch Collector's Dream

This is the watch that got me into GS - I held it for the first time in 2016 at a HODINKEE event in NYC. Fast forward to 2019 and while in Tokyo I find an SBGA125 “blizzard” and I just had to bring it home.

I am not 50 000 for a Seiko watch! You must be insane

The Philipps auction has ended. this masterpiece SOLD FOR CHF88,200!

Rather it not sat Seiko at the top and instead say Grand Seiko

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I had no idea the Spring Drive was this clever, they should have called it something more fancy like "RQA" = "RQA Quartz Automatic", the R standing for it's own Recursive acronym.

You can a Seiko that almost identical to that watch. It won’t say Grand Seiko it will Seiko. You can probably do it for
$500.00. There is very little difference how the two watches work. If the Seiko is à quartz movement it might even keep
better time. I gave my father a Seiko and it lasted over 20 year and was very accurate. Fifty thousands dollars is completely
insane. From a a few feet away you could not tell the difference.

Seeing wannabe intellectuals bicker over who's brand is better is a constant reminder to ignore the comments, at least comments good and bad support the channel's algorithm though!

Did he mention if the case was made of white gold or platinum?

Maybe I should go pick one of these up

Why are you talking so fast?

This is one of the finest watchest i've ever seen! Absolutely stunning craftmanship i love it so much. Japan never disappoints. Perfection.

Pure inspiration!, I will pick one up in 2023 !.wish me luck!.

Wonderful review. I think the 50000 💷 are for the platinum case and diamond dust. Otherwise, why others spring drive movement watches are 6000-10000 💷?some shots in the day light would have been nice to appreciate the dial and see if it worth it.

Max 200 pounds for a Seiko

Vintage Seiko Spirits have the same smooth second hand sweep, they’re much thinner and lighter than the Spring Drive

More like throwing 50K in the gutter due to depreciation.

Wow, a Seiko Spring Drive !... not a Grand Seiko branded. 👍

I'd never spend 50k on a watch... let alone a Seiko

Isn't that a rebranded Credor movement?

Mr. Hands be spitting beats yo!

wtf

Amazing!!

A very Japanese artwork. Pure perfection.

This GS is insanely great. Just wow. The finish and precision is extreme.

How about a review of the bulova accutron 214 tuning fork watch from the ,60 s and early 70s surely a great part of watch making history

Thank you for another great video

Considering the movement inside alone, Rolex is no competition at all to GS.

the scene in American Psycho where they are talking about business cards... 🙂 (do I want one? YES! a million times YES! it's stunning)

This presenter is talking like he’s on speed. Slow down and let us catch up.

Dumb question: can I swap the leather strap with a metal band?

Not a chance.

I love your videos.

50k? Pass

Haha that deep breath before that quick catch up :D

What is it about the simplicity of this watch, that I live so much!!??
Other than it’s simplicity!

But it still looks terrible. 50k quartz watch , um no thanks

ROLEX? HA HA HA! Rolex is a Walmart Timex up against this watch!

That looked like a Seiko 5

This watch actually gave me chills

If Grand Seiko is what Lexus is to Toyota, this one would be the Century.

When he calls diamonds organic I was blown away. the double entendres here are ridiculous...we usually dont see this level of wit anywhere except in the coroners report🎉

This is a beautiful piece but honestly, I'd choose the SBGY026 at $28k over it even if the prices were equal.

The only benefit of wearing this watch is that you won't get stabbed and robbed for wearing that in public