the white birch tree of northern Japan, which thrives in the region surrounding the Grand Seiko Studio in Shizukuishi. The small town is located in the mountains of Iwate Prefecture, more than two ...

Those releases are now joined by the Grand Seiko Hi-Beat “White Birch”. The 40mm watch features a unique dial covered in an irregular vertical patten and a granular surface, said to reproduce ...

The arrival of the Grand Seiko White Birch may therefore not be logged as it should. This watch, which comes out of the woods today to join Grand Seiko’s Heritage Collection, features the sort ...

Grand Seiko has become recognized for a handful of trademark traits. A few of these dials, like the Snowflake and White Birch, have reached iconic status among collectors, and there’s always ...

Several of Grand Seiko’s dials have an almost mythical status. Snowflake, White Birch, Lake Suwa … these are names that can cause heart palpitations and excessive drooling among the Grand Seiko ...

Time doesn’t tick in Japan the way it does elsewhere—it flows uninterrupted, like a mountain stream or the drifting petals of a cherry blossom. At least, that’s the philosophy behind Grand ...

That’s great for budding enthusiasts, but it’s exactly what bedeviled the company’s luxury brand, Grand Seiko, when it first came to the U.S. in 2010. Nowadays, American watch fans might be ...

A Japanese ideal of perfection lies at the heart of Grand Seiko watches with a unique vision of beauty for the ultimate experience of time Deep in the stillness of Japanese nature, master artisans ...

Several of Grand Seiko’s dials have an almost mythical status. Snowflake, White Birch, Lake Suwa … these are names that can ...