Spring Drive movements are just fantastic, make no mistake they walk the floor with almost any other movement. The "quarts part" is a mechanical part that is in place of the a normal escapement.. Spring Drive rocks it really does. Very nice watch, great colours for a white rubber strap too.

This over the explorer 2 any day of the week!! Spring Drive is stunning.

Beautiful, stunning watch.

Great watch. Really like colour way. Nice review Rob

The SBGE285 is beautiful and the spring drive is an electromechanical piece of genius! Its on my list of future watches. Some day!

I have the SBGE285 and give this watch an A+ score. The finish and attention to detail is incredible. It is a perfect daily wear watch and not something that needs to be hidden away because it is too expensive or too fancy. The only point I would mark the watch down for is the band. It's a nice band but the lack of micro-adjustment is annoying. On the day I purchased this I had it fitted. Later in the day I had to return to the GS boutique as my wrist had expanded and the band was far too tight. They had to remove a half link and add a full link. So I wear the watch slightly loose to allow for expansion of my wrist when I get hot.

Great comment about the. winding feel. When I got my SBGA211 "Snowflake", I was shocked the first time I wound it. I was afraid there was a problem with it at first. Certainly unusual.

GS nailed it with the Evo 9 series!

That is a killer watch!

GS dial- case,Rolex braclet and Citizen 0100 caliber for me is the perfect watch.

This is maybe one of my favorite fixed bezel GS Spring Drive GMT watch. I like the monotone look with this one. IF I were to get a GS Spring Drive GMT, I think i'd prefer one with the ceramic bi-directional bi-colored GMT bezel. There's an extra boldness and pop when I look at those. Either cases, wish I had at least $8-9k to spend on one.

Greatest watch,good review

Grand Seiko make some beautiful time pieces, but they just fall very short in the bracelets. If they can really create a nice bracelet with excellent adjustable class, they could really be a top contender against all the major players. $8,400 and no micro adjustments seems unreasonable.

Beautiful watch

Nice boat!

What a beauty

Good video my brother! I want this homie!

Lovely

And the sweep of that seconds hand

Thanks for yr many watch reviews, appreciated. Intend to buy my first Grand seiko, do u hv any recommendation which option should i buy? 1.Spring drive 2. Automatic 3.Mechanical winding 4. Quartz. Share yr reason for yr choice. Thanks

GS カッコいい！

Wow, this watch is gorgeous. Speechless.

they just need to give new micro adjustment bracelet to this model- and it’s for sure now better than rolex explorer 2- no one will be able to deny it

Is the dial furniture (hands, induces, etc) polished titanium, steel, or white gold?

Great work ! Could you pleaaaaase rewiew the GS sbgx344 !? Nobody has done it on KZfaq yet ! Thanks !

It amazes me how Seiko can continue to ignore the community and not provide better bracelets and clasps.

Gurando Seiko

It's a great watch, but at this price point it should be perfected. GS again focusing on a dial and finish while completely ignoring other things like everyone mention in the comment section - bracelet taper, no micro adjustment and thickness! It is quite thick, thick to the point that it would feel better proportioned in 41-42mm case(it actually reminds me a 39mm Omega PO from the dimensions standpoint). At 5-6k$ those things can be forgivable, otherwise...

People moaning about no micro adjustment on an $8400 watch when you don't get that on a royal oak.

A little large for my tastes, and I’d rather have their in house high beat movement, but this watch is still a beaut nonetheless

Rob - Title is wrong (I believe the correct model number is SBGE285)

With only 1hr. increments you can't change the time for India, Newfoundland and a number of other places.

The price 0:27 killed me. You can buy a good running car for the money.

At that price, that bracelet is a sick joke.

What a beautiful watch. Bracelet is meh.

- Remove the Grand Seiko logo with Seiko logo - Make it 39mm width - Make it 10mm thickness - Provide a proper bracelet Then we'll talk.

Doesn't look expensive.

Are there any discounts on this? Somebody is selling one on Chrono 24 For USD$5400 claiming to be a new watch. Can that be legit?

Rob, Just so you know, someone is scamming people on your channel, writing that you won any Watches you do a review on! Got my for $75.00 . Right saying, $27.00 for the shipping, then they asked for a donation, I gave $50.00. Yah, I am dumb I guess? What out everyone!

Very nice. Ditch the date. It's not a quickset date so it's painful to change 5 times per year especially in February.

No micro adjust. What do you expect for $8400. And you know that’s a bad future when you tell us I guess you have to wear it a little bit looser that’s a big fat no for what you get for $8400. You’re stuck to wear it a little bit looser really Rob. Rob tell it like it is tell him it’s a rip off for $8400. The band is also too wide.

Such an overrated brand. Too many models, too many movements, too many limited editions, too many annoying BS dial inspiration stories, models with bad time keeping, failure to listen to the wants of the collectors such as micro adjustments, cheap stamped clasps, too high of price increases. No idea why anyone would want to buy anything from this brand anymore.