{"id":23880,"date":"2023-02-11T16:23:52","date_gmt":"2023-02-11T21:23:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.watchtime.com\/wristwatch-industry-news\/meet-the-grand-seiko-evolution-9-spring-drive-5-days-lake-suwa-before-dawn-slga021g\/"},"modified":"2023-02-11T16:23:52","modified_gmt":"2023-02-11T21:23:52","slug":"meet-the-grand-seiko-evolution-9-spring-drive-5-days-lake-suwa-before-dawn-slga021g","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pureluxurymag.com\/watchnews\/meet-the-grand-seiko-evolution-9-spring-drive-5-days-lake-suwa-before-dawn-slga021g\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Grand Seiko Evolution 9 Spring Drive 5 Days Lake Suwa Before Dawn SLGA021G"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/watchtime.com\/tag\/grand-seiko\">Grand Seiko<\/a><\/strong> is known for taking inspiration from the beautiful nature surrounding its production sites in Japan. The latest example is the <strong>Grand Seiko Evolution 9 Spring Drive 5 Days Lake Suwa Before Dawn SLGA021G<\/strong> whose dials reflects the color and the pattern of the waves on Lake Suwa near the Shinshu Watch Studio in the early morning hours.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-interchange=\"[https:\/\/pureluxurymag.com\/watchnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/meet-the-grand-seiko-evolution-9-spring-drive-5-days-lake-suwa-before-dawn-slga021g.jpg, (default)],[https:\/\/pureluxurymag.com\/watchnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/meet-the-grand-seiko-evolution-9-spring-drive-5-days-lake-suwa-before-dawn-slga021g-8.jpg, (small)],[https:\/\/pureluxurymag.com\/watchnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/meet-the-grand-seiko-evolution-9-spring-drive-5-days-lake-suwa-before-dawn-slga021g-7.jpg, (medium)]\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1125\" data-old-src=\"https:\/\/pureluxurymag.com\/watchnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/meet-the-grand-seiko-evolution-9-spring-drive-5-days-lake-suwa-before-dawn-slga021g.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-146340\"><\/figure>\n<p>The embossed texture serves as a magnificent backdrop for the applied markers and hands that are meticulously faceted, brushed and polished in accordance with the brand\u2019s \u201cEvolution 9 Grammar of Design\u201d and the framed date window.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-interchange=\"[https:\/\/pureluxurymag.com\/watchnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/meet-the-grand-seiko-evolution-9-spring-drive-5-days-lake-suwa-before-dawn-slga021g-1.jpg, (default)],[https:\/\/pureluxurymag.com\/watchnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/meet-the-grand-seiko-evolution-9-spring-drive-5-days-lake-suwa-before-dawn-slga021g-17.jpg, (small)],[https:\/\/pureluxurymag.com\/watchnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/meet-the-grand-seiko-evolution-9-spring-drive-5-days-lake-suwa-before-dawn-slga021g-16.jpg, (medium)]\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1125\" data-old-src=\"https:\/\/pureluxurymag.com\/watchnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/meet-the-grand-seiko-evolution-9-spring-drive-5-days-lake-suwa-before-dawn-slga021g-1.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-146338\"><\/figure>\n<p>As is typical for Grand Seiko, the stainless steel case which measures 40 mm in diameter and has a height of 11.8 mm is finished with a mix of brushed and <em>Zaratsu<\/em>-polished surfaces. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-interchange=\"[https:\/\/pureluxurymag.com\/watchnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/meet-the-grand-seiko-evolution-9-spring-drive-5-days-lake-suwa-before-dawn-slga021g-2.jpg, (default)],[https:\/\/pureluxurymag.com\/watchnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/meet-the-grand-seiko-evolution-9-spring-drive-5-days-lake-suwa-before-dawn-slga021g-26.jpg, (small)],[https:\/\/pureluxurymag.com\/watchnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/meet-the-grand-seiko-evolution-9-spring-drive-5-days-lake-suwa-before-dawn-slga021g-25.jpg, (medium)]\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1125\" data-old-src=\"https:\/\/pureluxurymag.com\/watchnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/meet-the-grand-seiko-evolution-9-spring-drive-5-days-lake-suwa-before-dawn-slga021g-2.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-146342\"><\/figure>\n<p>It sports a water-resistance of 100 meters and contains the Spring Drive Caliber 9RA2 which offers a power reserve of 5 days and an accuracy of \u00b10.5&nbsp;seconds per day. The movement comes to life through the sapphire case back where one can also spot a power reserve indicator.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-interchange=\"[https:\/\/pureluxurymag.com\/watchnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/meet-the-grand-seiko-evolution-9-spring-drive-5-days-lake-suwa-before-dawn-slga021g-3.jpg, (default)],[https:\/\/pureluxurymag.com\/watchnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/meet-the-grand-seiko-evolution-9-spring-drive-5-days-lake-suwa-before-dawn-slga021g-35.jpg, (small)],[https:\/\/pureluxurymag.com\/watchnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/meet-the-grand-seiko-evolution-9-spring-drive-5-days-lake-suwa-before-dawn-slga021g-34.jpg, (medium)]\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1125\" data-old-src=\"https:\/\/pureluxurymag.com\/watchnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/meet-the-grand-seiko-evolution-9-spring-drive-5-days-lake-suwa-before-dawn-slga021g-3.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-146343\"><\/figure>\n<p>The Grand Seiko Evolution 9 Spring Drive 5 Days Lake Suwa Before Dawn SLGA021G has been in stores since the beginning of February and has a retail price of $9,100.<\/p>\n<p><em>To learn more, visit Grand Seiko, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grand-seiko.com\/us-en\/collections\/slga021g\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.grand-seiko.com\/us-en\/collections\/slga021g\">here.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.watchtime.com\/wristwatch-industry-news\/meet-the-grand-seiko-evolution-9-spring-drive-5-days-lake-suwa-before-dawn-slga021g\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grand Seiko is known for taking inspiration from the beautiful nature surrounding its production sites&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23881,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1107,1108],"tags":[1111,1112,1113],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pureluxurymag.com\/watchnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23880"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pureluxurymag.com\/watchnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pureluxurymag.com\/watchnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pureluxurymag.com\/watchnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pureluxurymag.com\/watchnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23880"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pureluxurymag.com\/watchnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23880\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pureluxurymag.com\/watchnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pureluxurymag.com\/watchnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pureluxurymag.com\/watchnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pureluxurymag.com\/watchnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}