Pretty good chance it's because they are worth every penny and give pretty much the best bang for the buck at that price point. Appreciate for many folks the name on the dial is important but for true horological enthusiasts (as opposed to people who say they collect watches when reality they have a Sub and a Speedy Pro) GS represent something marvellous.
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Depends on what you want. For a Sporty watch with plenty of refinement you can't do better IMHO than the SBGE201 or the different colour derivatives. RRP is £5500 but I'd be targeting a sub £4k buy in BNIB which is possible if you shop around (hint look at the USA). Superb watch, has the Spring Drive tech, very tactile piece, sporty but with all the refinement. Job's a good 'un.
I just don’t see the comparison. There are very few GS watches that I would even consider - for the vast majority the styling is just god awful. Spring Drive with hideous power reserves on dials (& I still bought more than a few of those!). The finishing might be good on certain GS models, but if you don’t like the case shape/size/detailing, or the bracelet, or the fit, then it becomes less relevant.
Both brands make watches that would no doubt last a lifetime if looked after/serviced when required - so simply buy the one you prefer the looks of best.
It's just a matter of time...
For anyone intrigued about GS finishing have a look at this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlWaDsqXZ5I&t=240s
It's for a £5k GS, so similar investment to a Datejust 41. Now as the previous posted said styling may or may not be your thing (and Rolex are brilliant at having iconic styles that they make gradual tweaks to as opposed to what GS (and Omega) do which is bring out zillions of iterations of the same thing) however hopefully you can see the finishing and attention to detail come through and that this finishing is worlds apart from whatever else you could get at £5k. This is NOT a watch put together by robots on an assembly line.
This a a good article on the micro artist division within Seiko - this is the real top end where they try and emulate the likes of Phillipe Dufour. It illustrates that not all Seiko are created equally.
https://quillandpad.com/2019/05/15/v...tist-division/
GS Hi Beat Diver and Rolex Deepsea. It is very difficult to state which is the better watch because they are so different to each other.
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If you wear a GS, you're very likely a WIS.. Can't say the same for a Rolex.
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But what if you wear both GS and Rolex...as most of us do. What are you then, apart from prone to buying too many watches?
You don't need to wear anything Peter. We all know you're a watch enthusiast! My meaning is more if you saw someone wearing a GS on the street, you will know they are really into watches.
Theres really no right answer as we're all different. Each brand conveys something unique to me and that's why I like them.
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I can tell you that my GS runs at +/- 0 seconds over the last 6 days.
But then again so does my Decathlon Geonaute sports watch, and that was 18 Euros
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There’s an interesting article by Ariel Adams in ‘a blog to watch’. In a nutshell, he suggests that Rolex utterly dominates the entire luxury watch sector, and that other brands benefit from the huge market it creates. In one sense, they all need Rolex to keep the market alive.
Which makes the ‘which is better’ stuff a bit pointless. In this account, Rolex is the sun around which other brands revolve.
Speaking to some US watch folks GS is making huge inroads there at the ADs. Obviously nothing to trouble Rolex and Omega as yet but it is outselling brands such as Ulysse Nardin and Glashutte Original. One AD has seen GS overtake Panerai sales. US GS prices are around 20% lower than the UK though. The Snowflake is very hard to come by in certain ADs. Interestingly in Asia outside of Japan very few people are buying GS, Omega in particular is taking market share from Rolex in the mid-tier sector with the high end sector still very much dominated by Patek etc.
UK high street GS Ads such as Chisholm Hunter get very little 'off the street' business for GS however what they were saying is that the fact people look in the windows at the watches and see Seikos marked up at £8k+ is opening the eyes of many people. This was also one of the first ADs to get Tudor in the UK and they saw initially slow take up of Tudors however it's a different market now.
I had 4 Grand Seikos, Spring Drive GMT, Spring Drive GMT Chrono, Snowflake and quartz day/date. All gone now...
https://www.grand-seiko.com/uk-en/special/gtr/
Any idea on how hard it will be to obtain one of this? Thoughts on the price point? (EUR 21k from a website)