GrandSeiko “Snowflake” SBGA211 – A Stunning Watch with a Unique Spring Drive Movement
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As you may already know, the origin of the unique pattern on the snowflake dial stems from an experiment in the 1970s. Before becoming more widely known in the 2000s, at that time GrandSeiko introduced the Spring Drive 9R movement for the first time and the artisans at Shinsu workshop were assigned to create a new dial to match this revolution.
They were inspired by the snow-covered mountains around the pristine Jonen mountain range. From the changes in light reflection on the snow surface they came up with an idea and created a brass dial with the desired patterns, the remaining problem was to create a bright white color of snow covering this prototype.
Using paint would not create a smooth and porous surface like snow, GrandSeiko’s engineers used silver plating method. After many experiments with different formulas and currents, they succeeded in producing a silver-plated brass dial with a pure bright white color that can reflect light at different angles. In fact, it takes up to 80 different steps to create a Snowflake dial that are tightly controlled.
Combined with Dauphine hands, faceted hour markers all polished by zaratsu technique to increase light catching ability, GrandSeiko created one of the brightest and most sparkling watches ever. With smooth movement of blue second hand, dial of SBGA211 is like a painting of snow quiet and peaceful.
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