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VIDEO: Travel in style with Grand Seiko’s SBGE201  VIDEO: Travel in style with Grand Seiko’s SBGE201 

VIDEO: Travel in style with Grand Seiko’s SBGE201 

Felix Scholz

The travel watch is one of the classic tropes in the world of watch design — and as with all recurring themes, the travel watch is a broad spectrum, ranging from rough and ready all the way up to the private jets and mega-yachts version of travelling in style. The Grand Seiko SBGE201 treads a middle ground. It’s solid steel, but it also possesses enough innate pizzaz to hold its own in more formal situations. This tricky balancing act comes down to the materials Grand Seiko has used, and how they’ve been treated: the steel is hard-wearing and robust, but it’s been treated with Grand Seiko’s typical level of obsession and care, to transform the otherwise ubiquitous case-material into something far more sculptural. And, of course, that sapphire inset bezel adds more than its fair share of flash. 

So, if you’re the sort of traveller who likes to stand out while fitting in, the classic, sporty shape and ever-impressive Spring Drive tech of the Grand Seiko SBGE201 might be something you want to take a closer look at. 

 Grand Seiko SBGE201 

 Grand Seiko SBGE201 

 Grand Seiko SBGE201 

Grand Seiko SBGE201 price

Grand Seiko SBGE201, $8400 AUD

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