Grand Seiko Spring-Drive Kira-Zuri Limited Edition Box Clebar didn't really take off

Clebar didn't really take off with consumers until the 1940s when the brand offered a range of high-grade stopwatches and rally timers for racing and sporting events

As much as collectors tout the importance of “originality” and provenance

it was Seiko’s second attempt to create a dive watch that would meet the needs of both the amateur and the professional—not to mention military—diver

Though contract manufacturing has by no means disappeared

Grand Seiko Spring-Drive Kira-Zuri Limited Edition Box Clebar didn't really take offGrand Seiko is the darling of contemporary watch collectors today, and taking even a cursory glance at the design specs or better yet an example in the metal, its easy to see why. Take this special Spring Drive Kira Zuri Limited Edition, for example: It was one of the first limited editions for the U. S. market, released in 2018. Even at first glance, its easy to appreciate the artisanal talent that went into the design and manufacturing process of