Grand Seiko Heritage Collection Spring Drive GMT “Mt. Hotaka Peaks”

The vast Hotaka mountain range stands against the Shinshu skyline in Nagano prefecture. This magnificent vista is visible to the watchmakers of Grand Seiko’s Shinshu Watch Studio, homeplace to all Grand Seiko’s Spring Drive production. It also serves as inspiration for the Ref. SBGE295, Grand Seiko’s newest Spring Drive GMT in the Sport Collection.

The highlands of Hotaka experience a short summer. It’s from here that the dial of the SBGE295 borrows its verdant tones and dynamic textures, evoking the summertime vegetation that blankets the mountain’s peaks. The dial texture may be familiar to Grand Seiko collectors, as it has most notably been featured on references SBGA413, SBGA415, and 2022’s SBGE277, a model that also pulled inspiration from the Hotaka mountains.