Watch Spotlight | Grand Seiko Snowflake | Crown & Caliber

Crown & Caliber now sells Grand Seiko. To celebrate, let’s spotlight the Grand Seiko Snowflake. This watch embodies everything that makes Grand Seiko so special. From the one-of-a-kind Spring Drive movement, to the exquisitely finished Snowflake dial this, watch is one to get excited about.
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[@melvsdlp9293]

I love how you present the GS Snowflake. The enthusiasm, the excitement. Just like a giddy schoolboy. I’d be just as excited if I have a Snowflake in my wrist. It’s my dream watch

[@ScottADunn]

The Snowflake and the 60th Anniversary are truly marvels of engineering that are beautiful and accurate. Amazing achievements.

[@doug3117]

It was my first GS. Super accurate, gains 1 second a week. Light and comfortable to wear. Still gets more than its share of wrist time.

[@koltonturner7305]

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[@koltonturner7305]

@Harrison Mathew Thank you, signed up and it seems like they got a lot of movies there :) I really appreciate it!

[@harrisonmathew5001]

@Kolton Turner you are welcome :D

[@spidadoc]

Mesmerizing is indeed the right word for this watch. Time seems disconnected when holding this watch, watching that blue second hand flow so smoothly over the new fallen snow of the dial. Truly awesome watch.

[@Mistborn94]

Just got a snowflake!!! I love it! Its my first "big boy" watch

[@actnaturally388]

I heard it a thousand times, the saying goes: Get a Rolex to impress others, get a GS to impress yourself. Yeah it’s true👍🏻

[@KLucero22]

More like get a Rolex to be a snob, get a GS to be a watch snob

[@Ninakoklahombi]

Next level. Amazing attention to detail. Looking forward to my first GS.

[@ashleyslingers2814]

GS totally blowing up. Proud owner!

[@Alex_Fung]

I thought the ref# for the snowflake was sbga211?

[@MrChainBlueLightnin]

I believe the watch in this video is an older model (notice it says "Seiko", not "Grand Seiko" above the center of the dial.) On Grand Seiko's website, you are correct, the snowflake is now referred to as SBGA 211. The other " 4 seasons" offerings from GS as well as the Hi-Beat movements are also really beautiful and very precise. Merry Christmas DM

[@Andrew.W75]

Great to see you are at last carrying Grand Seiko & can now talk about them & Seiko in your videos. Now all you need to do is to re make your video on quartz watches to include them!

[@mmacoupon]

Honest question, why did it take so long to get GS on the site?

[@jco1298]

Great video and thank you for providing a safe haven on your lip for my pet caterpillar. He has since made it back home safely.😄

[@CrownandCaliber]

Haha! Thanks J Co!

[@1218omaroo]

To clarify, you're carrying old models as well as new? The SBGA011 has, of course, been superseded by the SBGA211 which finally removes the SEIKO moniker altogether. The 211 is one of my favourites in my collection. Grand Seiko - superlative and pretty-well unbeatable in its and orders of magnitude higher price ranges.

[@rhannay39]

Superb watch, I have mine on a black strap.

[@Ricky.913]

Hey Nathan, you're late to the party 🥳.... Jenni Elle did a Grand Seiko video, like 8 hours ago. Haha, jk. Good video, awesome watch ⌚

[@cmg799]

Nate what’s the reference for your Datejust?

[@charlesdesurne4696]

Personally ,I mostly lean towards watches without batteries for the higher end . I could buy any watch i care to, but a requirement of mine is first and foremost , a watch must be accurate . for me that's no more than a minute a month . less is much preferred. that being said , springdrive is unmatched and my present and future collection reflects that :) I'm glad crown and caliber offers a selection of these . why buy new when gently used will do !

[@Thomas-tq1wz]

Wanted to love this watch. Really a beautifully finished piece. I found it to be so light that it “felt” cheap, however. I think it would have been perfect in SS although I understand why they chose titanium.

[@glenbuyer8738]

Check out the skyflake sbga407. It’s basically the snowflake in Stainless on a strap.

[@uhsweb-manager2997]

I dont understand why you talk SBGa011 when the current GS Snowflake is SBGA211...old news talking about this and you dont even have in stock

[@xekret]

OG dial Snowflake is where its at....

[@davidc5191]

Finally!

[@Johnydanerous]

OMG where can we see the Snowflake of how they made it ? oh and indices are they platinum or Stainless Steel ?

[@paulvon2378]

where you purchase in US?

[@enriqueparedespinel1694]

Call me snob but we all now that GS watches would look better if didn't put the power reserve on their beautiful dials. GS will be THE luxury brand of this decade.

[@bigcosta3478]

What were you wearing on your wrist ?

[@CrownandCaliber]

Hey Big Costa, Rolex Datejust 16200

[@JB-xt3ly]

I’m assuming in-house watchmakers had to be trained and certified to work on and service these pieces, this is what took it awhile to carry?

[@jimlittle5769]

I have the snowflake and it does not have the name Seiko up top. the new ones you buy wont have Seiko at the top.

[@jacobbwalters8133]

GS is still a wholly owned subsidiary of Seiko so I don’t think it is fair to say that they are not at all related. Think of them as the Audi or Porsche to Seiko’s VW.

[@WeibenWang]

I don't quite get it. It's preowned. So why couldn't you stock it before? What stopped you from simply buying used Grand Seiko?

[@jeus_saaa]

So can you now recreate your video regarding quartz watches and mention seiko now?

[@zyembla]

Not to be mean but is kind of insulting to compare the polishing of your rolex to that of GS

[@MTbone7]

I still have not received my swag bag??

[@kelechinobi3085]

I absolutely LOVE GS. I own 3... however I’m always amused when people say SD is not a “quartz” movement. It totally is! The “time keeping” element in it is quartz! What it isn’t is a BATTERY powered watch; power is completely mechanical. I think we’ve grown to classify watches as either “mechanical” or “quartz” which is an oversimplification.

[@J69Nice]

I agree although I think your statement on Spring Drive being a quartz movement is another oversimplification. Whatever people want to call it, it’s a revolutionary concept that the Swiss could only dream of. A beautiful watch!

[@kelechinobi3085]

@@J69Nice Being a quartz movement (which it is) doesn’t make it any less revolutionary. It’s far more complicated and mechanically advanced than any other so called mechanical movement. It’s still quartz, and there’s nothing wrong with that.

[@vktravellog1242]

Spring drive is the third category!

[@iammoro000]

Poor script. The repeative and small vocabulary got too annoying after 2mins

[@corydiliberto7364]

How about showing the watch while you are talking about it instead of showing your mug the whole time. Makes no sense to me!!

[@kamelthorn]

Hi Nathan, for your info, it is a quartz watch!

[@nolanreed7090]

Is it quartz, or is it mechanical? Yes.

[@Andrew.W75]

It's more accurate to say eltro Mechanical

[@MohitYadav-yo9qe]

Well people define a watch by how it's powered. Spring drive is powered by a mechanical movement, quartz crystal only regulates the brake. This watch is a purely mechanical watch. All the confusion in created because swiss watchmakers are not able to digest the fact that this is a way superior movement than theirs.

[@azed1685]

buyer beware with this vendor 🚨

[@1stCarter]

A Snowflake with the measurements of a 36mm Rolex Datejust would be fantastic. Until that happens Rolex gets my hard earned money.

[@lololedo1105]

Snowflake ready to melt haha..3 times seiko written on the watch ..come on!!!!

[@CubanBBQ]

Your first snowflake as an AD is a last gen no longer in production snowflake? Weird. Or are you selling this preowned? Why couldn’t you sell it preowned before becoming an AD?

[@wifeyloveswatches]

Crown and Caliber is not an AD. They only sell pre-owned.

[@Andrew.W75]

They are a seller of pre owned watches like Watch Finder

[@liviapatricia6979]

I'm Single 😍😥

[@vricardo917k]

Why is Grand Seiko using a logo with a medieval european typeface that immediately takes you to a time when people were burned alive for saying the earth was not the center of the universe? They're a great XX century japanese company, that wants to project its highest levels of technology and innovation, such as the spring drive. They've achieved undisputed leves of accuracy while displaying the highest quality finish ever, even under a macro lens! And yet they're brand image is portrayed by a horrible logo that has nothing to do with their culture or what they stand for as a brand in the XXI century! Just an insane and ghastly marketing mistake. Please let them know that.

[@Andrew.W75]

It's because the founder of Grand Seiko is a direct descendant of Matthew Hopkins the Witchfinder General lol