In The Shop – In The Shop: Four Great Travel Watches (And Accessories) For Life On The Go
With the accessibility and ease of international travel today, it’s no surprise that watches made for life on the go are enjoying a moment. While it once seemed that every fine watch brand wanted to add a chronograph to its arsenal, nowadays we’re seeing an ever-growing selection of GMTs, as well as their cousin, the world-timer, coming to market.
As many experienced collectors will attest, the GMT is among the most useful types of watches one can buy; they let you change time zones with the push of a button or a quick turn of the crown, while also displaying your home time, making sure you never lose track of either.
Here are four of our favorite travel watches currently available in the HODINKEE Shop, as well as some accessories that make traveling with watches that much more enjoyable.
Grand Seiko SBGE227
This model, a very recent arrival in the HODINKEE Shop, was once sold exclusively in the Japanese domestic market. As astute collectors have long known, Grand Seiko’s Spring Drive technology is among the most sophisticated in contemporary watchmaking. Spring Drive pairs the emotion, engineering, and convenience of a mechanical watch with the accuracy and precision of quartz. Because of the glide wheel that regulates its timing, a Spring Drive watch features the smoothest sweeping hand that one is likely to encounter. In the Grand Seiko SBGE277, that tech is equipped with the GMT complication for which Grand Seiko has become well known.
Grand Seiko SBGM221
GMTs are something of a Grand Seiko specialty, so it comes as little surprise that we have another great Grand Seiko option available here in the HODINKEE Shop. One of the best-selling new watches from the Japanese watchmaker’s high-end line is this cream-dialed GMT. This watch is as classic as Grand Seiko gets, and it has all of the most appealing qualities that draw collectors to the Japanese marque. Take, for example, its highly accurate, finely finished automatic movement and its diamond-polished hands and indexes. Grand Seiko makes one of the most consistent, high quality products in contemporary watchmaking while offering a value proposition that leaves an opening for younger enthusiasts and those just starting out collecting.
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