The 5-minute markers on both watches are applied and finished to a very high degree. Both date wheels are at three o'clock, which I think is just fine. The Citizen has a white dial with a white background (black lettering) on the date wheel. The GS has a black dial with black background (white numbers) on the date wheel. So I will.īoth are smaller dialed watches - the Citizen is 35mm in diameter (9.6mm thick) and the Grand Seiko is 37mm in diameter (10mm thick). While the price differential is about $600 USD, it's clear that Citizen has its sights set on Grand Seiko and is priced aggressively - just so people like me will start comparing the two. I bought both watches in Japan - the Citizen from Sakura Watches and the GS from Seiya Japan. Both of these watches represent the entry into this category and are priced so that a mere mortal can aspire to own either (or both) of them.ĭelivered to my door, including exchange, import fees, duties, and taxes, these come in at $1500 USD for the CTQ57-9034 and $2100 USD for the SBGX261 (I live in Vancouver). These two watches address the same market - people who want high-end quartz accuracy (HAQ) and luxury level finishing. Both of these are basic three handers with date. I don't travel anymore, so having a GMT is of no use (actually back in the day the jumping hour hand of my Omega SMP was ideal). I don't have any watches (other than a few GShocks) in my collection that are anything other than three handers - some with date.
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