# Grand Seiko SLGW003 "Birch Bark" Evolution 9

- **Brand:** Grand Seiko
- **Price:** $11,600.00
- **Catalog:** exquisitetimepieces
- **Retailer:** exquisitetimepieces
- **Product URL:** https://go.cosimo.shop/r/gAAAAABqz3C1m0eDZuN3CT33W-e8Z_ORGv5UOhLVA7qbPAy74C_h2jxu5gpQ6ZwsG1ig52w7WOyFce76b0MzSWUNiyut4tPlLiSI0OWasdcUrK0tH-eNDX5IlKyzQwJ9-DdTP_N-nPW3EDNl26fUZ0mzA7zU1qQ-FevThcc3DmKCP3_gZqejXRTLG3qMgNl4Khxxi_3HY-qkp9-pEeTKSmcGtSQB3ZrxQouMp_7CWeK-8BXeZsc_8sQwG6a2xtAsoBp9Korf9GMKme7zhDKedNO93y0rEqDK5jH3xMXmiR_fVJpKrlM4JS5TTIPQ740hyBnRKkkGfNECvaEFbSahi70JKn9P-I-iJnBCqZSrwDWF6iPgrxoX_uZ9g5tTxU5mAIUltVYxC7G8AgF7dqypwvGBkK9EAfKjxklJUi9kMkDPHvD_-u_ad5SANwvcqHdx9M30wRUS2zw-KqanaabUfRhlrpZ-EzkZs5y4zYWDSJ3xcrpR-RUpwEE=
- **GTIN:** 029665225719
- **Availability:** In stock

## Summary

Luxury manual-winding dress watch featuring a textured silver 'Birch Bark' dial, titanium case, and a black leather strap.

## Description

This dress watch is equipped with the Grand Seiko Caliber 9SA4, the brand’s first manual-winding 36,000 vph mechanical movement to be created in approximately 50 years.Today, the ritual of winding a watch is one of life’s pleasures. The simple act of turning the crown taps into the senses to forge a deeper connection with time’s natural flow. In the 1960s and ’70s, manually wound 10-beat Grand Seiko creations were manufactured in the pursuit of better rate stability and higher precision.Caliber 9SA4 makes its debut in a new dress watch belonging to the Evolution 9 Collection, whose design represents a continuation of the Grand Seiko Style that reaches back to the iconic 44GS of 1967. Only this time, the Evolution 9 Style itself has been further refined to create a watch that instantly communicates the charm, elegance, grace, and subtlety one would expect of a hand-wound dress watch. Several aspects of the design have been revisited – from the prominent, grooved indexes, which have been slimmed down and elongated, to the multifaceted lugs, which are now narrower and have a smaller surface area. The watch’s center of gravity has been lowered to ensure the comfort and stability for which Grand Seiko’s Evolution 9 creations have become renowned.The case and clasp are made of Grand Seiko’s Brilliant Hard Titanium. The alloy is brighter than traditional titanium, causing the case’s Zaratsu-polished surfaces to appear even more radiant and achieving a sparkle of quality and beauty befitting a Grand Seiko dress watch. Brilliant Hard Titanium makes the watch not only light but also highly resistant to corrosion and scratches while commanding a hardness double that of standard stainless steel.The movement achieves a higher winding efficiency thanks to a rearrangement of the gear train and redesign of the parts, so that Caliber 9SA4 achieves a power reserve of 80 hours with 15 percent fewer crown rotations than are required to achieve the same power for Caliber 9SA5 when winding it by hand. Thanks to its svelte movement, the latest birch-inspired mechanical watch is 38.6mm in diameter and achieves a slimness of 9.95mm.

## Appearance

- **Colors:** Silver
- **Materials:** Titanium, Leather

## Variants

- **In stock:** 1 of 1
- **Available:** Silver

| Color | SKU | Availability |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Silver | SLGW003 | In stock |

## Categories

- **Categories:** New

## Additional Attributes

- **GTIN:** 029665225719
- **Type:** Strap
- **tags:** Heritage
- **Color:** Silver
- **Glass:** Sapphire crystal
- **Hands:** Silver
- **Shape:** Round
- **Gender:** Men's
- **vendor:** Grand Seiko
- **Caseback:** Exhibition
- **Material:** Leather
- **Warranty:** 5 Year
- **Condition:** New
- **Functions:** Hours, Minutes, Seconds, Power Reserve
- **Thickness:** 10mm
- **Lug to Lug:** 45mm
- **Buckle Type:** Three-fold clasp with push button release
- **Dial Markers:** Indexes
- **product type:** New
- **Movement Type:** Manual
- **shopify handle:** grand-seiko-slgw003-evolution-9
- **Case Description:** High-intensity titanium
- **Dial Description:** Silver
- **Reference Number:** SLGW003
- **Water Resistance:** 30m (3 ATM / 99 ft) — suitable for Light splashes, not for swimming
- **Case Diameter ⌀:** 38mm
- **Strap Description:** Crocodile Leather
- **Movement Description:** Mechanical Manual, Caliber 9SA4, 36,000 vibrations per hour, accuracy +5 to -3 seconds per day, 80 hours power reserve, 47 jewels

## Enrichment

- **Type:** watch
- **Type Synonyms:** wrist watch, timepiece
- **Gender:** unisex
- **Age Groups:** adult
- **Tags:** analog dial, leather strap, textured dial, manual winding, titanium case, silver-tone, blue hand
- **Styles:** formal, luxury, minimalist
- **Colors:** silver
- **Color Families:** Gray
- **Category Path:** Apparel & Accessories > Jewelry > Watches > Fine Watches
- **Band color:** Black
- **Band pattern:** Solid
- **Case color:** Silver
- **Case pattern:** Solid
- **Dial color:** Silver
- **Dial pattern:** Organic, Texture
- **Watch case shape:** Round
- **Watch display:** Analog
- **Watch features:** Manual Winding
- **Watch material:** Leather, Titanium
- **Watch movement type:** Mechanical (Hand-Wound)
- **Canonical Brand:** Grand Seiko

## Images

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