Grand Seiko Gives The Omiwatari A Harbor Gray Dial And It Will Be Near Impossible To Get

The SBGY007 Omiwatari has been one of Grand Seiko’s most loved dress watches since it came out a couple of years ago. It pairs a slim case with the hand-wound Spring Drive calibre 9R31, and its white dial had a really nice texture. Now, the new SBGY045 keeps that case and movement and swaps in a minatonezu dial, a gray with blue and green in it, but good luck getting one. Not only is it limited to 600 pieces, not only is it available only to people who already own a Grand Seiko, but you also have to be a member of the GS9 Club, the brand’s owners-only community. You join by registering a watch bought from a boutique or authorized dealer, which gets you invitations to member events and access to releases like this one. Grand Seiko has made regional club exclusives before. This is the first one offered to members worldwide.

The case is shared with the SBGY007: 38.5mm wide, 10.2mm thick, with a lug-to-lug of 43.7mm. It’s made out of steel, Zaratsu-polished on the upper surfaces and brushed on the flanks, with a thin polished bevel along the edge of each lug. On top is a dual-domed sapphire crystal, anti-reflective coated, and the screw-in back has a sapphire window engraved “GS9 Club” and “1 of 600”. Water resistance is listed only as splash resistant, with magnetic resistance of 4,800 A/m.

The color is minatonezu, a gray with blue and green in it. The name goes back to the Edo period, when sumptuary laws kept commoners out of bright colors and dyers answered with dozens of muted browns and grays, a palette called shijūhatcha hyakunezumi. Grand Seiko starts with a matte base and lays a thick, glassy coating over it, so the dial has the depth of enamel without being enamel. The indices are faceted tapering batons. At 9, you get an applied gold-tone Arabic numeral with a gold dot next to it, matching the GS logo.

Inside is the in-house calibre 9R31, a hand-wound Spring Drive with 30 jewels. Spring Drive takes power from a mainspring and regulates speed with a quartz-controlled glide wheel. Power reserve is 72 hours, with a power reserve indicator on the movement side, and Grand Seiko rates it to ±15 seconds monthly. Through the back you see heat-blued screws, diamond-cut bevels and a hairline-brushed bridge. Two 19mm calfskin straps come in the box, one chocolate brown and one light gray, each with a steel folding clasp.

The Grand Seiko SBGY045 is limited to 600 pieces and priced at €9,500. While this is only available to GS9 Club members, not all members will get to buy one. They'll have to enter a lottery through the regional GS9 Club websites (EU, US, UK). Grand Seiko says deliveries start in February 2027. See more on the

Club members enter a lottery for the right to buy one through the regional GS9 Club websites (EU, US, UK), where new members can also join by registering an existing Grand Seiko with proof of purchase. Grand Seiko says deliveries start in February 2027. See more on the GS9 Club website.