Grand Seiko 44GS

The watch that established Grand Seiko's style, with flat, polished surfaces that catch the light.

The designer Taro Tanaka set rules for how a Grand Seiko should look, and the 44GS became the model. The brand calls them the grammar of design.

Materials: Stainless steel or gold; hand-wound movement

Manufacture: Made in Japan; the surfaces are polished by a method that gives sharp edges, zaratsu.

The flat, mirror-polished surfaces of the case.

The broad, polished hands and markers.