round a decade ago, Grand Seiko’s engineering team were given a challenge to develop a slim, compact, and highly precise mechanical movement that would be suited to smaller-sized timepieces. The women’s watch market was already on an upward trend, and mechanical movements were increasingly of interest to female watch buyers and collectors. While Grand Seiko had watches for ladies, they were all quartz-powered models. This was unusual given that its first wristwatch, the
