Seiko’s Men’s Le Grand Sport Dual Chronograph Watch #SPC043

From the Seiko wall clocks in 1892, the very first pocket watch in 1895, to the first wristwatch made in Asia in 1913, the Japanese company founded by Kintaro Hattori has come a long way.

Today, there are myriad numbers of watches being sold by Seiko and one of them is Le Grand Sport Dual Chronograph Watch (SPC043) for men. The rounded body of this wristwatch makes it a classic watch for men who are into sports. It includes 3 chronograph subdials along with a tachymeter that allows its users to accurately calculate speeds without having to employ a stop watch.

Constructed with high quality stainless steel case, the Japanese product also features the classic Roman numeral hour symbols in silver tone. The watch’s minute indexes are also in silver tone making it a beautiful watch to have. Seiko’s Le Grand Sport Dual Chronograph Watch also has a handy date calendar, is water resistant even at 330 feet and has a stainless steel link. This wristwatch from Seiko is one that spells confidence, class, and enjoyment for different sports –fit for all sportsmen and sports enthusiasts.

Watches are the only kind of jewelry that a red-blooded male can realistically wear with flair and panache. But this watch is a man's man kinda jewelry piece! The dial color is somewhat darker than in the picture., but it sort of straddles an easy mixture between being sporty and elegantl. This is my 2nd Seiko watch. I love Seiko because it represents quality at an attractive price.

The dial color is little darker than shown in image. The chrome glitter in dial makes it great looking time piece

I already smashed this watch into a sharp edge and the face did not scratch, though I got a small scratch on the bezel, but it was not a problem. The watch is astonishingly beautiful except for one minor point: the hands and second and third inner faces are very reflective. You cant tell from the picture, but in real life, it hard to read the time sometimes, unless you move your hand a half inch in a different direction.

The tachymeter markings on the bezel are deeply engraved so they won't scratch off. The crystal is sapphire to prevent scratching. The band has a mix of brushed and polished segments that is nicely done. The buckle is hidden when the band is closed; it looks like continuous links all the way around. It looks and feels like a very high quality item. It's nicer than I expected when I ordered it!

More on the Manufacturer

The Japanese corporation’s founder Kintaro Hattori dreamt of making clocks and watches and I 1881, he founded Seiko. The company’s excellence in watch-making was passed from one generation to the other establishing a multitude of the world’s firsts along the way. Seiko’s culture of innovation brings many consumers back to 19th century Tokyo where Hattori started his first clock shop. The contributions that Seiko made in timekeeping are irreplaceable. With its development of the first quartz clock followed by the very first quartz wristwatch (Seiko Astron) in 1969 to the first Kinetic watch that marked a new age for quartz timekeeping. In an instant, the Japanese-owned company improved the accuracy of its technology and firmly established itself as the standard in sports timing. Seiko is the official timekeeper for the Olympics.

In the year 1984, with its development of its Kinetic technology, Seiko released its very first wristwatch that is powered by movement. The quartz mechanism has unparalleled accuracy. Later on, Seiko came out with the Kinetic Chronograph and auto relay where it automatically resets when you use it. With the development of auto relay, Seiko’s kinetic technology brought forward what the wristwatch manufacturer calls Kinetic Perpetual – a technology that combines a perpetual calendar with its patented kinetic auto relay.

Today, Seiko boasts the newest from its kinetic technology department –the Kinetic Direct Drive where you can see the power your movement generates to make your Seiko watch run accurately. This means that with a Seiko, you won’t need batteries anymore unless of course you choose a wristwatch from the same brand that does not have such a capability. Whatever type of Seiko watch you purchase, you are sure that you are also buying the science and the art of timekeeping thanks to the generations of dedication from Seiko.

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(This article was written by Chanda Shahani and Sigrid Salucop)