Hi all - thought I'd post a few pictures and some thoughts about my SBGX263, purchased from SeiyaJapan about 2 months ago.
Overall I love it...37mm size is perfect for my small (6.75") wrist and personal preference.
Bracelet sizing was easy enough with a bit of trial and error a $4 Wera 1.2mm screwdriver purchased from Amazon, I did heat the links to loosen the thread locking compound in a cup of hot water...note the adjustment screws are EXTREMELY TINY, your eyesight/mechanical aptitude will need to be up to the task if you don't want to lose them/scratch up your bracelet/etc.
While the dial color is described as "champagne", I would say it only looks that color under certain warmer lighting conditions...under most lighting I would call it silver.
One of the nicest things about the watch is the way the different index/hand surface angles catch the light, I find the legibility actually better than on my dark-faced SARB033 (shown in a pic below for comparison's sake for those of you familiar with it - I notice a lot of glare on the crystal wearing that watch), though of course the GS has no lume.
It has been absolutely dead nuts accurate as far as my ability to measure it with the WatchCheck Android app (changed the time once for DST.)
As far as the quartz/mechanical "soul" question...well, I love mechanical watches, have owned them for 20+ years...but I think something that can be put away for a couple of days that will be still going strong when you pick it back up has a different kind of "life" to it to be appreciated
Overall I love it...37mm size is perfect for my small (6.75") wrist and personal preference.
Bracelet sizing was easy enough with a bit of trial and error a $4 Wera 1.2mm screwdriver purchased from Amazon, I did heat the links to loosen the thread locking compound in a cup of hot water...note the adjustment screws are EXTREMELY TINY, your eyesight/mechanical aptitude will need to be up to the task if you don't want to lose them/scratch up your bracelet/etc.
While the dial color is described as "champagne", I would say it only looks that color under certain warmer lighting conditions...under most lighting I would call it silver.
One of the nicest things about the watch is the way the different index/hand surface angles catch the light, I find the legibility actually better than on my dark-faced SARB033 (shown in a pic below for comparison's sake for those of you familiar with it - I notice a lot of glare on the crystal wearing that watch), though of course the GS has no lume.
It has been absolutely dead nuts accurate as far as my ability to measure it with the WatchCheck Android app (changed the time once for DST.)
As far as the quartz/mechanical "soul" question...well, I love mechanical watches, have owned them for 20+ years...but I think something that can be put away for a couple of days that will be still going strong when you pick it back up has a different kind of "life" to it to be appreciated
