Summary • SLGB005 “Violet Dawn” is Grand Seiko’s Ice Forest watch in Ever-Brilliant Steel • It features a highly accurate Spring Drive U.F.A. movement with a rate of ±20 seconds per year • Limited to 1,300 pieces; releasing November 2025
Grand Seiko has unveiled the SLGB005 “Violet Dawn,” the latest Spring Drive U.F.A. creation that captures the serene beauty of a frost-kissed dawn in Shinshu’s Kirigamine Highlands. As the third Ice Forest model and the first U.F.A. timepiece crafted from Ever-Brilliant Steel, the SLGB005 features a dial textured like crystalline frost and suffused in deep violet that brightens toward the center. This vivid backdrop accentuates the seamless glide of the silvered seconds hand, a visual metaphor for time’s tranquil unfolding.
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