Which feels about right for Grand Seiko – the once-cultish Japanese brand that’s made some dramatic leaps the last few years and which, in 2020, has more than a few plans to wind in its 60th birthday.

Beyond the brand’s spanking new Sydney boutique – an Australian first – and plans for a first European outpost at Paris’ opulent Place De Vendome, GS is also thankfully launching some pieces.

And we welcome today’s announcement of a limited-run quartet celebrating the diamond anniversary – which skips a few beats around the whole ‘quartz’ shutdown period – as led by three men’s models.