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Seiko released information and photos on its Japanese Web site about four of its Grand Seiko designers. They are, from left, [Nobuhiro] Kosugi, Toshiro Matsubara, Eichi Hiratani, and Shinichiro Kubo. This post features Kosugi.

Kosugi is a designer of both the Grand Seiko Classic Line, and the Grand Seiko New Line.

The Grand Seiko Classic Line

The Classic Line includes the Grand Seikos pictured below. According to Kosugi, the Classic Line features watches that are “beautiful, gentle, have a feeling of warmth and practicality with classic lines.” In addition, they use dome-shaped (box) sapphire crystals specially designed for Grand Seiko. Seiko Japan worked for years on developing the glass to Grand Seiko standards of cut, thickness, and polish. Development of the glass began in 1996 and concluded in 2001 with the release of Grand Seiko SBGW001. Watches in the Classic Line use 9S Handwinding or Automatic/Handwinding movements.

The Grand Seiko New Line

Kosugi also designed — along with a design team of three other designers not named, and project leader Naoto Fukasawa — the Grand Seiko New Line models pictured below. The distinguishing characteristics of a watch in the New Line are the crown protector, and hour indices on the dial that have curved corners, rather than straight rectangular lines. Watches in the New Line use 9F or 4J Quartz, or 9R Spring Drive movements, and include both mens’ and women’s versions.

One fan of Kosugi’s designs is Japanese blogger Takaki Kuwahara. He shows photos of his Grand Seiko model SBGA015 Spring Drive from the New Line on his Web site at kuwahara.org.

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