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No other watch brand in the world has quite the grasp of winter weather as does Grand Seiko. Its legendary Snowflake, the SBGA011 (the original) and the current SBGA211, have become truly iconic, mentioned alongside many of the greatest watches ever made, and are something of a symbol for the Japanese company. Thus, when we got our first opportunity to create our own Grand Seiko limited edition, we immediately knew that it should have a similar connection to ice and snow.
And thus we set out to design the SBGE249, inspired partially by the SBGA125 and its remarkable “blizzard” dial. Forum members have since dubbed the SBGE249 the Silver Blizzard, an entirely fitting title, and so we’ve begun to call it that ourselves. Although the SBGE249 was undeniably inspired by the SBGA211 and the SBGA125, we also wanted it to fill a niche that neither of those watches did. While the SBGA125 was a limited edition that’s long ago sold out, the Snowflake is still around. Thus, we decided to create this comparison, exploring how these two watches differ and why a Grand Seiko fan might prefer one or the other.
The Snowflake you’re already familiar with, beautifully depicting gentle snowdrifts with a surprising degree of accuracy. It does an impressive job of making it look as if there is actual snow on the dial. The Silver Blizzard, conversely, differs first by color. Although it comes off as white, it’s actually silver. The texture was designed to resemble that of a blizzard, with countless snowflakes falling, although this design is somewhat more abstract than that of the realistic Snowflake.
The difference in texture is perhaps most pronounced at the power reserve. The SBGA211’s beautiful power reserve is recessed into the dial, appearing to sweep across the snow. The SBGE249, conversely, is designed to resemble a blizzard, and it didn’t make sense from a design perspective to depict that the blizzard was somehow swept aside by the power reserve hand. Thus, we opted to place the power reserve subdial over the texture.
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