{"product_id":"grand-seiko-61gs-6145-8030-kirazuri","title":"Grand Seiko 61GS 6145-8030 Kirazuri","description":"\u003cp\u003eThere are vintage Grand Seiko references that collectors discuss at a GTG, and then there are the ones they lose sleep over. The Ref. 6145-8030 is firmly in the second category. It is, to our knowledge, the only reference in the entire Grand Seiko catalogue to combine a hand-hammered case with a kirazuri dial: Two of the most demanding finishing techniques Suwa ever attempted, on the same watch, in 18K yellow gold, and that alone would make it special. The production figure of around 200 examples makes it something else entirely. Alongside the Firsts, the 44GS, and the VFAs, it sits at the very top of the vintage GS hierarchy, not because of its movement, which is the same Hi-Beat 6145A found across the 61GS range at 36,000 vph, but because of what surrounds it. We have never seen one with stickers, and we are not sure anyone has.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe case is solid 18K yellow gold, hand-finished using the hand-hammered technique that, up close, reads as a pattern and in light reads as something alive. The dial carries the kirazuri finish, a word that roughly translates to glittering cut, and what happens there is difficult to describe in flat terms. From certain angles it catches like the sea at dusk. From others, it settles into a soft matte gold. The black-tipped gold indices and hands sit on top of it with the precision and legibility the Grammar of Design demanded, while doing nothing to interrupt the spectacle beneath.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom experience handling this reference, 37.5mm with a lug-to-lug of just 39mm, it wears smaller than the numbers suggest. The short lugs make this one of the most comfortable gold watches of its era. On its 18K buckle and box, it looks exactly as Tanaka intended, and exactly as it did the day someone decided, for reasons we will never fully know, to put it away rather than put it on. Their loss. Emphatically.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eShipped from Tokyo, Japan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition report\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis Kirazuri is dreamy and truly remarkable. The case is immaculate with no visible bumps or scratches.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe original starlight dial, hands, and indexes are immaculate with some sign of tarnishing which is expected. The caseback retains its original sticker.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe watch comes with its original box, outer-box and its original 18K GS buckle and straps.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBRAND: Grand Seiko\u003cbr\u003eMODEL: 61GS\u003cbr\u003eREFERENCE: 6145-8030\u003cbr\u003eDIAL: Original Starlight dial\u003cbr\u003eCASE MATERIAL: 18K Yellow Gold\u003cbr\u003eCASE DIMENSIONS: 37.5mm x 39mm diameter; 18mm lug width\u003cbr\u003eCRYSTAL: Mineral Crystal\u003cbr\u003eCASE BACK: Screw-in Stainless Steel\u003cbr\u003eMOVEMENT: 6145A Automatic\u003cbr\u003eManufacturing date: February 1970\u003cbr\u003eService History: Unknown, ±10s\/day\u003cbr\u003eBracelet\/Strap: Original alligator leather strap with original 18K signed buckle.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"THE TOKEI CLUB","offers":[{"title":"Default","offer_id":47127403135151,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0738\/1450\/7695\/files\/file_c5890043-db90-4bad-a97f-7692d82d1b96.jpg?v=1782817546","url":"https:\/\/thetokeiclub.jp\/products\/grand-seiko-61gs-6145-8030-kirazuri","provider":"THE TOKEI CLUB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}