SBGJ203
- Model
- Heritage 44GS Hi-Beat GMT
- Case material
- Stainless steel
- Case size
- 40mm
- Movement
- Automatic
- Calibre
- 9S86
- Dial colours
- Black
- Market value band
- $5k – $15k
SBGJ203 is a Grand Seiko Heritage 44GS Hi-Beat GMT reference.
The case is 40mm stainless steel.
It runs the 9S86, an automatic movement.
Catalogued dial colour: black.
Black-dial 44GS Hi-Beat GMT with a streaked 'Mt. Iwate' dial pattern and a red-accented GMT hand; replaced in 2023 by SBGJ265 in Ever-Brilliant Steel (904L), per Monochrome's coverage of that upgrade. Filed under Heritage rather than left as 'Hi-Beat': grand-seiko.com and Monochrome consistently file the 44GS Hi-Beat line -- including this catalog's already-verified SBGH267 and SBGH269 -- under the Heritage Collection, and no source found contradicts that placement for this reference; Time+Tide's dedicated piece describes it by complication ('Hi-Beat GMT') rather than by marketing collection, which is not a contradiction.
Before you ask.
What movement does the Grand Seiko SBGJ203 use?
The Grand Seiko SBGJ203 runs the 9S86, an automatic movement.
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