Elegance
Snowflake Grand Seiko Model # SBGA011
I was looking around our in store boutique at Azfinetime.com, and I found myself staring in amazement at the Grand Seiko display. One watch caught my attention in a way that I had never noticed it before. I found myself drawn to the Grand Seiko Model # SBGA011, also know as the “Snowflake”.
It’s a curious nickname. Why would they call this watch a “snowflake”? The answer is quite simple really. It has a uniquely textured snow-white dial that is as unique as a snowflake. No two are exactly the same. Each has it’s own pattern and texture thanks to the 12 step, hand lacquered dial.
The concept for the model was devised one day by an engineer staring out of his office window at a fresh snowdrift that was accumulating in the small Japanese town of Suwa. The snow in this area is light and fluffy because of low humidity. These spectacular dials perfectly mimic a fresh, light, and powdery snowfall.
Another detail that caught my eye was the fine, hand polished, mirror finish of the index markers and hands. They easily reflect any light source and amplify it, just as the moonlight reflects off the fresh snow.
Combine these two dynamite details into a traditionally sized, polished high-intensity titanium case with matching bracelet, and you have one of the most beautiful watches you will ever see. It is simple and elegant.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Mitchel Hirsh - Cigar King
Mitchel Hirsh, owner of Cigar King and Arizona Fine Time, has been working the retail trade since 1960. His father started one of the 1st discount beauty stores in the Chicago area and began teaching him the ins and outs of retail at a very early age.
Throughout out his life, premium cigars, fine watches, and luxury goods have always been a hobby and a passion. After a successful run as a commodity trader at Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Mitchel decided to retire and return to his roots in retail. He purchased his father’s business and began the transformation from a discount store into one of the premier retailers for premium cigars in the country; The Cigar King was born.
The Cigar King is a place where customers can smoke and enjoy a premium cigar and choose from a selection of 200 brands. Displays filled with any type of accessory the mind could imagine line the store, and a beautiful lounge is available for consumers to smoke their cigars in comfort. Realizing he had a captive audience of consumers with a fondness for the finer things in life, Mitchel called on one of his other passions and created Arizona Fine Time, a boutique watch store.
Today, Arizona Fine Time stocks over fifteen unique lines that are exclusive to AZFineTime.com in Arizona if not the entire US. Built beautifully into a nook at the Cigar King, his dream blossomed into a solid business that allows him to work on projects that he has been passionate about for over 40 years.