A few words on this festive incoming as I nearly missed this model, and it’s turned out to be a bit of a classic. It’s the SBGN007, the original 25th Anniversary version of the 9F quartz GMT, released in 2018 in an edition of 1200. It’s regulated to within 5 seconds a year, earning it an applied gold star underneath the GMT text.

In typically GS style, the watch looks completely different as the time of day and lighting changes. The dial has a huge range of beautiful, deep jewel-like greens, and a subtle ‘GS9F’ texture that either catches the light, or can disappear completely. At times the dial turns such a deep, jet black, it’s like having two different watches.

It’s 40mm, but due to Grand Seiko’s thoughtful design and curving lugs the fit is spot on, and better on a slim wrist than certain other 39mm watches, that have flatter lugs, no crown guards and larger dials and so can seem oversized. It’s also incredibly comfortable, at least once the bracelet is correctly adjusted - third time lucky but well worth the effort!

As ever, GS are hard to photograph and can only really be understood in person and in motion. But it turns out that for me, it’s pretty much the ‘Goldilocks’ watch, the GS model that’s just right.