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The Reading Room · Archive · 17 September 2026

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Updated 17 September 2026

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Grand Seiko Elegance SBGW325

Brice Goulard introduces the Elegance SBGW325 — a 37.3mm steel limited edition of 600 that revives the Arabic-numeral layout of the first hand-wound 9S (SBGW003) with calibre 9S64.

Brice GoulardSep 17, 2026, 2:41 AM EDTmanufacture introducingPublished earlier than the last 24 hoursThis week

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  1. Blancpain Lady B

    Xavier Markl covers the Lady B — a 19mm spherical steel or red-gold mechanical watch marking 70 years of the Ladybird, with strap-through caseback and manufacture calibre 615.

    Xavier MarklSep 17, 2026, 6:01 AM EDTheritage anniversary introducingPublished earlier than the last 24 hours

Dated packet of 2026-09-17 · Updated 2026-09-17T12:29:53Z · Discovery cutoff 2026-09-17T12:24:29Z

Selected watch stories from 16–17 September 2026.

Two independently reviewed notes: Grand Seiko’s Elegance SBGW325 tribute to the first hand-wound 9S, and Blancpain’s Lady B marking 70 years of the Ladybird. Links go to original publishers; labels mark primary reporting versus secondary.

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