Part of this has been to bring over to Seiko the concept of having richly textured, often brightly colored dials. It isn’t a secret that the success of Grand Seiko is prompting Seiko proper to introduce “look-alike” models at lower price points that have a lot of the same flavor. Even though the Ananta watch family is no longer with us, so much of the creative ethos in those watches endures today - not only sharply angled, well-polished cases, but the particular look and feel of the also sharply cut watch dial features and hands, two areas in which the Presage Sharp-Edged watches certainly excel and why I like to think of Seiko as the “king of the diamond-cut dials.”
The Ananta watches not only had cases inspired by traditional Japanese katana blades but were also designed to show off Seiko’s increasingly sophisticated case polishing practices. It was a big deal because it represented the first modern high-end Seiko products for sale both inside and outside of Japan. I was in Japan back in 2009 when the Seiko Ananta collection was launched.
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