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If the Zero Oxygen tech works, then the caliber MB 29.27 inside the watch will stay newer for longer. It's a complex caliber, with a chronograph function, the date at three o'clock, link and a 30-minute counter. Then there's a 12-hour counter at nine o'clock and turning Northern and Southern hemisphere globes at link 12 o'clock. Not to be left out, six o'clock is paired link with a 24-hour scale and day-night indication. In short, exactly the type of information that's useful to a mountaineer.

But that's not a dealbreaker. Tudor, let's link not forget, has a perfectly nice, purely practical dive watch – the Pelagos – in link its collections. The BB Ceramic link isn't that, exactly, but then, it never has been.

Will this watch end up being as classic as the Snowflake or Shunbun link It's hard to tell. Both of those releases were a "moment" for the link brand new dial techniques that surprised the market and the introduction for many to what has become Grand Seiko's ubiquitous love of seasons and nature. As lighter dials they're also easier to wear in a variety of situations and the new "Atera link Valley" dial is much more bold and attention-grabbing something that might not be up everyone's alley.