Grand Seiko
Grand Seiko Sport Spring Drive 200m Diver's SBGA229
The Grand Seiko Sport Spring Drive 200m Diver's (reference SBGA229) is a 44.2 mm stainless steel watch with a black dial. It runs on the spring Drive caliber 9R65 with a 72-hour power reserve and is water resistant to 200 m. It was introduced in 2017.
Specifications
Case
- Reference
- SBGA229
- Collection
- Sport
- Case size
- 44.2 mm
- Thickness
- 14 mm
- Case material
- Stainless steel
- Case shape
- Round
- Crystal
- Sapphire
- Water resistance
- 200 m
- Bracelet / strap
- Stainless steel bracelet
Dial and bezel
- Dial
- Black
- Bezel
- Unidirectional rotating dive bezel
Movement
- Movement
- Spring Drive
- Caliber
- 9R65
- Power reserve
- 72 hours
- Jewels
- 30
- Functions
- Date, Power reserve indicator, Dive bezel
Production
- Production
- 2017 – today (discontinued)
Dial versions
This reference was made with these dials and finishes.
SBGA229 Black
Matte
How it compares within the Sport family
Side by side with other references in the same collection, from the catalog.
| Reference | Size | Material | Dial | Caliber | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SBGA229 (This watch) | 44.2 mm | Stainless steel | Black | 9R65 | 2017– |
| SBGA481 | 44.5 mm | High-intensity titanium | White (lion's mane) | 9R65 | — |
| SBGC253 | 44.5 mm | High-intensity titanium | White (lion's mane) | 9R86 | — |
| SBGE253 | 40.5 mm | Stainless steel | — | 9R66 | — |
| SBGE255 | 40.5 mm | Stainless steel | — | 9R66 | — |
| SBGE257 | 40.5 mm | Stainless steel | Green | 9R66 | — |
| SBGE295 | 44 mm | Stainless steel | Green | 9R66 | — |
| SBGJ237 | 44.2 mm | Stainless steel | Midnight blue | 9S86 | — |
| SLGC009 | 43 mm | Brilliant Hard Titanium | Brown | 9SC5 | — |
About the Sport family
Sport is Grand Seiko's collection of tool watches, with divers, GMTs and chronographs built to the brand's finishing standards. Cases are larger and more robust, often in titanium, with rotating bezels and strong luminous markings.
The catalog includes Spring Drive models with calibers such as the 9R65, 9R66 and the 9R86 chronograph, and high-beat mechanical models with the 9S85 and 9S86, in steel, titanium and titanium with ceramic. Check the bezel action, the bracelet and the condition of the crystal, and confirm the dial colour against the reference.
Quick answers
- What size is the Grand Seiko Sport Spring Drive 200m Diver's SBGA229?
- The Grand Seiko Sport Spring Drive 200m Diver's SBGA229 has a 44.2 mm case, 14 mm thick.
- What movement does the Grand Seiko Sport Spring Drive 200m Diver's SBGA229 use?
- It uses the spring drive caliber 9R65, with a 72-hour power reserve.
- How water resistant is the Grand Seiko Sport Spring Drive 200m Diver's SBGA229?
- It is water resistant to 200 metres.
- Is the Grand Seiko Sport Spring Drive 200m Diver's SBGA229 still in production?
- Discontinued.
- When did the Grand Seiko Sport Spring Drive 200m Diver's SBGA229 come out?
- It was introduced in 2017.
- What is the Grand Seiko Sport Spring Drive 200m Diver's SBGA229 made of?
- The case is stainless steel. Bracelet or strap: Stainless steel bracelet.
Catalog facts checked September 2026.