Grand Seiko “The First” J14070Model: Grand Seiko The First J14070 Year: January 1962 Features: The Gamble. Before there was a design language, before Zaratsu polishing became shorthand, and before Grand Seiko meant anything. With hindsight, its all too easy to see the J14070 as an inevitable success, but there was no guarantee the ambition would be understood, in or outside of Japan. In reality it was a huge gamble. The Ambition. The post war horological landscape had been