Quick Facts – 40.5mm x 13.2mm – stainless steel case with black coating, brushed and polished – unidirectional rotatable bezel with two-tone grey and orange 60min scale – screw-down crown at 3 o’clock – sapphire crystal – 200m water-resistance – black dial with beige LumiBrite markers – black hands with beige and orange LumiBrite inserts – Seiko Calibre 6R35 automatic – 24 jewels – 21,600vph – 70h power reserve – brown textile strap with rubber strap alternative – limited to 5,500 pieces – EUR 1,250 Seiko Prospex Black Series L.E. It is limited to 5,500 pieces and retails for EUR 1,250. It’s worn on a brown textile strap and comes with a second one in black rubber. Power comes from Seiko’s Calibre 6R35 automatic, providing a healthy 70h power reserve. It all remains very legible thanks to large indices and hands, with a good amount of LumiBrite. The colour pallet mixes in beige, grey and orange, similar to the previous Black Series we’ve seen. SPB253J1 comes in a fully blacked-out stainless steel case measuring 40.5mm in diameter, and 13.2mm in height. The 62MAS is obviously a very important reference in the brand’s long and storied history and served as inspiration for a whole range of modern remakes in recent years, like the cool SPB239J1 presented last year. SPB253J1įirst up is the SPB253J1, a play on existing Prospex 1965 Modern Re-interpretation models, which in turn are modelled after the 62MAS, Seiko’s first-ever dive watch. The three watches at hand here, the SPB253J1, SPB255J1 and SPB257J1 are derived from various classic Seiko dive watches from the 1960s and 1970s. The Prospex series of watches is home to many recognizable and often iconic designs, and Seiko embraces its historic lineage more and more.
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