Prospex of time (Sabong News)

Watches are a never-ending race. You always want something more because a good watch singles you out from the rest of the crowd. It increases appeal a hundredfold.  In a world where first impressions last, timepieces matter. Among the best watchmakers in the world, Seiko has unveiled its newest high-end quality watches to add to your collection. Two years ago, the Presage Sharp Edged Series established its place in the world of fine watches for marrying distinct modern Japanese style with traditional mechanical watchmaking. The catalog is known for its traditional Japanese aesthetics with strong, angular case designs. This year, the collection expands with five new watches, each bringing an aspect of Seiko’s mechanical watchmaking to the fore. There’s a limited edition GMT, a pair that highlights open-heart caliber, and two more with a multi-hand dial with power reserve, day, and date displays. Similar to the rest of the watches in the series, the dials feature the Asanoha, or hemp leaf, pattern that has been used in Japanese fabrics ever since the Heian period over a thousand years ago. This pattern owes its long-lasting esteem to the fact that the Asanoha plant has always been a symbol of health and vitality in Japan for to its robust and fast-growing nature. The Caliber 6R64 GMT has a wide dial opening that allows the time of day, GMT function, power reserve, and date to be read at a glance. The sharp precision of the hands is echoed in the powerfully three-dimensional indexes. The dial’s rich texture is complemented by the depth of its color, a blue that Ukiyoe artists over the centuries made famous in images of Mt. Fuji in high summer. The GMT display ring shares the same blue in ceramic. Only 900 pieces are available for the Presage watch that will be in stock starting July at the Seiko stores and selected retail partners worldwide. Save for the GMT, all the pieces in the 2022 Sharp Edged Series share a new case design. This new lineup retains all the strength and angularity that gives it its distinctive look. A mirror finish between the top and side surfaces adds sparkle to the timepieces. The elegance of the new design is further enhanced by the inward tapering of the case. Two of the new creations are powered by Caliber 6R38, a new addition to the 6R family of movements. It is specially adapted to allow the wearer to see the beat of the escapement through the opening at the nine o’clock position. It also offers a power reserve of 70 hours. The other two new timepieces feature Caliber 6R21, which has day, date, and power reserve indicators at the three, six, and nine o’clock positions respectively. This is the first appearance of this multi-hand caliber in the Sharp Edged Series. Each of the four dials is in a different traditional Japanese color. Used in the open-heart watches are the Shironeri, the white of unbleached silk and Aisumi, the blue of indigo. Geppaku, the white of the full moon, is used in one of the two multi-hand creations while the sub-dials are in Kuritobi, the color of the black kite. The Japanese brand’s reputation for producing reliable and durable diver’s watches was forged between the ’60s and the ’70s when Seiko became the popular choice of adventurers and researchers on expeditions to the north and south poles. The Prospex collection gets modern reinterpretations of three iconic diver’s watches from this period, drawing design inspiration from the glaciers that shape the landscapes and seascapes of the Arctic and Antarctic. The dials evoke a different shade of glacial ice, from deep blue to white. Captured in the intricately patterned dials are the power and beauty of the snow landform. Watches are a never-ending race. You always want something more because a good watch singles you out from the rest of the crowd. The deep-blue dial watch is based on Seiko’s first diver’s watch from 1965, which proved its reliability when used by members of the Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition from 1966 to 1969. A light blue dial and a darker blue bezel grace the rework of the landmark 1968 diver’s watch, which was the first Seiko watch with 300m water resistance and a 10-beat automatic movement. A white dial is encased in the same distinctive shaped case as the 1970 classic that proved its strength and endurance when worn by the Japanese adventurer Naomi Uemura in the years 1974 to 1976 completing a 12,500km solo dog-sled run from Greenland to Alaska. All watches are powered by the tried and trusted Caliber 6R35, which delivers a power reserve of 70 hours. Water resistant up to 200 meters, they are presented on steel bracelets with secure clasps and extenders. The cases have a super-hard coating and the crystals are of sapphire with an anti-reflective coating on the inner surface to ensure high legibility from every angle. All 12 indices have a generous coating of Lumibrite, as do the hands, to maximize legibility in the dark. These three watches are part of the Seiko Prospex Save the Ocean series, a program that delivers financial and other support to chosen marine charities. To learn more about the various projects of the Save the Ocean initiative go to Seiko’s tradition as a pioneer in sports timing started when the company introduced to the world’s sporting stage a range of timing devices that set a new global standard of precision in the ’60s. Since 1985, the watch brand has been the timekeeper of choice for World Athletics. In 2022, for the 17th consecutive time, Seiko will deliver its state-of-the-art timing services to the World Athletics Championships, which will take place in Eugene, Oregon, the spiritual home of the sport in the US. This new Prospex Speedtimer Limited Edition Chronograph celebrates the sporting heritage of both Seiko and this hallowed venue and honors the performances of the approximately 1,800 athletes who will take part in the championships. Only 400 of the Speedtimer chronograph will be available.