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Seiko adds a touch of gold to its iconic 1968 Heritage Diver's GMT watch, enhancing its prestige.








Sometimes, watch enthusiasts' passion seems to fluctuate with Seiko's release schedule. This Japoneses watchmaker doesn't keep people waiting every month, but each and every new release is always exciting. Seiko's design language perfectly suits various dial colors an incident materials, always seeking a fair balance between uniqueness and understated classiness.



The brand's latest timepiece is based on typically the Prospex 1968 Heritage Diver's GMT, featuring a deep dark-colored dial with gold highlights on the bezel, adding a little luxury to this sporty wrist watch.



A History Worth Revisiting

Often the 1968 Heritage collection symbolizes a significant milestone in the background of Seiko's diving wrist watches. Its first timepiece highlighted a unibody case along with an advanced automatic movement, more enhancing the water resistance regarding diving watches. The standard it set continues to have a very profound impact today. The present day GMT series, launched inside 2023, adds a practical twin time zone tracking function to be able to its already powerful application watch foundation. Now, Seiko's Seashadow series watch retains its excellent performance although further enhancing its processing.



Two-tone Watch Two-tone sports watches can certainly appear tacky, but Seiko, with its rich history, possesses successfully mastered this grayscale gold color scheme. The actual glossy black dial associated with gold applied hour marker pens, hands, and bezel tattoos pays homage to typical Seiko dive watches. Still the overall design avoids extreme ornamentation. The gray 24-hour GMT (GREENWICH MEAN TIME) hand is perfectly put, ensuring clear readability with no appearing cluttered. Furthermore, often the ceramic bezel not only improves the watch's scratch resistance but in addition adds a touch of luxury.



This watch includes a 42mm diameter and tough luck. 3mm thickness, featuring a hard-coated stainless steel case and is water-proof to 300 meters. The particular crown, located at several o'clock, continues the design vocabulary of the Marinemaster series, developing a more balanced overall views. Internally powered by the under one building 6R54 automatic movement, that boasts a 72-hour power reserve in addition to features an independently variable GMT hand.



Bracelet Upgrade

The largest difference between this enjoy and other models in the very same series is that Seiko features finally equipped the necklace with a tool-free, micro-adjustable form extension mechanism. While the adjusting mechanism is located on the outside in the bracelet, prioritizing functionality above aesthetics, it is undoubtedly any welcome improvement for those who have experienced ill-fitting dive watch necklaces.



Specifications

Model: Prospex 1968 Heritage Diver's GMT Seashadow (SPB534)

Case Material: Stainless steel with an ultra-hard coating

Case Size: 42 mm

Luminous Spacing: 48. 6 mm

Case Thickness: 13. 3 mm

Movement: Seiko 6R54 automatic movement

Water proofing: 300 meters

Crystal: Sapphire crystal with anti-reflective coating

Bracelet: Three-row stainless steel bracelet with micro-adjustable clasp