Seiko Prospex Marinemaster
1968 Heritage Diver's Watch
Ever since its first diver’s watch in 1965, Seiko has developed new technologies, features, and designs that have made its diver’s watches favourites among professional divers and adventurers the world over.
In 1968, just three years after Seiko’s first diver’s watch was made, the brand’s engineers raised the bar by creating a high-beat diver’s watch with 300 metres of water resistance, laying one of the foundation stones on which future Seiko diver’s watch development would be based. It featured a high-precision 10-beat automatic movement, a one-piece case construction, a screw-down crown, and a unidirectional rotating bezel.
The 1968 watch struck a chord with successive generations of sports watch enthusiasts thanks to its robust design and high functionality.
Seiko introduces two new creations that re-interpret the design of 1968 in the Marinemaster collection.
The high-contrast design, with its precisely controlled colour and texture of the dial and indexes, boasts outstanding legibility.
The case has a beautiful, distortion-free mirror surface, as inherited from the original design of 1968. The unique case shape is firmly established as one of today’s signature Seiko diver’s watch designs.
The knurled shape the rotating bezel and crown have been improved for a better grip. To ensure the watch's durability, the crown is not screwed directly into the case but locked into a separate component that is built into the case so it can be more easily replaced.
The watch is fitted with a high-transparency, dual-curved sapphire crystal with an anti-reflective coating on the inner surface to enhance legibility. High-intensity Lumibrite applied to the indexes and hands helps to increase safety and reduce stress when diving.
Seiko’s highly accurate and robust Calibre 8L35 is crafted to the highest standards for performance and functional beauty.
