Prospex 1965 Diver's Modern Re-nterpretation Limited Edition SLA066

1965 Diver's Watch Modern Re-interpretation Save the Ocean U.S. Limited Edition. Designed for those who treat life as the ultimate adventure, the Seiko Prospex line meets every challenge with technological excellence and style. Part of a rich legacy of innovation in high-intensity timekeeping, Prospex continues to celebrate a long history of sports watch excellence with recreations and reinterpretations of landmark achievements. Updated with today's technology and materials, and a sleeker and thinner profile, this extraordinary Limited Edition, exclusively available in the U.S. in a controlled production run of 300 with the serial number engraved on each caseback, reimagines Seiko's 1965 diver's watch, the first made in Japan, with a water resistance,legibility and durability that made it standard equipment on the Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition (JARE), and propelled Seiko into the forefront of dive watch design. Paying tribute to underwater archaeology, this reinterpretation features a light champagne sunray dial with a design inspired by ancient astrolabes, used to find latitude and time based on the position of the stars and the sun. The caliber 8L35 26-jewel automatic movement, hand-assembled at Seiko's Shizukuishi watch studio with the increased torque necessary for smooth operation of the enlarged diver's watch hands, beats at a frequency of 28,800 vibrations per hour, with a power reserve of approximately 50 hours, and provides manual winding capability. Following ISO standards for scuba diving to depths of up to 200 meters, this superbly functional watch,in stainless steel with gold finish, also includes a date calendar, LumiBrite markers and hands for enhanced legibility, dual curved sapphire crystal with anti-reflective coating on the inner surface, screwdown crown and caseback,brown uni-directional rotating elapsed timing bezel and brown silicone strap. As part of Seiko's "Save the Ocean" campaign, a portion of the proceeds from sales of this exceptional Limited Edition will be contributed to marine conservation. Packaged in a Limited Edition collectors' box. 200m Water Resistant

Technical Data

Caliber 8L35

28,800 vibrations per hour

26 jewels

Power reserve: approximately 50 hours

Case Diameter: 41.3mm

Case Thickness: 13.1mm

Case Length: 47.6mm

1965 Divers Modern Re-Interpretation

Features

1965 Diver's Watch Modern Re-interpretation Save the Ocean Limited Edition

A portion of the proceeds supports marine conservation as part of the Seiko "Save the Ocean" campaign

Limited Edition of 300

Re-interpretation of Seiko's first diver's watch,with a thinner,sleeker profile

Automatic with manual winding capability

Brown uni-directional rotating elapsed timing bezel

Light champagne sunray dial with pattern inspired by ancient astrolabes

Date calendar

LumiBrite hands and markers

Screwdown crown and caseback

Packaged in a Limited Edition collectors' box

Production serial number engraved on caseback

Prospex Automatic Diver