Seiko Prospex Automatic Diver's 1968 Save The Ocean watch blue dial steel bracelet 42 mm

Seiko and diving

The Japanese Manufacture Seiko is known to watch lovers as one of the most reliable and legitimate brands in the world of diving watches. Since the launch of its first diver's watch in 1965, Seiko has been dedicated to exceeding divers' expectations with its innovative technology, creating timepieces that will help you cope with deep water obstacles in a wide variety of situations around the world. These timepieces have proven to be equal to the rigours of the environment and have received praise from professional divers.

A 1968 Diver's with polar roots

Seiko has had great success with the special edition "Save the Ocean" watches, which has been growing year on year since 2018, when Seiko partnered with Fabien Cousteau, grandson of legendary explorer Jacques-Yves Cousteau. By combining the rugged styling of its most affordable dive watches with unique, textured dials, the Manufacture has managed to create one of the most popular sub-collections. Today, Seiko welcomes to its Prospex collection three modern reinterpretations of the legendary dive watches of this period, whose design is inspired by the glaciers that these pioneers traversed and that shape the land and seascapes of the Arctic and Antarctic. Each has a dial that evokes a different shade of glacial surface, from deep blue to white.

This Prospex watch reference SPB299J1 is the modern reinterpretation of one of the Japanese brand's most iconic watches! A contemporary version of the original model released in 1968, it was at the time a revolutionary watch with a water resistance to 300 m and a Hi-Beat 36000 automatic movement, a world first at the time! With a monobloc structure, unidirectional rotating bezel and screw-down crown, this timepiece pushed the boundaries of precision, durability and ease of use in watches for professional and amateur divers.

For this Save The Ocean edition, the new model is true to its design heritage, but updated to meet the standards of today's Prospex collection. It offers comfort and fit on the wrist by adopting a narrower case size of 42mm. It features a light blue textured dial and a darker blue bezel, evoking the beautiful Antarctic landscape. The hour markers and hands are Lumibrite coated to ensure optimum legibility in the darkest of conditions.

The watch is water resistant to 200 metres and comes on a steel bracelet with an extension and secure clasp. The case has an ultra-hard coating and the sapphire crystal has an anti-reflective coating on its inner surface to ensure great readability from all angles.

Technical side

This Prospex Diver's 200 is equipped with the Manufacture calibre 6R35 with automatic winding. This is one of the Japanese firm's essential movements which is notably used in most of the brand's watches. It beats at a frequency of 21,600 vibrations per hour and offers a comfortable 72-hour power reserve, allowing you to alternate with your other watches without having to systematically wind it. Designed to be reliable and robust, its construction is as simple as possible. On the complication level, the day and the date are displayed in an aperture at three o'clock, which is very practical in everyday life! Concerning the precision, the tolerance indicated by the firm is from -15 to +25 seconds per day.

In brief

• A modern reinterpretation of a legendary diving watch
  A special edition supporting the preservation and protection of the ocean
  A sublime textured dial with a deep and hypnotic colour