Seiko 5 SKX Sports automatic black dial steel bracelet 38 mm

An iconic collection

Appearing in the 1960s, the Seiko 5 was a new standard in the world of affordable mechanical watches at the time. Many even are the watch lovers who discovered watchmaking thanks to one of these models as affordable as robust and reliable! Synonymous with reliability, durability and performance, these values are unquestionably appreciated by mechanical watch enthusiasts around the world.

To celebrate the 55th anniversary of its 5 Sports line, the Manufacture is adding 4 new references to this popular collection. These are inspired by the brand's past, and to that end, they take up the codes of the Seiko divers of the 1980s, in the case of the SKX, a true icon of the brand.

A vintage SKX inspiration

Since 1996 and throughout its 23-year history, the Seiko SKX has become one of the most popular dive watches. This model has existed in two diameters: 42 or 37 mm. The first version reappeared in 2019 with the release of the very first Seiko 5 Sports SKX Style. For 2023, the brand offers a reduced version, 38 mm in diameter, in a neo-vintage spirit!

Thus, we find on this reference, a 38 mm "Diver's SKX" style case in stainless steel, with a thickness of 12.10 mm and a water resistance to 100 meters. It is dressed with a brushed steel "Oyster" style bracelet.

This watch features a matte black dial with circled luminescent hour markers, a "day/date" display at three o'clock, a black unidirectional rotating dive bezel and all protected by a Hardlex mineral glass.

Technical side

This Seiko 5 Sports embeds the manufacture caliber 4R36 with automatic winding. This is one of the Japanese firm's must-have movements that is notably used in most Presage and Prospex watches. It beats at a frequency of 21,600 vibrations per hour and has a power reserve of 42 hours. Designed to be reliable and robust, its construction is as simple as possible. In addition, it offers a most appreciable "Day / Date" complication!

In brief:

• A watch with an iconic design
• An automatic manufacture caliber
• Waterproofing to 100 m