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The iconic Seiko SLA033 There are a lot of watch brands out there and there are a lot of watches that claim to be iconic.  Watch brands often claim that there watch is iconic, while that might be true for the brand themself, it often does not mean that the watch is iconic in the watch world.  The SLA033 itself might not be a watch name that rolls off the tongue and perhaps you have never heard of a Seiko SLA033, but you have heard of a Seiko Turtle, this is the watch that started it all.  The watch was...

The Spring Drive Marine Master SBDB011 - The Ultimate Dive Watch Seiko is well known for creating some of the best dive watches around.  When they released the Prospex line of watches Seiko took it as a challange to become the best if not one of the best Dive watches around.  Then you have the ultimate version of the Prospex, the Marine Master.  The SBDB011 has all you could want in a dive watch.  Unique styling done in a way to still pay homage to traditional dive watches.  The toothy bezel of the SBDB011 is easy to grip, even when...

  The SBDC059 Revised History Seiko produced it's first dive watch in 1965.  This Seiko dive watch became an Icon and was re-done and made into a nifty re-issue vintage style with the same look but with modern parts.  This watch was a huge success, so much so that Seiko decided to start adding this vintage style head to their line.  The SBDC059 is one of those watches based on that re-issue. The Green Dial of the SBDC059 I've heard people talk about this watch over and over again.  What is the reason behind all of this interest?  The green...

The SBBN027 - Yellow Fin Tuna? This is a different entry into the Seiko Tuna family.  The Yellow Tuna is has a quartz movement.  It is unlike most of the more recent tuna models that we have seen because of this movement.  A quartz movement in a tuna isn't entirely new, they have released quartz models around the same time as they would do an automatic movement.  What makes this interesting is not only the movement, but the fact that it is a Seiko Marine Master, the high-end Seiko dive line.  The Seiko Tuna is one of the most iconic...

The SBDX013 - An Icon Wears Black The Seiko Tuna is one of the most iconic wristwatches today.  The tuna style watch took over 7 years to design.  They started this long design process in 1968 when a saturation diver complained that his Seiko watch couldn't take the abuse.  Seiko had just gotten into the dive market three years before.  The original Seiko Tuna was released in 1975 by a design team lead my Ikuo Tokunaga.  That watch had a lot going for it, so much so that Seiko was awarded 20 patents.  Later, in 1978, Seiko developed the first saturation...