Rapid melting of ice, overfishing, thousands of tons of plastic and waste in the seas of the planet. The oceans are sending an SOS signal. The problem is burning, global and requires decisions and actions from all. Seiko is a watchmaker with a particular focus on protecting the environment, especially the seas. With the Save the Ocean initiative, he is participating in this titanic race to save the oceans. Some of Seiko’s activities include partnering with the PADI AWARE organization, the world’s largest undersea science movement dedicated to collecting marine debris. More than 70,000 divers are participating, who have created a detailed database of waste that exists on the planet’s floor and provides it to non-profit organizations, governments and local bodies to find solutions. Seiko also collaborates with Japan’s National Institute of Polar Research, which conducts climate change research and studies natural phenomena in the Arctic and Antarctic to predict the effects of global warming. In the 1960s, Seiko supplied their diving watches to a Japanese Arctic exploration expedition, and in 2021 returned to donate Prospex models to Japanese explorers on their Antarctic expeditions. The third Seiko action concerns Greece, specifically the island of Fourni. There, a Japanese company maintains an underwater archaeological dig looking for 4th-century shipwrecks.^you century. The aim of the group of archaeologists is to learn more about maritime trade in the Mediterranean at that time. Since 2015, 59 shipwrecks of historical significance have been discovered in the waters of the Aegean around Furnos.

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Three new dive models have been added to the Seiko Prospex Save the Ocean lineup, a program that offers financial assistance and support to selected marine charities and organizations. This time the focus is on protecting the Earth’s poles. Seiko is renowned for its reliable and durable diving watches. Especially during the golden age of diving, in the 60s and 70s, scientists and explorers trusted her models on their expeditions to the North and South Poles. In 2022, the Japanese giant is presenting modern reissues of three legendary diving watches from that era, drawing inspiration from the glaciers and frozen landscapes of the Arctic and Antarctic. A distinctive feature of these watches is their beautifully embossed dials in three different shades of glacial ice: blue, azure and white.

All three watches are hidden inside the proven automatic caliber 6R35, which provides 70 hours of battery life. Their steel cases are extremely hard coated, they are water-resistant to a depth of 200 meters, and their bracelets have a safety clasp and a special extension. It goes without saying that both the hands and the twelve o’clock markers are coated with a large amount of lumibrite, making them perfectly visible in the dark.

1965 Diver’s Modern Interpretation

It is based on the first Seiko diving watch from 1965, which proved its durability and reliability on the Japanese Antarctic Exploration Expedition from 1966 to 1969. Price: 1300 euros.

1968 Diver’s Modern Interpretation

The blue dial and dark blue bezel pay homage to the iconic dive watch of 1968, the first Seiko watch to be water resistant to 300 meters and powered by a 10x precision automatic movement. Price: 1300 euros

1970 diver‘With Modern Re–interpretation

A white embossed dial and a case with the same characteristic shape as the classic model of the 1970s, which proved to be a valuable ally of the Japanese explorer Naomi Uemura during the period 1974-1976, when she covered the distance of 12,500 kilometers from Greenland to Alaska. alone with a dog sled. Price: 1400 euros

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