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SEIKO PROSPEX DIVE WATCHES | SRP OF WATCHES REVIEWED: £349-£550
Mark Evans: Seiko has a rich heritage when it comes to dive watches. The company launched its first dive watch way back in 1965, and also devised the expansion strap, to keep it tight on the wrist through pressure changes, and an L-shaped gasket that achieved world-class impermeability. Ever the innovators, the brand released the world’s first computerized dive watch in the form of the Scuba Master in 1990, which was equipped with water and depth sensors so it could show dive time and depth, and this was followed up in 2000 with the Diving Computer Watch, which as the name suggests was a real precursor to many of the wristwatchstyle dive computers on the market today. Over 55 years later, Seiko is still producing dependable and desirable dive watches. Head over to the Seiko website and click on their Prospex range and you will be literally spoilt for choice. I took a selection for test dive just to whet your appetite. The Seiko Prospex Save the Ocean ‘King Turtle’ SRPF77K1 (SRP: £550) is particularly noteworthy. At first glance it looks like a traditional, old-school dive watch. Water-resistant to 200m, it has a screw-case back and screw-down crown (in the 4pm position, rather than 3pm, which I prefer, both for looks and practicality – it doesn’t snag on things as much), a chunky uni-directional bezel which is easy to adjust
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