Review: Seiko “Monster” SRPD25
There was a time not too long when the Seiko Monster was considered something of a left-field choice in the large range of Seiko dive watches. It certainly wasn?t as commonly recommended as the vaunted SKX007 and the many Turtles the brand has released in the last few years. While the specs and construction made it a serious tool watch, the design was a love-it or hate-it hunk of steel that barely resembled a watch, let alone other divers in the Seiko catalog. Like Brutalist architecture, the design of the original Monster was modular, bare, and characterized by an interest in the materials it was made from. You could call it the Boston City Hall of dive watches.Â
When I first came across the Monster, it was an orange oddity with large triangular hour markers that recalled shark?s teeth, and was truly a monster in size, with dimensions exaggerated visually as a result of the distinctive shrouded bezel assembly. Today?s Monster is a different beast altogether. While it?s still a big, chunky dive watch, it?s not nearly as rough around the edges as the original Monsters, which remain popular and have become quite collectible in many variants. The current Monster line up is a little slimmer and more refined, and doesn?t have the same in-your-face styling as the original.
This iteration of the Monster is more grown up, not quite as weird, and definitely worthy of being in the same discussion as your Turtles, Samurais, and Tunas. Like all of us, the Monster has gotte...
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