The Seiko Ice Diver is Back in a New Series Inspired by Antarctic Exploration and Naomi Uemura
Seiko?s latest special edition dive watch series is yet another regional release exclusive to the US market. The Seiko Prospex ?Ice Diver? trio seen here is a take on the recently released SLA049 and SLA051, both tributes to Japanese adventurer and Alpinist Naomi Uemura. Those watches, announced this past February in a flurry of activity from the brand, were in turn new and more luxurious takes on the 6105, the much admired ?Captain Willard? diver. Coming in at around $3,000, those initial Uemura watches were clearly targeted at collectors and serious enthusiasts, while the latest Ice Divers share a similar look but come in at a more approachable $1,400 each.Â
The concept of the Ice Diver was introduced last year in a set of dive watches that ostensibly took inspiration from watches worn in the 1960s by members of the Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition (JARE). The dials of the watches in that initial set had a cool tone that evoked the barren antarctic landscape, along with some subtle texture. We get much the same here in this year?s set, but with additional analogues to Uemura, namely the 6105 inspired case shape.Â
According to Seiko, the dials here in gray, blue, and green are each representative of a precise glacial hue. The texture on each is designed to play with the light and shift color in interesting ways, not unlike polar ice itself. Seiko special and limited editions often feature dials that scream of novelty or are made in unusual, non tra...
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