Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy: Seiko 5 Sports
Ever since I began writing this column, I?ve wanted to cover the Seiko 5. Like many watch enthusiasts, it was an automatic Seiko 5 that first brought me into the world of watches, and I can recall many conversations I?ve had through the years with collectors and non-collectors alike on the many esteemed qualities of the watch.
The Seiko 5 released in 1963 is one of the most recognizable watches in the world, and the Seiko 5 Sports ? released five years later in 1968 ? has been its sportier, younger brother, frequently attracting just as much fame for its born-tough attributes (vintage model pictured above). Both of these collections have been out of regular production by the brand for some time, but this year Seiko decided to revamp the beloved collection in the new Seiko 5 Sports, complete with as much sportiness and versatility as the market has come to expect from the models in this collection.
The release of the refreshed Seiko 5 Sports collection includes 27 new models, broken up between five sub-series: Sports, Suits, Specialist, Street, and Sense. Each of the watches maintains the same basic dimensions and technical features, but differ primarily in colorways, accents, case coating, and dial textures. The design is produced in a very similar style to previous entry-level Seiko Divers like the ever-popular SKX007 (pictured below), and upholds the five attributes alluded to in the name Seiko 5: ?an automatic movement, a day-date display at the three o?clock position,...
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