Seiko Dive Watch SFK003, Orange, Automatic Watch

Description

Seiko SFK003 Prospex Solar GMT Dive Watch Designed for those who treat life as the ultimate adventure, Seiko Prospex keeps moving forward, tackling every challenge with technological excellence and winning design. Combining Seiko first GMT solar movement with the bold lines of an iconic Prospex design, this strong and rugged dive watch features an energy-efficient solar cell, powered by any light source, with no need for battery change, providing a 9-month power reserve when fully charged. Designed for high visibility, the deep green sunray dial features large LumiBrite hands and markers, an orange GMT hand, and a date calendar. Following ISO standards for diving to depths of up to 200 meters, this exceptional timepiece, made of stainless steel, includes a scratch-resistant sapphire crystal, unidirectional green elapsed timing rotating bezel, triple button closure with secure lock and extender, crown and caseback. Water resistant to 200 meters. Review: A green watch in multiple ways. Solar quartz gives maximum accuracy with zero battery changes. Subtlety textured green dial surrounded by a green chapter ring and green bezel gives a great background for the orange pop of the GMT hand. The two tone chapter ring allows you to track the daylight hours for the GMT hand. This is a Flyer GMT and not a Caller GMT, so it is perfect for going diving on vacations far away from your home time zone. The sumo case is large and weighty, but as with most SEIKOs, it wears smaller and comfortably on the wrist. The bracelet’s center band sits slightly raised to give some dimensional interest. I would have expected a case this large to have a 22mm band, but this has a 20mm lug width. Looks good and still in proportion to show off the brushed and polished finishing on the stainless steel case. The date at 3 o’clock and the crown at 4 o’clock positions give it a distinguishing look. I love that it has a sapphire crystal for scratch resistance. The Prospex lines are well made, I own 5 (Turtle, Sumo, Samurai, Speedtimer, and PADI SNE549). The only knock on this watch is the aluminum bezel instead of a ceramic bezel upgrade. Some might have issue with the dive bezel marking instead of the 24 hour GMT bezel, but I respect the design choice that this is a dive watch first and foremost. Review: I like the watch, stupid accurate and light on the wrist for being a bigger case. I just have issues with the (cheapness) of the band. The lock mechanism comes undone easily and therefore has to be re clasped very often.