2024 Seiko Heritage Turtle 1968 Re-Interpretation SPB315J1
Ref: SPB315J1 (6R35-01Z0)

Points of Mention

This watch is sold with its original Seiko box and paperwork. The watch comes paired with its 20mm Seiko 5-link brushed stainless steel bracelet secured by a fliplock three-fold deployant clasp; all links are provided. The watch is from February 2024 and is sold in worn but very fair condition as you can see, likely worn a handful of times at most. The watch comes with its original Manufacturer's Warranty.

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The Watch

Here we have a 2024 Seiko Heritage Turtle 1968 Re-Interpretation SPB315J1, made to celebrate the anniversary of the 1968 Seiko ref: 6105-8009 “Professional” dive watches, designed to be robust with a recessed signed crown which Seiko called “anti-snag” at 4 o’clock, introduced in 1968 as a replacement for the 62MAS. A brushed stainless steel C-shaped case, nicknamed the “Turtle” resembling a Sea Turtle shell, curves over your wrist with drilled lugs, a lug-to-lug length of 47mm and a case thickness of 12mm give the watch an impressive wrist presence. The case and bracelet are coated in Diashield, a Seiko proprietary material, which gives the watch resilience to scratches and scuffs. Sitting like a cushion, Seiko gets wrist ergonomics so right on their dive watches. Down the right side at 4 o’clock a screw-down crown sits recessed into the case for protection and a seamless profile, a unidirectional stainless steel bezel has a black 60-minute insert with gold-toned numerals holding a domed sapphire crystal AR coated on the inside above a matte black dial. A gold-toned outer minute track has applied gold-toned baton indexes liberally coated in LumiBrite giving them dimension to mark the hours, between the 4 and 5 is a colour-matched date window, thick gold-toned sword hands are infilled with the same luminance complemented by a traffic light red and white counterweighted sweeping second hand. At 12 o’clock we have the gold-toned Seiko motif and at 6 o’clock the gold-toned Prospex logo and “Automatic Divers 200m” are printed underneath completing this vintage-inspired dive tool watch. On the reverse, a screw-down case back with the Seiko Tsunami in the centre, inside an automatic Seiko 6R35, 24 jewels, 21,600 beats per hour. The watch comes paired with its 20mm Seiko 5-link brushed stainless steel bracelet secured by a fliplock three-fold deployant clasp, all links are provided and the watch comes with its Seiko presentation box, swing tag and paperwork.

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