Seiko Prospex The 1959 Alpinist Modern Re-interpretation

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Technical specifications

Functions

  • Hours
  • Minutes
  • Seconds
  • Date

Movement

  • Self Winding/Automatic
  • Manufactured

Case

  • Round
  • Stainless steel
  • Brushed & Polished
  • 12.90mm
  • 38.00mm

Glass

  • Sapphire

Water resistance

  • 20.00atm / 200.00m / 660.00ft

Buckle

  • Deployment Buckle
  • Stainless steel

Strap

  • Stainless steel

Year

  • 2021

Official description

It was in 1959 that Seiko’s first Alpinist watch was introduced to meet the needs of mountain climbers and recreational field sports enthusiasts. From the start, it was well received and, over the ensuing decades, its reputation spread far beyond the Japanese market for which it was first intended. Remarkably, it was the first Seiko watch ever produced with sports in mind and it blazed a trail that led to the development of many landmark timepieces and timing devices for sports, from stopwatches to diver’s watches, in the decades that followed. While its core character has remained unchanged, its design has evolved over time. Today, the first Alpinist watch from 1959 is re-born in a re-creation that has the high functionality that characterizes the Prospex collection, whose very existence owes so much to the first 1959 Alpinist.