SEIKO - Prospex Marinemaster Sea Golgo 13 Limited Edition NEW
The Japanese watchmaker
Seiko has recently updated its family of
expensive diving watches with a new limited edition model. Created
together with the local Shogakukan publishing company, the new
Seiko Prospex Marinemaster Golgo 13 Limited Edition (Ref. SBBN023) watch pays homage to the iconic “
Golgo 13″ series of
manga
comic books, which is centered around the eponymous character who
happens to be a professional assassin. Although the character clearly
prefers to do his job with a scoped M-16 automatic rifle (a strange
choice of weapon for a professional killer, but at least it looks nice
on pictures), there is always a room for a diving suit and a good old
speargun.
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Presented in a huge stainless steel body that measures whole 47
millimeters in diameter and is decorated with a layer of black
PVD
coating, the new
Seiko Prospex Marinemaster Golgo 13 is powered by the well-known
Seiko caliber 7C46 magnetically shielded quartz movement.
Although lacking the thermocompensating technology that the high-end
Swiss
quartz is known for, the mechanism is still very good in terms of
both reliability and accuracywith acceptable monthly loss/gain of less
than 15 seconds (with actual timekeepers often loosing or gaining no
more than a second or two per week).
Built on 7 jewels and having an approximate battery life of about five
years, the movement is equipped with a standard end of life indicator
with the central seconds hand starting to jump in two seconds intervals
when the battery needs to be swapped for a new one.
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As usual for this family, the dial of the timekeeper sports a very
legible, highly contrast layout with huge hour markers and wide luminous
hands (even the seconds hand has a large luminous dot on its
counterweight so that you can always be sure that the watch keeps
ticking, even when deep underwater).
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Although the line of quartz-powered models is sometimes referred to
as a ‘poor man’s Marinemaster’, the watch is not particularly cheap with
some specimens available for pre-order on
eBay for pretty much
impressive
$1450 USD.
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Although the price may scare away a great deal of cash-strapped
enthusiasts, the watch still seems to offer a good value for money
since, in return, you not only receive a nicely executed limited edition
model (
Seiko plans to limit the Marinemaster
Golgo 13′s production to
meager
500 pieces), but also get a chance to enjoy the legendary
Japanese quality.
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Technical details
Movement:
Quartz,
Seiko caliber 7C46, in-house, Made in Japan
Number of jewels: 7
Power reserve: Approximately 5 years
Functions: Hours, minutes, seconds, date, diving scale
Case material: Stainless steel, black
PVD-coated
Bezel material: Matches case
Crown material: Matches case
Case shape: Round
Bezel shape: Round
Case size: 47.00 mm
Dial: Black
Numerals: Arabic (on the bezel)
Hour markers: Luminous
Hands: Steel, luminous
Water resistance: 300 meters
Strap: Black rubber band
Crystal: Hardlex (hardened mineral glass)
Case back: Solid
Only 500 Limited production
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