SEIKO – Prospex Marinemaster Collection

SEIKO – Prospex Marinemaster Collection NEW

Baselworld 2015

Prospex Marinemaster celebrates
50 years of Seiko’s diver’s watch excellence

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It was in 1965 that Seiko made its first ever diver’s watch. Half a century on, the list of Seiko’s achievements in this most challenging of arenas for watchmakers is long and distinguished. From the first use of a titanium case for a diver’s watch to the invention of the accordion-style strap and the two layer case to the design of dial markers and hands of unparalleled legibility, Seiko has been a pioneer in the field, and we are proud that the ISO 6425 standard was developed with Seiko’s own standard as its base. Today, Seiko’s diver’s watches are the world’s benchmark for excellence.

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Ref. RLS1503-03

Two new 2015 Marinemaster models offer new advances

The Marinemaster series has long been renowned for the security and precision that the professional diver requires. Two new timepieces in the Marinemaster series embody the very best of Seiko’s 50 years of experience in serving the needs of divers and once again push back the boundaries of diver’s watch technology.

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The Marinemaster Professional 1000m Diver’s

Like its 1975 predecessor, the new Marinemaster Professional 1000m Diver's has the two-layer case construction that is now the trademark of Seiko’s professional diver’s watches. Thanks to the strength of the inner case structure, the specially designed L-shaped gasket and the screw-down glass fixing ring, the watch is effectively impermeable to helium and can be safely used for saturation diving to great depths.

The use of ceramic for the outer shell enhances shock resistance and also prevents any unintentional rotation of the bezel. In September 2014, Seiko professional diver’s watches of the same case construction were subjected to the most extreme test imaginable. Affixed to the exterior hull of KAIKO 7000 II, a remotely operated undersea research vehicle, they performed perfectly down to a depth of 3,000m.
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This new creation incorporates a mechanical caliber specially adjusted for a diver’s watch. The movement is caliber 8L35 and it is made and assembled, as is the complete watch, by Seiko’s leading craftsmen at the Shizuku-ishi Watch Studio. The hands and markers are coated with a new version of Seiko’s Lumibrite, which glows for 60% longer than in the past. The strap is made of extra-strength silicone for greater durability.

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Technical specifications
Model: Marinemaster Professional 1000m Diver’s (Ref. SBDX014)  
Movement
Caliber 8L35
Driving system: Automatic with manual-winding mechanism
Vibration: 28,800 vibrations per hour (8 beats per second)
Power reserve: Approximately 50 hours
Number of jewels: 26 jewels
Case
Titanium with rose-gold color and black hard coating and ceramic case
One-piece case structure (no-case-back construction)
Sapphire crystal with anti-fogging coating
Screw-down crown
Water resistance 1,000m for saturation diving.
Magnetic resistance 4,800 A/m
Diameter: 48.2mm, Thickness: 17.4mm
Band
Extra-strength silicone strap
Price
Approximate recommended retail price in Europe: Euro 3,450
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The Marinemaster Professional 1000m Hi-Beat 36000 Limited Edition

This is a diver’s watch worthy of a fifty year anniversary. Its design echoes that of Seiko’s very first hi-beat diver’s watch from the 1960’s, but its specifications are the most advanced in the field. It has a one-piece titanium case and, thanks to this, the L-shaped gasket and other features, it is impermeable to helium and suitable for saturation diving. The rotating bezel is securely fixed to the case with four screws next to the 12 and 6 o’clock positions.

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Ref. SBEX001G

It has the new Lumibrite for enhanced legibility. The 8L55 movement is specially optimized and adapted for use in a diver’s watch with this structure. This caliber beats at 36,000 vibrations per hour and has a power reserve of 55 hours, and it is also assembled by Seiko’s leading craftsmen at the Shizuku-ishi Watch studio. Each watch comes with both a titanium bracelet with extender, and a black extra-strength silicone strap. Offered in a special presentation box, just 700 pieces will be made, each with its own serial number.

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Technical specifications
Model: Marinemaster Professional 1,000m Diver’s Hi-Beat Limited Edition (Ref. SBEX001)
Movement
Caliber 8L55
Driving system: Automatic with manual-winding mechanism
Vibration: 36,000 vibrations per hour (10 beats per second)
Power reserve: Approximately 55 hours
Number of jewels: 37 jewels
Case
Titanium case with super-hard coating
One-piece case structure (no-case-back construction)
Sapphire crystal with anti-fogging coating
Screw-down crown
Water resistance 1,000m for saturation diving.
Magnetic resistance 16,000 A/m
Diameter: 48.2mm, Thickness: 19.7mm
Band
Titanium with super-hard coating,
three-fold clasp with push button release with secure lock and slide adjuster
A black extra-strength silicone strap is included.
Price
Approximate recommended retail price in Europe: Euro 6,400
Edition
Limited Edition of 700 pcs
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Prospex Kinetic GMT for land sports

Launched internationally at Baselworld 2014, Prospex has already taken its place at the very center of Seiko’s collection. Prospex offers a range of watches that meet the challenge of delivering precision and reliability in even the most adverse conditions. Prospex is built to perform and built to endure the stresses of sports in the sea, in the air and, new for 2015, on land. The new land sports model is perfect for mountaineering and adventuring of all kinds.

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Ref. SUN049

The Kinetic GMT movement offers one-second-a-day precision and the security of never needing a battery change. The cushion-shaped case is robust and allows for easy use of the rotating bezel, which carries a compass for secure and rapid orientation.

Technical specifications
Model: Prospex Kinetic GMT for land sports (Ref. SUN049)
Movement
Caliber 5M85, Kinetic GMT
Powered by the movement of your body
Power reserve: Approximately 6 months
Power reserve indication at the press of a button
GMT hand with easy hour hand adjustment function
Instant-start function
Accuracy: +/-15 seconds per month (at temperatures between 5℃and 35℃)
Case
Stainless steel case with black hard coating
Screw see-through case back, Screw-down crown
Water resistance 10 Bar
Diameter: 45.6mm
Band
Stainless steel, three-fold clasp with push button release with secure lock
Price
Approximate recommended retail price in Europe: Euro 410

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ZENITH – Elite 6150

ZENITH – ELITE 6150 Automatic NEW

THE RENEWAL OF A FIRST-RATE CALIBRE

Zenith presents the Elite 6150 model equipped with a new Manufacture movement: the Elite 6150 calibre. This new mechanical automatic movement is the contemporary version of the famous Elite base movement developed in the early 1990s – an ultra-thin calibre that earned the title “Best Movement of the Year” when presented at the Basel Fair in 1994. 

In response to currents demands, the Zenith engineers and developers have chosen to enhance its performance, as well as its versatility by means of a minimum 100-hour power reserve, a broader 30 mm diameter, along with a central sweep-seconds hand. They have also been careful to preserve the exceptionally slender nature of a movement measuring a mere 3.92 mm thick. Driven by the new Elite 6150 calibre, the Elite 6150 model is distinguished by its classicism and its understated elegance. Its slim 42 mm-diameter case frames a pure, cambered dial punctuated by sleek, graceful hands. A model clearly built to last.

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With the Elite 6150 model and its new Elite calibre, Zenith returns to the very roots of the traditional expertise cultivated by the House: that of an authentic watch Manufacture capable of developing prestigious complicated calibres as well as precise and reliable classic movements. To achieve this, it is bringing back to the forefront its famous Elite base calibre presented in 1994. While this three-hand Zenith movement is still considered one of the most dependable on the market, it had hitherto remained in the shadow of its illustrious relative, the legendary El Primero chronograph calibre. Such a lack of exposure was quite unjustified, since this sturdy and versatile movement has for more than 20 years been impeccably driving both ultra-thin watches and gem-set models from the Zenith range. Determined to perfect its proven qualities and to deploy its virtually unlimited potential within its collections, the Manufacture has therefore undertaken to raise the profile of the Elite calibre. In its contemporary version, the new Elite movement is enriched with enhancements meeting current demands such as a 100-hour power reserve and a more generous diameter. Thereby raised to peak capacity, the new Elite 6150 calibre is destined to be interpreted through a number of upcoming new developments and to occupy the place it deserves within the offer from the brand with the guiding star.

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HOROLOGICAL GENIUS EXPRESSED IN COMPLETE SIMPLICITY

Elite. A name that speaks volumes in terms of the ambitions fuelling this movement developed by Zenith in 1994, the goal being to provide a robust, reliable, accurate and ultra-thin complement to its famous El Primero chronograph. The first Elite calibre already signalled Zenith’s ambition to be a full-fledged Manufacture creating its entire range of movements, from the most complex to the most ingenious. This was a rare phenomenon within the watch industry at the time, especially since very few companies even had their own base movement. Studies on this ultra-thin, adaptable movement began in 1991 and the Elite calibre was born three years later. The brand’s first development to benefit from Computer Assisted Design (CAD) technologies, the multi-purpose movement also intended for other companies was issued in several different versions right from the start.

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This 11-ligne calibre with its more than 50-hour power reserve was envisaged as a long-term product destined to evolve constantly over the years. The Elite calibre made a strong impact at the time of its presentation during the Basel Fair in 1994. Experts lavished fulsome praise on its many assets and noted its exceptional slimness. The trade press even awarded it the title “Best Movement of the Year”. Despite the immediate interest it sparked and a reputation that has remained on a par with its undeniable qualities, the Elite calibre has not yet earned the same degree of fame as the El Primero chronograph movement. By modernising it and notably integrating the latest technical and aesthetic developments, as well as attuning it to current requirements, the Manufacture Zenith is displaying its determination to bring the Elite movement firmly back to the forefront and to give it a starring role in its future developments.

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FOCUSING ON ESSENTIALS

With the aim of making the new Elite 6150 the basis of numerous future variations, the R&D team at Zenith opted to perfect its essential characteristics and to further enhance its performance. It notably addressed the task of doubling its power reserve – previously amounting to 55 hours – by adding a second barrel. The new Elite 6150 calibre now has a generous more than four-day power reserve. Throughout the development process, the movement thickness was the main focus of attention and safeguarding the movement’s original slimness was an absolute must. This challenge has been successfully met, since its 195 assembled parts form an ensemble no more than 3.92 mm thick. Meanwhile, the diameter of the calibre has been considerably enlarged so as to match the sizes of contemporary watches and thus provide a base movement that is more flexible to accommodate a variety of functions in the future. Another notable modification is that the seconds, formerly displayed in a subdial at 9 o’clock, are now displayed by a central direct-drive seconds hand, thereby ensuring improved amplitude, precision and reliability. Thus powering central hour, minute and seconds hands, the Elite 6150 calibre beats at a frequency of 28,800 vibrations per hour.

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SLIM AND RESTRAINED

The first timepiece to house the new Elite calibre, the Elite 6150 model features an entirely redesigned ultra-thin case of which the 42 mm diameter, a first for Zenith, will become a new benchmark size for the brand. The pure, restrained design of this case expresses the care devoted by the Manufacture to a process of constant self-renewal, driven by a will to endure and to pursue a quest for essentials. This new ultra-thin steel case redesigned in a pebble shape features slim, flowing lines accentuated by tapered, slightly sloping lugs. Water-resistant to a depth of 30 metres, the case of the Elite 6150 reveals through its transparent back the mechanism in motion and the steady dance of its oscillating weight delicately adorned with a Côtes de Genève motif. The timeless classicism of this timepiece exuding an inherent sense of elegance continues on the display side with a cambered silver-toned dial punctuated by extremely slender baton-type hands. In a striking trompe-l’oeil effect, the long, slender hour-markers hollowed out to form delicate grooves create a distinct sense of depth. These subtle refined touches are matched by a rubber-lined alligator strap fitted with a comfortable triple-blade folding clasp.

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A NEW ERA FOR ZENITH CALIBRES

In unveiling this new Elite 6150 calibre, Zenith reaffirms the brand’s determination to honour its status as a Manufacture and heralds the renewal of its range of “in-house” movements. This contemporary evolution of a sturdy and accurate historical calibre embodies a solid and lasting foundation for future variations and developments.

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Model: ELITE 6150

• AUTOMATIC ELITE CALIBRE 6150:
195 PARTS, 3.92 MM THICK, 28,000 VPH
• 100-HOUR MINIMUM POWER RESERVE
• TWIN BARREL
• ULTRA-THIN CASE

Reference: 03.2270.6150/01.C493

Movement:
Elite 6150, automatic
Calibre: 13¼‘‘‘ (diameter: 30 mm)
Thickness: 3.92 mm
Parts: 195
Jewels: 35
Frequency: 28,800 vph (4 Hz)
Power reserve: 100-hour minimum 
Functions:
Hours and minutes
Central seconds 
Case:
Material: steel
Diameter: 42 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Glass: domed sapphire crystal with anti-reflective treatment on both sides
Water resistance: 3 ATM 
Dial:
Silver-toned
Hour-markers: hollowed to form delicate grooves
Hands: baton-type
Strap:
Black alligator leather with protective rubber lining
Steel triple-blade folding clasp
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