![]() This new urban collection features camo colours, monochromatic schemes and textures to bring coolness, while also having smaller cases to make them wearable on a daily basis. Made for modern life, resistant to most situations, the new watches are still inspired by the 1975 Tuna and still rely on this specific architecture with its reinforced external case. For that reason, and without sacrificing its diving capacities, the brand has injected a powerful shot of cool into some of its collections. Seiko’s watches might have a long history as professional instruments, but the brand also knows that today these watches function more as style accessories and statement pieces. And the story goes on today, with the new Seiko Prospex Street Series ‘Urban Safari’ collection. This watch, due to its unusual architecture – not elegant but truly performing – was nicknamed ‘Tuna Can’ and would inspire dozens of watches to come. The watch in question was the world’s first diver’s watch with a titanium case, a watch shaped like no other with an external ‘shroud’ to protect the inner case, partially coated in black. That very year, however, the brand showed that not only was it capable of producing reliable and efficient timepieces with a hi-beat movement and a 300m water-resistance, it also showed a spirit of innovation. Back then, Seiko was already well established as one of the top members of the pro dive watch community, alongside the usual suspects Rolex, Omega, Doxa and others. While the brand has already announced that the Automatic Professional Diver 600M ‘Tuna’ will be reissued later this year in a faithful, far more expensive way, there are more watches from the brand bearing the original 1975 look. The most iconic of Seiko’s professional dive watches, the 1968 Hi-beat Diver 300m (left), the 1965 62MAS 150m (middle) and, for today’s article, the 1975 Professional Diver 600m (right), a.k.a ‘Seiko Tuna’. ![]() Take one of the brand’s most important professional specification dive watches, extract what matters (the case, its unique design and its specific architecture), make it modern and less instrumental, add a touch of contemporary colours and texture and you end up with the new Seiko Prospex Street Series ‘Urban Safari’ collection. ![]() “ Inspired by the original 1975 Seiko diver’s, this new timepiece features the same iconic outer protector, in a more compact design perfect for urban living.” Seiko’s speech regarding these new models, an entire collection of no fewer than 11 watches, says it all.
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