Description
Seiko has introduced a new Seiko5 Sports line, based on the watch case of the famous SKX007. Some differences: 10atm, see-through case back, 4R36 movement, many colours available. Due to some technical differences, it is NOT POSSIBLE to change this model into a 20atm diver!
The sports-line with the 42mm SKX-cases is getting colourful models almost every week. This SRPK65 is one of the new line with a heavy retro-vibe. The SRPK09,-11, -13 and -17 take us back to the Seiko Sports from 1968 and 1969! This SRPK65 is an hommage to the 1970 Sports watches (6119-7173). It has beautiful deep blue shiny dial with a checkered dial ring with lume dots at the 5’s. The index-markers and hands are simple classic, again with the classic style orange second hand. The window around day/date has been copied from the old style ones, the shape is correctly done. The silver-blue “rally” bezel insert has a lume pip, perfect!
The steel oyster bracelet has solid links with split pens, a double-lock clasp (4 adjustment holes) and feels nice and solid. It has folded end pieces, with shoulderless push pins. The lugs are drilled through, so it is easy to press in the push pins and change the bracelet.
It is really easy to modify this watch, almost every modification-part that is made for the SKX007 will fit, except for the crown, the SKX-crown will not fit because it needs a wider hole in the watch case. The bracelet needs to have different end-pieces than the SKX-bracelets, because of the use of standard width push pins and sligthly different holes positions.
The glass is single domed and has a much smalled beveled edge than the SKX glass has, very nice! If you decide to change it to sapphire, I advice the flat without bevel or the double domed; both fit seamless to the bezel insert.
| If you want to have sapphire installed, please add the desired sapphire to the order! So with sapphire install, be sure to add the sapphire as a separate product to your order ! The bezel insert is flat, so do not choose one of the stepped sapphires unless you have a sloped bezel insert that you are going to put in the watch. |
| This watch is delivered in a special silver/gray Seiko Sports watch box. |
There is a very nice Solid Jubilee available for this model!!
| Dimensions: | |
| Movement: | 4R36 |
| Case heigth: | 1,3 cm |
| weight: | 169 gram |
| Water resistance: | 10 atm |
| Lug to lug: | 4,6 cm |
| Lug width: | 22 mm |
| Case width: | 4,2 cm (bezel 4 cm) |
| Bracelet type | 3 |
This is my own 6119-7173 with zilver dial, and a blue one that I found the picture of on Catawiki. I think it is a shame that Seiko did not make these watches with the shape of the old ones, that would have made these watches perfect.
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