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Seiko has announced a new addition to its Prospex dive watch collection, with a dial inspired by glacier ice.
Called the Arctic Ocean Save the Ocean GMT, the watch marks a collaboration between the Japanese watchmaker and the PADI Awareness Foundation’s Marine Debris Program, to which a proportion of proceeds from the watch will be given.
Limited to 1,500 pieces worldwide and available in November, the watch features a striking white dial designed to look like the icy surface of a glacier, while the cool theme continues with the ‘Arctic Blue’ GMT hour hand and ‘GMT’ inscription.
The watch has a 42mm stainless steel case, with a screw-down and unguarded crown offset to the four o’clock position. Other diving features include a rotating stainless steel bezel with a black Japanese ceramic insert, and 200 metres of water resistance. The dial is protected by a sapphire crystal with an anti-reflective coating on the inner surface.
Inside, the timepiece is powered by a 6R54 calibre automatic movement with manual winding. It has 24 jewels, an impressive 73 hours of power reserve and promises an accuracy of -15 / +25 seconds per day. This is the first Seiko movement to have both a GMT movement and three days of power reserve.
Being a GMT, this watch has a second hour hand that sweeps around the dial once every 24 hours. Use this in conjunction with the 24-hour markings around the outer edge of the dial, and you have a simple way of keeping track of a second time zone. Ideally you’d set this to GMT and leave it there, but you could set the hand differently, depending on whichever secondary time zone you need – handy for frequent flyers who want to keep an eye on the time at home.
Being a diving watch, the Prospex Arctic Ocean has Lumibrite on the hands, indexes and bezel to provide nighttime illumination.
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Priced at £1,600 and supplied with a stainless steel strap with three-fold clasp and extender, the Seiko Prospex ‘Arctic Ocean’ – Save the Ocean GMT will be available to order from November, exclusively though select boutiques and stores worldwide.
Alistair is a freelance automotive and technology journalist. He has bylines on esteemed sites such as the BBC, Forbes, TechRadar, and of best of all, T3, where he covers topics ranging from classic cars and men's lifestyle, to smart home technology, phones, electric cars, autonomy, Swiss watches, and much more besides. He is an experienced journalist, writing news, features, interviews and product reviews. If that didn't make him busy enough, he is also the co-host of the AutoChat podcast.
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