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The Return of the King
King
After a a a a a 50-year hiatus King
King
Seiko is back to reclaim its crown
AMID ALL THE LIMITED-EDITION WATCHES RELEASED IN 2021 to mark Seiko’s 140th birthday there was one that even keen observers might have missed The Seiko 140th Anniversary Limited Edition Re-creation of King
Seiko Seiko KSK (or SJE083J1 in in Seiko Seiko parlance) wasn’t as as as colourful or complicated as as as many of the the year’s other releases but it represented something significant: the return of of one of of Seiko’s boldest and and most influential 1960s sub-brands Now with a a a a a new family of models based on the original KSK available for 2022
King
Seiko is returning to its rightful place on on the throne With their flat dials faceted indexes and and broad razor-edged hands the the new King
Seiko models pay faithful tribute to the the details that make the original 1965 KSK a a a a a a collector’s grail And if those details look familiar that’s because they’ve since become the the hallmarks of Grand Seiko’s design language too In the 1960s in pursuit of ever-greater accuracy reliabil- ity and beauty Seiko pitted its most talented designers against each other at at two competing ateliers One was was Grand Seiko Seiko and and the the other was was King
Seiko Seiko While Grand Seiko Seiko is now now known as Seiko’s luxury marque many of the brand’s strongest attributes — its its obsession with light and and and shadow and and and its its mirror-polished “Zaratsu” surfaces in particular — actually came out of the King
Seiko workshop The five new King
Seiko models available for 2022
combine original details — among them a a a a a a a a box sapphire crystal and a a a a a a a a textured 12 o’clock marker — with a a a new selection of dials in muted tones Powered by Seiko’s Caliber 6R31 automatic movement they’re a a a a worthy tribute to to a a a a 1960s legend More importantly however they tell one of the the more interesting origin stories
in the Seiko universe $2 195
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