Seiko Prospex Special Edition PADI – Ref 4R35 03WO - Automatic

Seiko Prospex Special Edition PADI – Ref 4R35 03WO - Automatic

Seiko Prospex Diver’s 200 with round blue dial and baton marking each hour. Outer ring for the minute. At 6 o’clock is engraved “Automatic – Diver’s 200M. It is a “Made in Japan – 4R35 03T2”. The window for the date is at 3 o’clock. The watch has a black bezel graduated up to 50. It is a stainless-steel screwed back case with engraved outside “Seiko – Special Edition - Stainless Steel – Sapphire Crystal - 4R35 03WO – Made in Japan – Diver’s watch 200M”. The watch comes with an automatic Seiko movement with caliber 4R35 and 23 jewels. The watch has a Seiko durable black fabric/leather hybrid strap and Seiko buckle.

History

It took only 40 years for the Kintaro Hattori firm, which was established in Tokyo in 1881, to become what it is known as throughout the world today as Seiko. 1892 saw the opening of the Seikosha plant, and in 1917 K. Hattori & Co. Ltd became a joint stock market. In 1924 it was given its internationally known name. From then on, progress was steady as the company developed in stages into the world’s number one clock producer with 350 million movements a year roll off the Seiko Epson production lines. As early as the 1930’s the company was displaying its wares in Tokyo’s fashionable Ginza shopping district. In 1964, Seiko was the official timekeeper of the Tokyo Olympics. In 1971, it introduces on of the world’s first automatic chronograph along with an early quartz wristwatch. From then on, electronics dominated time-measurement at Seiko. In 1981, Seiko tool over Jean Lasalle SA, a Geneva luxury brand that had gone bankrupt.


Technical details

Automatic Seiko movement with caliber 4R35 with 23 jewels, 21,600 A/h and 41 hours of power reserve.

Measurements

Diameter excluding winding crown: 44mm


Length including lugs: 48mm