3/20/2023 0 Comments Seiko automatic chronograph![]() It’s very clean, very restrained and the shade of blue is just kick-ass! Finally, the pushers are higher, wider and flatter than on the 1960s’ model. The use of Lumibrite ensures easy reading even in low-light conditions. The central chronograph hand is gently curved so that the tip points downward towards the seconds scale for precise reading. The markers on the tachymeter scale and inner bezel ring are in white, while the chrono hands are in red, both giving great contrast against the marine-blue dial. With accuracy and legibility paramount, 21st-century improvements have been made. The day of the week window has been eliminated and the date has been moved to 6 o’clock. Its vertically-brushed blue dial is slightly darker than the original and there are now two white, snailed chronograph registers at 3 and 9 o’clock. Reimagined rather than being an exact replica of its 1969 ancestor, the new watch has a round as opposed to a cushion case. Now, three years after the half-century, Seiko has – once again without great fanfare – introduced a tribute to arguably the world’s first automatic chronograph, with the Prospex Speedtimer Mechanical Chronograph 1969 Re-Interpretation. Prospex Speedtimer Mechanical Chronograph 1969 Re-Interpretation Nicknamed the ‘Speedtimer’ by Seiko fans, the original version had a shield-shaped case, but many variations were introduced before the 6139 movement was discontinued in 1980. The Calibre 6139 incorporated both a column wheel and a vertical clutch and featured a single sub-dial at 6 o’clock registering minutes, a tachymeter scale on a fixed bezel, and an inner rotating bezel. Seiko’s 1969 Speedtime automatic chronograph. In 1969, Seiko had been quietly working on its own self-winding chronograph and had released it in Japan in May of that year. While the winner between the two is, and will always be, a matter for heated debate and, while each justifiably celebrated their individual success in 2019, one brand, half a world away from Switzerland, stayed conspicuously quiet.
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