Description
KING SEIKO SPB373 Specifications
| Feature |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Driving system | Automatic with manual winding | |||
| Caliber Number | 6R55 | |||
| Case material | Stainless steel with mirror and hairline finishing | |||
| Case back | Solid screw with King Seiko emblem | |||
| Band type | Bracelet | |||
| Band material | Stainless steel with mirror and hairline finishing | |||
| Band color | Silver tone | |||
| Band width | 19 mm | |||
| Clasp | Deployment with push button release | |||
| Dial color | Green sunray-brushed with faceted and applied indexes | |||
| Glass material | Box shaped sapphire crystal | |||
| Glass coating | Anti-reflective coating on inner surface | |||
| Hands | Silver tone hour, minute, and second hand | |||
| Dial markers | Silver tone batons with double baton index at 12 o’clock position | |||
| Second markers | Minutes markers around the outer rim | |||
| Bezel | Silver tone fixed stainless steel | |||
| Crown | Silver tone push-in with King Seiko emblem at 3 o’clock position | |||
| Calendar | Date display at 3 o’clock position | |||
| Function | Date, hour, minute, second, stop second hand | |||
| Accuracy | +25 to -15 seconds per day | |||
| Magnetic resistance | 4,800 A/m | |||
| Vibration | 21,600 vibrations per hour | |||
| Drive duration | Power reserve approximately 72 hours (3 days) | |||
| Water resistance | 10 bar water resistance (100 meters / 330 feet) | |||
| Size | Diameter 39 mm x Thickness 11.9 mm | |||
| Lug to lug | 46.1 mm | |||
| Bracelet Length | 199 mm | |||
| Weight | 138 g |
KING SEIKO SPB373 Features
- 24 jewels
- Solid screw case back
- Screw-down crown
- Fixed stainless steel bezel
- Stop seconds hand function
KING SEIKO SPB373 History
Renewed, enhanced and as striking as ever.
The 1960’s was a decade of unprecedented advances for Seiko, both in terms of technical development and design creativity. Alongside Grand Seiko, one other series demonstrated the company’s ability to create beautifully designed and finished mechanical watches with high accuracy. It was called King Seiko. In addition to its precision, it offered a powerful yet graceful design that symbolized the high quality of its construction. Today, after more than half a century, the King Seiko collection is back with timepieces that showcase the lasting quality of Seiko’s mechanical watchmaking.
The lasting design values of 1965. The technology and engineering of today.
The five new watches share a distinctively sharp and angular design that is inspired by the 1965 King Seiko KSK, which was the second series to be created and the one that defined the character of King Seiko. The combination of a flat dial with faceted indexes and broad, razor-edged hands gives the watch a refined and striking presence.
History of Seiko
The company was founded in 1881, when Kintarō Hattori opened a watch and jewerly shop called “K. Hattori” (服部時計店 Hattori Tokeiten) in the Ginza area of Tokyo, Japan. Eleven years later, in 1892, he began to produce clocks under the name Seikosha, meaning roughly “House of Exquisite Workmanship”.
The first watches produced under the Seiko brand appeared in 1924. In 1969, Seiko introduced the Astron, the world’s first production quartz watch, it cost the same as a medium-sized car. Seiko later went on to introduce the first quartz chronograph.
