Description
SEIKO Prospex SSC957 Specifications
| Feature |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Driving system | Solar | |||
| Caliber Number | V192 | |||
| Case material | Stainless steel | |||
| Case back | Solid screw-down | |||
| Band type | Bracelet | |||
| Band material | Stainless steel | |||
| Band color | Black and silver tone | |||
| Band width | 21 mm | |||
| Clasp | Three fold clasp with push button release | |||
| Dial color | Black with black subdials | |||
| Glass material | Curved sapphire crystal | |||
| Glass coating | Anti-reflective coating on inner surface | |||
| Hands | Luminous grey and silver tone hour, minute with red second hand | |||
| Dial markers | Grey and silver tone batons indexes | |||
| Second markers | Minutes markers around the outer rim with arabic numerals markers per 5 minute scale | |||
| Lumi Brite | Hands and index markers | |||
| Bezel | Unidirectional rotating black colored with tachymeter | |||
| Crown | Push/pull out at 3 o’clock position | |||
| Calendar | Date display between 4 and 5 o’clock position | |||
| Function |
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| Accuracy | ±15 seconds per month | |||
| Drive duration | Operating for approximately 6 months (when fully charged) | |||
| Magnetic reluctance | Magnetic resistance 4,800 A/m | |||
| Water resistance | 10 bar water resistance (100 meters / 330 feet) | |||
| Size | Diameter 41.4 mm x Thickness 13 mm | |||
| Lug to lug | 45.9 mm | |||
| Bracelet length | 195 mm | |||
| Weight | 140 g |
SEIKO Prospex SSC957 Features
This new limited edition collaboration combines modern watchmaking with car making heritage in a stunning 1960s style design.
First introduced in 1969, the ‘Speedtimer’ was a major innovation milestone in Seiko’s watchmaking heritage. Nissan Motor Corporation’s ‘Datsun,’ Japan’s leading sports car brand, launched in the same year.
In 1971, the Datsun 240Z car, also known as the Fairlady Z – adorned with Seiko logo sponsorship – won the East African Safari Rally, one of the world’s toughest races. The Datsun 240Z parallels the Seiko Speedtimer with its stylish, resilient and reliable high performance.
This Speedtimer watch features many design elements from the original DATSUN 240Z rally car: the color scheme, the font from the instrument panels of the vehicle and the DATSUN logo on the dial. A 3-dimensional emblem of the winning car is engraved on the case back alongside the limited edition number, whilst the bi-color aluminum bezel features a tachymeter speed measurement tool.
Powered by an in-house V192 Solar-charged movement charged by natural and artificial light, this chronograph is accurate to +/- 15 seconds per month, with a 6 month power reserve at full charge, and comes in its own special limited edition box.
Prospex is a combination of the words ‘Professional’ and ‘Specifications.’ Seiko Prospex timepieces are designed to be practical, reliable and durable; to meet the high standards required in extreme environments for sports lovers and adventure seekers alike.
*In an actual product, the case back direction might be different from the photograph.
- Date display
- LIMITED EDITION on the case back
- Serial number engraved on the case back
- Tachymeter function
- Screw case back
- Unidirectional rotating bezel
- Display function of resuming electric power generation.
- Overcharge prevention function
- 24-hour hand
- Equipped with small seconds hand
- Chronograph up to 60 minutes in 1/5 second increments
About Seiko Prospex SSC957
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.
