There’s one timepiece known to aficionados, collectors, and newbies alike that constitutes the ultimate ‘starter watch’ — and that watch is the Seiko 5.
Launched in 1963, the Seiko Sportsmatic 5 collection was meant to be shock resistant, water resistant, durable, automatic, and more — all at affordable prices, available all around the world. Available in myriad iterations, ‘5’ watches were frequently available on places like Amazon for well under $100.
In 2019, Seiko relaunched the Seiko 5 Sports sub-collection to much acclaim: Upsized for modern tastes but still featuring automatic day-date movements, these new timepieces took up the mantle of the discontinued SKX dive watch series and ushered in a new era of affordable, robust tool watches.
This particular Seiko 5 Sports watch is a special edition made for the 10th anniversary Worn & Wound, one of the internet's premier destinations for all thing's horological. Housed in a 39.4mm stainless steel case with a signed crown, a smooth bezel, and a curved Hardlex crystal, is features a handsome, two-tone khaki dial in a 'waffle' pattern with an inner dark grey sunburst section; black 5-minute indices; an inner 12-hour scale; a day-date display in English and Kanji; and a luminous 'sword' handset.
Powered by the automatic Seiko Calibre 4R36 movement with 41 hours of power reserve and paired to a two-piece khaki Worn & Wound ADPT Mil-Strap, this robust and affordable tool watch is simply too cool to pass up. Especially as it's limited to just 1,000 pieces.
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