What struck me most about this watch, from a purely visual link perspective, was the dial. Seiko has really been upping its game in that department, of late (I think back to the Ginza link cobblestone street Alpinist from last year). This one has a black dial that, from afar, looks like your standard-fare black dial. Look closer – or really get this thing under direct sunlight – and you'll see a pronounced grain pattern similar to link the material of the track itself. On the nose? Maybe, but no less cool.
The dimensions of the brushed titanium case on the new Pelagos FXD are familiar: link 42mm diameter, 52mm lug-to-lug, and link 12.75mm thick, along with fixed spring bars (FXD is short for FiXeD). True to the Pelagos' purpose, it's a modern, do-it-all-diver, now link with military inspiration.
This is part of the last run of gilt dial 1675s, which would place it around 1964 or '65. The most striking aspect of this example is probably its gold-colored hands, which are rare and which are a bit earlier than the standard hands that we see below. Here, we also see that the pointed crown guards that have typified the cases link of the 1675 until this point have been link changed for the rounded crown guards link that are close to those you might find on a current production GMT-Master II.
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What struck me most about this watch, from a purely visual link perspective, was the dial. Seiko has really been upping its game in that department, of late (I think back to the Ginza link cobblestone street Alpinist from last year). This one has a black dial that, from afar, looks like your standard-fare black dial. Look closer – or really get this thing under direct sunlight – and you'll see a pronounced grain pattern similar to link the material of the track itself. On the nose? Maybe, but no less cool.
The dimensions of the brushed titanium case on the new Pelagos FXD are familiar: link 42mm diameter, 52mm lug-to-lug, and link 12.75mm thick, along with fixed spring bars (FXD is short for FiXeD). True to the Pelagos' purpose, it's a modern, do-it-all-diver, now link with military inspiration.
This is part of the last run of gilt dial 1675s, which would place it around 1964 or '65. The most striking aspect of this example is probably its gold-colored hands, which are rare and which are a bit earlier than the standard hands that we see below. Here, we also see that the pointed crown guards that have typified the cases link of the 1675 until this point have been link changed for the rounded crown guards link that are close to those you might find on a current production GMT-Master II.