Diamond Shield. inch Uncertain what that is but it sounds

Those of us who desired the limited edition, super-expensive Seiko Spacewalk watch have a new hope. Check out the Seiko Prospex Landmaster Alpinist SBDB007 and SBDB005. The Spacewalk was beautiful and desirable, but extremely expensive at $28, 000 for the consumer version. It was Seiko's answer to the space travel watch, and it was certainly tested in space.

Now comes a new Spring Drive based watch that is almost like a little brother to the Spacewalk. The new Prospex Landmaster Alpinist is a limited edition also (but only for the black version I believe), but much more affordable possesses a number of the design elements from the Spacewalk:

The '007 (nice model number, Seiko! )#) is a limited edition generated for Yuichiro Miura, an 80 year old man that will attempt to smt Mount Everest. Miura will be the earliest person to climb Everest if he succeeds, I have to admire him for even being able to attempt it at that age.

The blog post (Google translation here) makes the reasonable claim that the engineering required to make the Spacewalk work in super-cold outer space was reused for the nasty cold on the mountain, and that the legibility requirements were similar. Seiko claims that temperature changes from +50C to -40C (122F to -40F) are no issue; impressive.

It's titanium, as weight is a major concern for mountain climbers, with a 'hard coated' black layer that is often IP with Seiko, but might be PVD or DLC. Sapphire very of course, waterproof to 100m with a screwdown the queen's. Size is fouthy-six. 8mm long by 45mm wide by 14. 2mm thick, and 140g. May non-black version that also occurs a nice diamond. Just by the same one hundred and forty gram weight it is also in titanium, but according the Seiko website the case material is "Diamond Shield. inch Uncertain what that is but it sounds kind of awesome.

I like it. List price is 399, 000 JPY or about $4, 900 USD for the limited edition SBDB007 and 367, 500 JPY for the non-black likely unlimited version which is about $4, 460 USD. Seiko is making 300 of the black models with the name etched quietly of the case, and it's really a safe bet they'll sell fast. Also, , nor expect you'll discover their whereabouts in US retailers as this is likely an Asia-only model. Seek on ye olde internet.