Seiko 140th Anniversary Limited Edition Astron GPS Solar Dual Time SSH093J1

When Kintaro Hattori founded his company in 1881, he was only 21 years old. In the fifty years he was at the helm, Seiko became Japan's leading watchmaker with its own design studios and production facilities. This success was a result of his single-minded vision that Seiko "always one step ahead of the others." To celebrate Seiko's 140th anniversary, Kintaro's vision is now being realized in a series of four limited edition watches that together showcase the breadth of Seiko's watchmaking expertise, from mechanical to GPS Solar. Although the four anniversary watches share the same blue and silver-white look, they differ significantly in design, technology and character.

The case of the ASTRON anniversary watch has the same curved silhouette and wide lugs as the 1969 Quartz Astron, which remains one of Seiko's most famous technical achievements. With the GPS Solar Dual Time Caliber 5X53, which operates solely on the power of the The technology is state-of-the-art, with the watch adjusting to the exact time anywhere in the world using the light and offering both a quick time zone adjustment and a time transfer function. The dial is in a clear, bright silver with blue accents, the bezel is made of blue ceramic. The wide hands and the generously applied LumiBrite ensure good readability, while the screwed base ensures water resistance up to 100 meters. Seiko Astron - innovative, functional, high quality!