SPB243J1 | Seiko Prospex Alpinist de 1959 Reinterpretación Moderna

Seiko Prospex Alpinist 1959's SPB243J1 Modern Reinterpretation cal. 6R35 watch

Watch with automatic movement of Seiko 6R35 with manual winding, stainless steel case of 38 m/m in diameter, 12 mm thick, 146 gr weight, sapphire crystal with anti-reflective coating on inner surface, amthracite dial, hands and indexes with long duration of Lumibrite treatment, water resistant 20 BAR (200 meters), 24 jewels, power reserve of 70 hours, window at 3 hour, stainless steel bracelet.  

About the Seiko SPB243J1 Prospex Alpinist 1959's Modern Reinterpretation watch:

El Seiko Laurel Alpinist was born in 1959. The innovations of its creation is in SPB243J1 up-to-date in technology, form and function. The name Alpinist is represented by the mountain-shaped markers of the three, six, nine and twelve represented at the same time the four main points of a compass. All this and more made the Seiko Alpinist inspiring to design many later Seiko sports watches.

The 1959 Seiko Alpinist comes back to life in the SPB243J1.

 About Seiko:

Follow your dreams and keep moving ahead is the philosophy of Seiko's founder: Kintaro Hattori.

Fascinated with Swiss watchmaking, he dreams of being a high-end watchmaker and at just 18 years old creates a watch repair shop in his own home in Kyobashi (Ginza district). Four years later he founded the company K Hattori for repairs and sale of second-hand watches. In 1892, he created the firm Seikosha ("house of precision") manufacturing his own wall clocks and created the first pocket watch, called "Time Keeper" in 1895 or the first Japanese-made alarm clock. In 1913 he created the first wristwatch called "Laurel". His dream of being a true watchmaker is a reality. But the great Kanto earthquake in 1923 destroyed everything. Time doesn't stop, it advances. Hattori started all over again, a year later he was remaking his wristwatch this time under the Seiko brand. He rebuilt the tower clock in Ginza, in 1932 symbolizing the rebirth of Seiko and Tokyo's own city.

Keep moving forward, step by step. Seiko has evolved into technology and the science applied to watchmaking. In 1969, Astron was the first quartz watch. In the 1970s, Seiko is looking for alternatives to quartz with solar technology and later will be the kinetic watch, direct drive movement, chronograph, perpetual calendar, GMT, Astron GPS Solar, Diver's watches and their diving watches. In the late 1990s, they created the Grand Seiko collection with large mechanical calibers such as the 9S and soon after perfection with the Spring Drive system coupled with all these advances and more.

"Be always one step ahead of others" Kintaro Hattori, founder of Seiko

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