Seiko Singapore PROSPEX Exhibition

Dec 21, 2017,01:33 AM
 

At the start of December, Seiko has a mini-exhibition at the Raffles City Shopping Centre to showcase Seiko diver's world and also the new PROSPEX Collection.

Before the event began, a quick tour around ...


The exhibition was located at the busy floor of the Raffles City Shopping Centre.


A board showing a partial history of Seiko's diver watch journey, and it started a long way back ... 1965!




A mock-up hyperbaric chamber ...


A model of the Japanese manned research submersible, Shinkai 6500, which a Seiko Professional 1000m was mounted on its manipulator arm and tested beyond the specification at 1398 metres for about
17 hours and passed with flying colours.


Tuna smile


Some of the icons ...


A display of the construction which gives rise to a reliable Seiko Diver through significant investment, experiments and innovation.  The above 600m Diver took seven years to develop and has
over 20 patents in1975.



Some historical pieces ...


The first Japan Diver Watch in 1965.


1965



1968 - 300m Diver




2005 - The first Spring Drive Diver



The current reissue ... limited to 2000pcs.




The alternative regular version ...


Emcee greeted guests ... followed by short speeches by Executives from Seiko and local authorised dealer...











Now for the three icons ...


'Turtle'


'Tuna Can'


'Samurai'


Three Cheers to Seiko!




Kong



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 By: MTF : December 21st, 2017-02:34
Kong, Thanks for the report. I did not realise there were/are so many diving watche FIRSTS from Seiko. I knew they made diving watches but I thought it was just a niche sideline. Was that a real baby tuna for sashimi? My favourite photo was this one with ...  

Thank you very much for the post, Kong!

 
 By: YpJ : December 21st, 2017-22:23
Is that Pepsi bezel watch on the far left side of the picture under "New Model" the smaller Turtle with the crown at 3? If so, any thoughts upon seeing it in person?

Thanks for posting....

 
 By: john c : December 21st, 2017-03:51
....love Seiko divers. Best, John.

Wow, now now...

 
 By: KIH : December 21st, 2017-06:24
.. thanks for the report, Kong! It's good to see Seiko doing these events all over the world ) Ken

Cool, cool , cool !!

 
 By: Cleef : December 21st, 2017-07:55
Wow! Seiko Porn Prospex Exhibition. Thank you SO much for sharing.

Thanks for this cool report, Kong!

 
 By: KMII : December 21st, 2017-22:11
Wish Seiko would do something like this over here, too...

Thanks for posting this report

 
 By: cazalea : December 22nd, 2017-18:38
Thanks Kong, Apologies for my late response. I've been out in the woods with "dial-up" speed internet. Cheers, Cazalea