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Less than a month after Seiko released their replica orologi new 36mm Seiko 5 field watches, the brand is back with an even more familiar design that has also been downsized – the SKX-inspired Seiko 5 Sports. With four new models now being offered in 38mm sizing, Seiko's popular line of 100-meter "dive style" watches expands in a manner that will certainly suit a wider variety of wrists. These new models include the SRPK29 (black), the SRPK31 (champagne), the SRPK33 (teal), and the SRPK35 (orange). All four are 38mm wide, 12.1mm thick, and 44.2mm lug to lug and come on steel bracelets, have drilled 20mm lugs, 100 meters of water resistance (with a passive crown),orologi replica rolex and a unidirectional elapsed time bezel. While similar in general footprint to the long-discontinued37mm SKX013, these new Seiko 5s follow the format established a few years ago when the line was re-launched with a full collection of watches that looked (and largely felt) like the beloved SKX007, but weren't actual dive watches (lacking a screw-down crown, a pip on the bezel, and the standard 200 meters of water resistance). Keeping in step with the SKX, those Seiko 5s are 42.5mm wide, so the new drop to 38mm is no small adjustment and, much like the recent Tudor Black Bay 54 (which is 37mm wide), these new Seiko 5s will offer a specific appeal to those who simply find the larger models to be, well, too large. Otherwise, the formula is unchanged, so orologi replica rolex you're not getting less by wanting a smaller watch. Seiko's just shrunk them down to suit both smaller wrists and to keep in step with the general trend towards smaller sports watches. Rocking Seiko's ubiquitous 4R36 (hacking, hand-winding, day/date, and 41 hours of power reserve), these new models will hit Seiko retail for a price of $325. Ithink this is an excellent play for the Seiko 5 lineup and one that opens up the style and aesthetic lineage of the SKX (be it 007 or 013 or otherwise) to a wider range of wrists. While I still lament that Seiko opted to forgo the dive-watch specifics of the original SKX, diving is replica ray-ban not actually a chief concern among most dive-watch buyers. Outside of my own bias towards tool watch purity (gross sentence, James), the value statement here is very strong and the execution aligns with similar developments we've seen over the past several years from brands like Tudor – which continues to find considerable success in taking a winning formula at 41mm and offering it in progressively smaller sizes of the Black Bay, albeit while maintaining the bona fides of spec dive watches. Speaking more specifically to these four references, I really like the black version (classic Seiko) and the sandy champagne coloring of the SPRK31. With a dark grey bezel and a handset that properly matches the markers (which can't be said for the teal SRPK33 or the orange SRPK35), I think it's a handsome and somewhat uncommon colorway that looks great with the bracelet and would be fun to mix-n-match with various straps. Finally – and apart from the SKX of it all – the specs are solid, the pricing makes sense, and it's a size that will attract a wide variety of owners to the brand (both seasoned and new). As a fan of easy-wearing Seikos and Seiko 5's history of smaller sports watches, I think this is a substantial development for the modern Seiko 5 lineup that should only succeed in expanding Seiko's scope at this price point. Nicely done.

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