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In late 2019 Seiko discreetly launched a fire collaboration with a repute Japanese Retailer for their 35th Anniversary celebration. They were vintage-inspired field watch (Ref. SZSB006) and a dress one (Ref. SZSB007). The latter model has inspired a whole new collection in Seiko's collection in 2020. The main aspects of this range reflect how Seiko took the design from the coveted SARB line, upgrading them in terms of the new case geometry and dial layout. Today, we shall take a look at the latest SeikoSpirit Automatic Sport Green Ref. SZSB018.
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Seiko Spirit Automatic Sport Green Ref. SZSB018 |
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Text fonts derived from the previous Spirit SARB line |
Another distinctive feature of the Spirit Automatic Sport got to be its "eagle's beak" crown guard that flanges the knurled crown. The curving lugs have gentle curves towards the wrist, and it ends flush with the screw-in case-back. Oh, we have to mention that Seiko nails the drilled lug holes straight out of the park here, allowing the wearer to swap out its current strap for any of their choice (as long as its 20mm).
Right underneath its first-of-its-kind flat Hardlex crystal with a magnifying Cyclops is where the Seiko Spirit Automatic Sport shines eminently. The SZSB018 is first of its kind while unbridling certain appeal from the previous SARB017 Alpinist Green . It took an alternative route, as opposed to the "dressier" side of the Spirit collection. From the unique capsule applied markers, to the semi-skeletonize handset. The SZSB018 sets out to be the sportier embodiment of their Spirit Automatic Sport line. Without further ado, let's dive into them.
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"Eagle's beak" crown guard |
Starting from the markers, a total of eleven capsule-shaped applied onto its sunburst forest green dial, where the one at 12 o'clock gets double up. All of them have high polished trims, which almost feels like those on the GS. They produced an excellent lustre when lights hit on each marker, only to be complemented with Seiko's Lumibrite that glows brightly in the dark for night readability. The same execution can be seen on the new sword-shaped handset, with one half being skeletonized and luminous applied on the other, all these in the name of Seiko's finesse. To a greater extent, both the applied indices and handset are polished individually by hand to a high standard, using the same GS Zaratsu polishing technique.
As we mentioned earlier, the date display has the beautiful "GS" fat fonts in black with a white background that blends in with the whole dial. With that, the numbers will always fill up nicely with excellent readability through the "bubble" magnifier.
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Seiko's Lumibrite that glows brightly in the dark |
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Seiko's original 4R35 automatic caliber |