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TweetEmailSeiko continues to build amazing watches on top of their innovative new SpringDrive system.One of the latest is the Seiko Marinemaster GMT. I almost postednothing but a picture of this watch because I think the mere sight of it says itall: it is big, beautiful, durable, and simultaneously both modern and classic.I have an old Seiko titanium Kinetic Scubamaster which is one of my favoritewatches in the world, and one of the things I really like about this family of watchesis the amount of functionality Seiko packs into them. The Marinemaster has a 24-hourhand for tracking time in a second time zone, but rather than putting the hours forthe second time zone on the bezel like most GMT watches do, the numbers are actuallyinside the bezel, around the perimeter of the dial. This leaves the bezel free foryour standard dive time functionality, which means you get a GMT and a diver allin one. Of course, this makes the watch slightly less flexible purely as a GMT watchsince the hours are typically marked on the bi-directional rotating bezelso that you can easily check times in other time zones (rotating the bezel clockwisetakes hours off the second time zone while rotating it counterclockwise adds hours),however if you don't need the additional GMT flexibility, it's nice having the diverfunctionality, instead.Features of the Seiko Marinemaster GMT:Spring Drivemovement accurate to about 15 seconds per month or better with a 72 hour powerreserve and automatic winding. 24-hour hand for GMT functionality. Date.Power reserve indicator.Bright titanium construction with a screw-down caseback.Titanium bracelet with a double locking clasp and diver extension. Sapphire crystal.Water resistant to 600 meters (almost 2,000 feet).45mm in diameter, 17mm thick. The bad news is that you can't waltz down to your local mall to pick one of thesebeauties up (unless you live in Japan). The good news is that you can still get themfor about $2,950 from some Japanese retailers who are willing to ship to the US.

Seiko has many reasons to be proud of the achievements realized by the brand and it also had many reasons to celebrate its history. This time, Seiko celebrates the 40th anniversary of the Seiko Quartz Astron Watch, a timepiece with an amazing history behind it, not only from the point of view of the brand, but also from the point of view of the watch manufacturing tradition as well. The Seiko Quartz Astron Watch is part of Seiko's contribution to this industry of watch manufacturing, being the first quartz timepiece introduced on the market. Like any marketing campaigns, this one too required a series of events and public gatherings to remain known as the Seiko's Quartz Astron Watch 40th anniversary. The successful story of this timepiece begun back in 1959 with a project commonly known in the world of watch manufacturing as the Project 59A, a project that would developed later in what the whole world knows as the Quartz watch. This event cherished by Seiko will include several editions of the Seiko Quartz Astron Watch, the last one being presented at Baselworld 2010 exhibition. Functionality wrapped in the most attractive design is what took the story of Seiko Quartz Astron Watch further than the brand's expectation. Referred to as one of the landmarks of watch manufacturing, the Seiko Quartz Astron Watch bases its mechanism of the "piezi-electric" effect. The first models equipped with this technology were considerably big in size, the first clock measuring 2.1 m x 3 m, being later refined into what we're seeing today as the 3.74 centimeters device. The reduced in size models released back in the days by Seiko features a case made of 18 carat gold and were produced in a limited edition of only 100 pieces. The year of 1969 was definitely a turning point for the tradition of watch manufacturing, when Seiko introduced its breakthrough watch on the 25th of December, a timepiece able to provide accurate time measurement of 5 seconds a month, a value which left behind 100 times any available timepiece introduced so far. The quartz movement was definitely a pioneering mechanism that's worth every moment of celebration, and Seiko is worth every compliment and word of gratitude for providing such prosperous contribution to the watch manufacturing tradition.Considering the fact that Seiko will present its latest version of the Seiko Quartz Astron Watch at the Baselworld 2010 event, you can be sure that the exhibition is sure to be another moment of history, a moment where long-lasting brands of watch manufacturing will acknowledge Seiko's amazing contribution in terms of watch ***.