Awesome Seiko

These battery-powered tabletop alarm clocks from Seiko feature a face and bezel design inspired by the Japanese brand’s iconic dive watches. They measure about 3.7″ across and feature a backlight and snooze functions. Choose from Blue, Green, White, Black, Black/Gray, Blue/Red, and Black/Gold color schemes.

Seiko made just 1200 of this super-effective Pokémon watch, featuring a bright yellow background and a silhouette of Pikachu on its face. It features a stainless steel body, 10-bar water resistance, and a black leather strap with yellow stitching and yellow backing.

Seiko 5 Sports presents a limited-edition series of six analog wristwatches, each inspired by the Street Fighter franchise. The watches are based on the classic SKX007 automatic, with a 120-click bezel, 100m water resistance, and day/date functionality. Choose from Ryu, Ken, Chun-Li, Guile, Blanka, and Zangief designs.

Limited to just 3000 pieces, this retro-modern LCD watch is a reproduction of the classic Seiko Speedmaster, created by famed automotive designer Giugiaro, and worn by racer Ayrton Senna. It features a curved Hardex crystal, tachymeter, stopwatch, alarm, and timer.

Seiko gives its popular chunky diver’s watch a monochrome urban makeover. The Prospex Street Series sees the watch adorned in olive, gray or blue, with a deeply-textured strap. It’s powered by a solar quartz movement and is water-resistant down to 660 ft.

Seiko recently expanded its Prospex diving watch collection with the SBEP, a solar-powered and digital variant. Available in five colorways, the 50mm watch is water resistant up to 20 bar and has a rotating bezel, a world time function and a dual time mode.

Seiko’s SRP aka Baby Tuna watches are “babies” only in the sense that they’re a tier below the SBN Tuna diver’s watch. But it’s still an imposing pro-grade 50mm watch. The SRP641 is on Massdrop for a limited time for just $230, but Amazon is just a few bucks more.

Originally released in the ’80s, this diving watch features designer Giorgetto Giugiaro’s trademark asymmetrical strap placement and a case grip to make it easier to rotate the bezel underwater. Available with a silver- or gold-coated case, each limited to 2,000 pieces.

Seiko and Lowercase’s chronograph variant of the Prospex dive watch. It has a 1-hour chronograph and a 24-hour hand. Available with a silver or gold trim and a rubber strap or a matte silver trim with a metal bracelet.

A limited edition collection of Seiko’s Prospex dive watch. Available in five colors, the watches have a 45mm diameter, a solar-powered movement, a thick rotating bezel, a silicon or steel strap and are waterproof to 600ft.

We’ve seen all manner of Rube Goldberg machines over the years, but never one as precise as this one from Seiko, that uses some 1200 watch parts and watchmaking tools in its design. It required a little human assist along the way, but it’s still pretty awesome.

Released in 1983, the Spirit was designed by car designer Giorgetto Giugiaro, the same man who designed the DeLorean DMC-12, the VW Golf, Lotus Esprit and more. The watch has large timer and lap buttons for easy operation while driving, was worn by Ripley in Aliens.

Mattew Humphries handcrafts military and diver’s watches based on the legendary Seiko 5 series, which brought durable mechanical watches to an affordable price point. Matthew also accepts bespoke orders.

Inspired by the stealthy mercenaries, this solar-powered watch has a 24-hour hand, stopwatch and a small second hand with a throwing star motif. Waterproof to 10atm, available in 3 colors.

The latest in the popular Monster line, the SRP3 series watches are water resistant down to about 660ft, have a countdown bezel, screw-down crown and luminous hands and hour markers. More here.

Seiko’s SAGG017 is their latest Brightz Kinetic Drive watch; clad in black with sapphire crystal, tach-like power meter and day/date display, it’s Japan only, but you can buy older ones here.

Worn by Richard Garriott (of Ultima fame) during his trip to the ISS, Seiko’s Spring Drive Spacewalk watch was designed to survive the rigors of space travel, including 9gs during reentry.