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Another week down, another round-up of all the latest watch releases in our regular series, the Wind Up. In this week’s instalment, we’ll be highlighting some of the latest watches from brands like Seiko and Timex, along with a consolidated look at Tudor‘s signature blue models. Enjoy gents!
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REC Watches P-51 Little Red & Green Hornet
For those who don’t know who REC Watches are and what they do, let us give you a brief rundown. They’re a watchmaker that recycles automotive parts and reworks them into wristwatches. And the P-51 Little Red and Green Hornet are two of the brand’s latest examples. Both pieces feature dials made out of the excess metal that was part of the Green Hornet and Little Red, both from the only two notchback couple EXP500s made by Shelby.
REC Watches P-51 Little Red
- Brand: REC Watches
- Model: P-51 Little Red
- Case Diameter: 42 mm
- Case Thickness: 13.3 mm
- Case Material: 316L stainless steel with black PVD coating
- Water Resistance: 50 m (5 ATM)
- Movement: STP-12-13, self-winding automatic, 28,800 vph
- Power Reserve: 42 hours
- Strap: Black calf leather with quick-release, 22 mm
- Price (at launch): USD$1,695
REC Watches P-51 Green Hornet
- Brand: REC Watches
- Model: P-51 Green Hornet
- Case Diameter: 42 mm
- Case Thickness: 13.3 mm
- Case Material: 316L stainless steel with black and grey PVD coating
- Water Resistance: 50 m (5 ATM)
- Movement: STP-12-13, self-winding automatic, 28,800 vph
- Power Reserve: 42 hours
- Strap: Grey calf leather with black inlay and quick-release, 22 mm
- Price (at launch): USD$1,695
Shop REC Watches at RECwatches.com
Seiko King Turtle & King Samurai “Save the Ocean”
The new King Turtle & King Samurai “Save the Ocean” are the results of Seiko’s ongoing partnership with Jacques-Yves Cousteau’s grandson who spearheads the promotion of health and conservation of the world’s oceans. Both of the pieces feature a very ocean-inspired aesthetic. They both have a beautiful manta-inspired blue dial matched with a blue silicone strap offset by lume-filled hands and hour markers and a black bezel. Both models will be released as special editions and both will be priced at USD$595.
Seiko Prospex King Turtle “Save the Ocean” (SRPF77K1)
- Brand: Seiko
- Model: Prospex King Turtle “Save the Ocean”
- Reference: SRPF77K1
- Case Diameter: 45.0mm
- Case Thickness: 13.2mm
- Case Material: Stainless steel
- Water Resistance: 200m
- Movement: Seiko Calibre 4R36, automatic with manual wind and hacking seconds
- Power Reserve: 41 hours
- Strap: Blue silicone
- Price: AUD$950
Seiko Prospex King Samurai “Save the Ocean” (SRPF79K1)
- Brand: Seiko
- Model: Prospex King Samurai “Save the Ocean”
- Reference: SRPF79K1
- Case Diameter: 43.8mm
- Case Thickness: 12.8mm
- Case Material: Stainless steel
- Water Resistance: 200m
- Movement: Seiko Calibre 4R35, automatic with hacking seconds
- Power Reserve: 41 hours
- Strap: Blue silicone
- Price: Approx. AUD$950
Timex Nuptse Atlantic Edition for Japan
From Timex we have a handful of new watches based on the original models released in 1985 called the Expedition. The latest line is called Atlantic Nuptse and features a variety of striking colours including a “Search and Rescue” model in bright red and green, a “Mountain” model in white and a “Forest Service” model in green and yellow. Nostalgia at its finest.
- Brand: Timex
- Model: Atlantis 100 Nuptse (Japan Exclusive)
- Reference: TW2U91800 (verified); TW2U91400 (Forest Service) and TW2U91600 unverified — strip to TW2U91800 only, or re-source the remaining two codes from a fetchable page
- Case Diameter: 40mm
- Case Thickness: 10mm
- Case Material: Black resin
- Water Resistance: 100m (10 ATM)
- Movement: Digital quartz (LCD with Indiglo backlight)
- Strap: Resin
- Price (at launch): ¥8,800 JPY (Japan Domestic Market exclusive; no AUD retail price)
Shop Timex watches at Timex EU
Tudor’s History of Blue Watches
Tudor’s blue models have caught the world by storm, especially so with the Black Bay 58 “Navy Blue”. But Tudor’s roots in creating watches with a blue theme are decades old. Tracing back to the 1960s, Tudor released a variety of blue-coloured watches, thematic and symbolic of its connection to the ocean. From Tudor’s most modern presentation with the BB58 “Navy Blue”, we can see a clear lineage tracing back to the Pelagos, the Black Bay Bronze “Bucherer Blue”, the Black Bay 32 and finally the Heritage Chrono Blue. All of the pieces serve a functional purpose whilst still presenting that distinctive blue aesthetic throughout. We think this rings true throughout Tudor’s collection of watches, in that as beautiful and as approachable as they all are, they all ultimately serve a purpose in their own definable way.
If you enjoyed The Wind Up and would like to continue reading about watches, you can head on over to my blog, Haulogerie, where I delve a bit deeper into the wonderful world of horology.
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