VIDEO: Solar flair – Seiko’s stylish Prospex SSC618P

Felix Scholz

Dive watches, thanks in part to their function-before-form ideology, can often be, well, formulaic. Seiko’s bold gold SSC618P manages to buck the trend in a few ways. Firstly, and most obviously, they’ve dressed up rugged steel with an unmissable rose gold coating, which must surely increase visibility underwater, as it’s certainly eye-catching on land. Then there’s the fact that this is a dive-ready chronograph, a slightly uncommon combination, but it’s always fun to play with screw-down pushers. And finally there’s the fact that while this Seiko isn’t packing mechanical heat in the backend, the movement is a quite interesting (and useful) solar-powered number. Honestly, this is a 43.5mm chunk of summer fun, that would, just quietly, look killer on a khaki nylon strap.

Seiko Prospex SSC618P Australian pricing

Seiko Prospex SSC618P, $775

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