A few days ago, our boss Frank spotted something rather surprising on Instagram, some new, never-seen-before editions of super-cool Seiko Prospex watches, published here by Seiko Watch USA. Well, for most brands, new limited editions won’t be a super-big piece of news. But here, we’re talking about Seiko Prospex and some new editions, especially because it includes the “Turtle” and the “Samurai”, are something that will definitely create some buzz inside collectors’ circles. So, as a preview of what will be showed at Baselworld 2017, here are the Seiko Prospex Turtle SRPB11 and Samurai SRPB09 Blue Lagoon Limited Editions.

As you already guessed, two watches are involved in this new limited series of watches. Just like the brand did with the PADI editions in 2016, we just have here new variations of existing models, namely the super-cool “Turtle” and “Samurai”. While the PADI editions were featuring the usual colors of this diver association, meaning blue and red, the new Blue Lagoon Limited Editions are using mainly shades of blue (inspired by the blue lagoon in case you missed the point).

Seiko Prospex Turtle SRPB11 Blue Lagoon

This has to be said, the Seiko Prospex Turtle has been one of the most talked watches of 2016, especially in its PADI special edition, which has been named in almost all watch magazines as one of 2016 highlights – including us. And for good reasons. This watch has everything of a cool piece: affordable, vintage-inspired, stamped with the Prospex logo, super good looking, efficient as a dive watch, and fitted with an unbreakable automatic movement. The standard editions were already well received by collectors but the PADI was simply a blast, with its blue dial and pepsi bezel.

Based on this watch is a new limited edition, the Seiko Prospex Turtle SRPB11 Blue Lagoon, this time with a bi-color rotatable bezel, mixing deep blue and light turquoise blue. Indexes and hands are all white and silver and the dial retain the sub-ray pattern that plays a lot with the ambient light. For the rest, we have that same 45mm “turtle” case and steel bracelet and inside the in-house calibre 4R36 with day and date feature. Recommended retail price in Europe is 530 Euro and it should be available in March 2017 (end February may be possible). No word yet about the limitation, but no doubt these will sell like hot cakes.

Specifications of the Seiko Prospex Turtle SRPB11 Blue Lagoon

case: 45mm diameter – stainless steel, brushed and polished – Screw Case Back with LIMITED EDITION marking – hardened mineral glass – 200m water resistant

movement: Calibre 4R36, in-house – automatic – 3Hz frequency – 41 hours power reserve – time, day and date

bracelet: 3-link steel bracelet, Three-fold Clasp with secure lock, Push button release with extender

Seiko Prospex Samurai SRPB09 Blue Lagoon

Apart from this vintage-oriented offer, Seiko has a second watch in the collection, which can be seen as its modern sister, the “Samurai”. Based on the same concept – same base movement, same vocation, same water resistance, same price range – it mainly differs by its modern, angular shape. Don’t get me wrong though, even if the “Turtle” is a stunner, the Seiko Prospex Samurai SRPB09 Blue Lagoon is also a properly good looking piece.

This Seiko Prospex Samurai SRPB09 Blue Lagoon is based on the same codes, meaning a blue dial with sun-ray patter, some white and silver indexes and hands and a bi-color bezel, mixing deep blue and turquoise blue (for the first 15 minutes of the diver scale). The steel case, entirely brushed for a more toolish aspect, is here measuring 43.8mm in diameter and the watch features the calibre 4R35, the date only version of this movement. As a Prospex watch, this Samurai SRPB09 Blue Lagoon has all the attributes of a good diver, meaning a luminous dial, some large hands, a suitable rotatable bezel and a 200 water resistance. Recommended retail price in Europe is 480 Euro and it should be available in March 2017 (end February may be possible). No word yet about the limitation.

Specifications of the Seiko Prospex Samurai SRPB09 Blue Lagoon