Hands-On: Seiko Prospex SPB097 Twilight Blue ‘1968 Diver Reimagined’ & SPB105 Watches

One of the most popular mainstream watches you'll seen on people's wrists is likely to be some sort of Seiko dive watch, and if you are a timepiece enthusiast, Seiko makes a dizzying array of new diver's watches each year Today, I'm talking about a particular colorway of a Seiko Prospex diver's watch that has been covered on aBlogtoWatch a few times - such as our hands-on article about the Seiko Prospex SPB077 and SPB079 here, or the limited edition Prospex SPB107 "Topper Edition" edition In this article, I'll focus on the Seiko Prospex SPB097, but I am also including some shots of the Seiko Prospex SPB105, which has a different dial color and bezel material - just because.

That isn't to say that Seiko has abandoned the lower price points but rather that the popular Seiko Prospex collection of sports and diver's watches begins higher up the price ladder Who goes for the a Seiko Prospex SPB097? All the watches in this Prospex dive watch family are essentially the brand's latest reinterpretation of a design from the Japanese watchmaker that came out in 1968 Seiko points out that the SPB097 and SPB105 are "Re-imagined" versions of dive watches Seiko started making in 1968.

Price for the Seiko Prospex SPB097 is $1,150 USD and retail price for the Prospex SPB105 is $1,050 USD Learn more at the Seiko Luxe website here. . Source