Zodiac Sea Wolf ‘Topper Edition’ Series II Watches Designed By Eric Singer

Here's a neat bit of trivia: adjusted for inflation, a Zodiac Sea Wolf costs now, almost exactly what it did back in 1953 when the brand's signature dive watch was released We were recently on hand for the unveiling of the latest chapter in that ongoing Sea Wolf story: a colorful and affordable three-piece capsule collection of archive-inspired watches designed in part by Eric Singer exclusively for Topper Jewelers in Burlingame, California As the drummer for the long-running rock band KISS, Singer also happens to be a noted watch collector with a keen eye for design - a sensibility that not only earned him a spot on the Grand Prix D'Horlogerie De Genève judging panel, but one that's seen him help with the design for multiple Zodiac dive watches.

It's the second time he's collaborated with Rob Caplan at Topper Jewelers on designing a limited-edition series of Sea Wolf watches, and this go-around is arguably their strongest effort yet One primary goal of the capsule was to revisit the quirky bezel design and colors of one of the rarest Sea Wolf watches in the archive: the checkered 'Rally' bezel variant It gets its nickname from the gloss-white mineral glass bezel, designed to evoke the 'ghost bezel' effect found on many vintage Sea Wolf watches, whose blue or yellow bezels would fade to a bright white after years of hard wear and prolonged sun exposure.

On a surface level though, most vintage Zodiac divers were equipped with a date, but dive watch purists will appreciate that this is a no-date movement, preserving the classic symmetry found on both dial expressions of the Sea Wolf. . Source