The three Seiko 5 Sports SKX Style watches at hand have a 42.5mm wide stainless steel case with a height of 13.4mm and a 46mm lug-to-lug. In my book, that makes it a very wearable watch, which wears smaller than its initial dimensions suggest, but you can always debate about dimensions and proportions. The fact of the matter is, these will fit most people just fine. If you think otherwise, there’s always the 38mm Mid-Size collection as a smaller alternative. The case has a crown positioned at 4 o’clock, protected by a pair of guards, a signature styling element of the SKX Sports Style. The benefit is that it’s still very accessible to operate, yet does not dig into the wrist when wearing it.
On top of the case sits a unidirectional rotating bezel to time whatever you want to time, including a recreational dive in the ocean if needed. The insert varies between the three models, with a checker-board-like pattern on the SPRK09, a classic silver-on-black diving scale on the SRPK11 and a black insert with a silver and red scale for the SRPK13. All three have a five-minute graduation and a luminous pip at the top, but they do mix up the style for each replica rolex daytona quite a bit.
As Seiko celebrates the 55th anniversary of the Seiko 5 Sports this year, we’ve already covered the very cool SRPK17 anniversary edition, but we’re specifically looking at the new SKX models here. As said, SKX is one of the most important names in the brand’s history as far as awareness is concerned, as pretty much all of us instantly know what we’re dealing with. Most will probably have a mental image of the aforementioned SKX007 popping up. I won’t bore you with too many details, but in essence, the first Seiko 5 Sports SKX is the blueprint for the current Seiko 5 Sports collection and all derivatives that followed in its footsteps.
The Seiko 5 Sports range was revamped in 2023, although it was met with scepticism for multiple reasons. First and foremost was the discontinuation of the legendary SKX007 and the fact its replacement collection was downgraded from 200m to 100m of water resistance. That’s still more than enough to get you through daily chores and activities, but no longer a reliable companion for anything beyond the pool or a bit of snorkelling in the bay of an ocean. In return, we received a more focused range of urban- and leisure-oriented collections, in the style of the famous SKX of old. The three watches we’re looking at today combine the spirit of the SKX007 with vibrant colour schemes inspired by Seiko 5 Sports models from 1969.
With more than 140 years of continuous watchmaking history to look back on, it’s not that hard to put together a Greatest Hits of Seiko labelled watches introwatches.com, although the Seiko name wasn’t introduced until 1924. There are countless genuine icons if you think about it. Watches like the Laurel, the Lord Marvel, the 62MAS, the Astron, or the early high-precision watches under the King Seiko and Grand Seiko subbrands, the list goes on and on. But perhaps the most iconic of all is the humble Seiko SKX. This shaped the image of Seiko dive watches since its launch in the late-1960s, eventually spawning the legendary SKX007 in the mid-1990s, one of the brand’s very best. It is a genuine horological masterpiece, not because it’s such an incredibly complex watch or finished to haute horlogerie standards, but because it was a really good, inexpensive watch ready to take a beating. Today we’re taking a closer look at three watches that keep this affordable and reliable spirit alive in virbant colourways; the Seiko 5 Sports SKX Style SRPK09, SRPK11 and SRPK13.