Description
KING SEIKO SJE109 Specifications
| Feature |
| |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Driving system | Automatic with manual winding | |||
| Caliber Number | 6L35 | |||
| Case material | Stainless steel | |||
| Case back | Solid with King Seiko emblem | |||
| Band type | Bracelet | |||
| Band material | Stainless steel | |||
| Band color | Silver tone | |||
| Band width | 19 mm | |||
| Clasp | Deployment with push button release | |||
| Dial color | Silver grey brushed reflecting the juxtaposition of tradition and modernity in the city of Tokyo | |||
| Glass material | Box shaped sapphire crystal | |||
| Glass coating | Anti-reflective coating on inner surface | |||
| Hands | Grey silver tone hour, minute and second hand | |||
| Dial markers | Grey silver tone batons with arrow-feather design shaped double indexes at 12 o’clock position | |||
| Second markers | Minutes markers around the outer rim | |||
| Bezel | Fixed silver tone stainless steel | |||
| Calendar | Date display at 3 o’clock position | |||
| Crown | Silver tone screw down with King Seiko emblem at 3 o’clock position | |||
| Function | Date, hour, minute, second, stop second hand | |||
| Accuracy | +15 to -10 seconds per day | |||
| Magnetic resistance | 4,800 A/m | |||
| Vibration | 28,800 vibrations per hour | |||
| Drive duration | Power reserve approximately 45 hours | |||
| Water resistance | 5 bar water resistance (50 meters / 165 feet) | |||
| Size | Diameter 39.4 mm x Thickness 9.9 mm | |||
| Lug to lug | 43.6 mm | |||
| Bracelet length | 200 mm | |||
| Weight | 126 g |
KING SEIKO SJE109 Features
In 1969, the 45KS launched and was entered into international watchmaking competitions for accuracy. It became Seiko’s, and Japan’s, first ever certified ‘Chronometer,’ as an exceptionally accurate mechanical timepiece. Inspired by this landmark in Seiko history, King Seiko introduce the ‘Metropolis Silver’ re-interpretation of the 4502-8020 original.
The redux echoes the original silhouette with its curved case shape, date feature and 12 o’clock index cut like an arrow feather. It features a narrow link bracelet in true Seiko Sixties style of the time.
This timepiece is crafted to be only 9.9mm in depth, being powered by Seiko’s slimmest automatic in-house caliber. With a bidirectional and semi-instantaneous winding mechanism, this 6L35 timepiece is highly practical, and accurate to +15/-10 seconds per day, with a 45-hour power reserve.
Long live the new King Seiko: modernized elite watchmaking, yet its stately, dignified and majestically classic looks remain.
- 26 jewels
- Date display
- Solid screw case back
- Screw-down crown
- Fixed stainless steel bezel
- Stop second hand function
History of Seiko
The company was founded in 1881, when Kintarō Hattori opened a watch and jewerly shop called “K. Hattori” (服部時計店 Hattori Tokeiten) in the Ginza area of Tokyo, Japan. Eleven years later, in 1892, he began to produce clocks under the name Seikosha, meaning roughly “House of Exquisite Workmanship”.
The first watches produced under the Seiko brand appeared in 1924. In 1969, Seiko introduced the Astron, the world’s first production quartz watch, it cost the same as a medium-sized car. Seiko later went on to introduce the first quartz chronograph.
