Description
KING SEIKO SJE091 Specifications
| Feature |
| |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Driving system | Automatic with manual winding | |||
| Caliber Number | 6L35 | |||
| Case material | Stainless steel with mirror and hairline finishing | |||
| Case back | Solid with King Seiko emblem | |||
| Band type | Bracelet | |||
| Band material | Stainless steel with mirror and hairline finishing | |||
| Band color | Silver tone | |||
| Band width | 19 mm | |||
| Clasp | Deployment with push button release | |||
| Dial color | Cool black brushed pattern | |||
| 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 double baton index at 12 o’clock position | |||
| Second markers | Minutes markers around the outer rim | |||
| Bezel | Brushed black fixed 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 38.6 mm x Thickness 10.7 mm | |||
| Lug to lug | 45.8 mm | |||
| Weight | 130 g |
KING SEIKO SJE091 Features
In the 1960s, King Seiko timepieces were at the forefront of Seiko Watch Corporation’s developments in world-leading technical precision. ‘King Seiko’ originated when multiple factories created different watches to encourage innovation – one of the Japanese watch brand’s constant aims.
The dial on this model features a new cool-black colored finish designed to enhance the cutting edge looks of the original 1965 inspiration. It has a slim KSK case design, whilst the sapphire glass edge gives a sharp reflection and is designed to stand out. The hour and minute hands have a diamond-cut specification which sparkle alongside the three-dimensional indices.
Powered by an in-house 6L35 caliber movement with an accuracy of +15 to -10 seconds per day, it has a bi-directional winding system and a rapid date changing mechanism.
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
KING SEIKO SJE091 Special
A modern creation inspired by heritage join the King Seiko collection.
Renewed, enhanced and as striking as ever.
The 1960’s was a decade of unprecedented advances for Seiko, both in terms of technical development and design creativity. Alongside Grand Seiko, one other series demonstrated the company’s ability to create beautifully designed and finished mechanical watches with high accuracy. It was called King Seiko. In addition to its precision, it offered a powerful yet graceful design that symbolized the high quality of its construction. Today, after more than half a century, the King Seiko collection is back with timepieces that showcase the lasting quality of Seiko’s mechanical watchmaking.
The refinement and elegance of the original 1965 KSK inspire the new series.
The new creation features an elegant dial befitting a watch bearing the King Seiko signature. It features a new shade of black created especially to harmonize with the new case design, making for a sophisticated presence.
On this new creation, the hour and minute hands are faceted, demonstrating the high-quality manufacturing used to craft modern timepieces that honor the King Seiko legacy and advance the collection into today’s era.
On the black dial, the hands have a fine hairline finish that heightens the level of contrast with the dial’s dark surface and enhances legibility.
Thinner than the original, comfortable to wear.
They are also 0.2mm thinner than the original King Seiko KSK, despite having automatic winding and a date window. This is made possible thanks to enhancements in the case construction and the boxed-shaped crystal whose height has been reduced.
Combined with the elegant bracelet, an artful melding of proportions, design, and functionality results in watches capable of moving gracefully with wearers as they go about their daily lives, from relaxed to formal situations and everywhere in between.
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.
