The Poor Man’s Fifty Fathoms

Seiko has a rock-solid reputation when it comes to their diving watches and über-affordable Seiko 5 collections. Standing on the shoulders of their legacy, history and Intellectual Property, Seiko are rightly the last company that one would expect to attempt to draw inspiration from competition. This is the certainty that was challenged in the minds of some forumers when they discovered Seiko’s latest 42mm-wide SNZH5 collection:

Here are the colour combinations (as shown on Watches88):

• SNZH51K1: silver dial and black bezel with silver numerals
• SNZH53K1: blue dial and bezel with silver numerals
• SNZH55K1: black dial and bezel with silver numerals
• SNZH57K1: black dial and bezel with gold numerals
• SNZH59K1: black PVD version with black dial and bezel
• SNZH60K1: yellow gold PVD version with black dial and bezel

credit for photo above: http://yeomanseiko.wordpress.com/

At first, the watch looks like your average diver-styled stainless steel watch, but on closer examination, some of the Polish forumers gifted with photographic memory were able to connected it with an iconic timepiece:

From there on, it took little to wonder what this Seiko 5 could look like if the dial were swapped:

As a consequence, forumers of Eye Lip of GmtForum.pl contacted suppliers and is now taking orders for custom dials and date discs based on the design above.