KMII shares his real-world testing of the Seiko Prospex PADI Turtle SRPA21K1, taking it from Arctic conditions to its natural deep-sea environment. This article highlights the watch's performance as a professional-grade tool watch and its aesthetic appeal in various settings, reinforcing the Prospex line's promise of durability and reliability.
The Seiko Prospex line is meant to represent a 'professional specification'. Be it tool watches generally, or dive watches in particular, they have seemingly been living up to the promise for quite some time. And being a seasoned sceptic myself, doing some personal testing - ensuring the promise does not only go marketing deep - cannot harm, either
I have started the testing regimen in the icy North, where the so called Turtle has passed the Arctic portion of the test with flying colours (more here: http://www.watchprosite.com/seiko/putting-the-prospex-promise-to-the-test--some-extreme-testing-of-the-seiko-prospex-srpa21-padi/876.1111388.8375598/0/ on exactly what it had to go through).
Recently, I also wanted to try how it behaves in its natural environment - the deep sea. As the sea was cold - 10 degrees Centigrade - I knew that the wrist and attached body would fail way before the watch, so we did not reach more than 'shore level depths' but still...
Seems it takes to the ocean like a fish to water - and it looks nice doing it, too
In fact if the swimmer was up to it (don't look at me), I am sure the watch would eagerly make the trip to home waters without missing a beat. Changing timezones inbetween may pose a bit of a challenge - one should not unscrew a crown swimming I am told - but apart from that...
Given that time was of the essence, a quick sunbathing after washing off the seawater had to suffice but I can now firmly claim to not only having tried the water resistance under the tap, while washing my hands but also in more extreme circumstances. Of sorts
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