Seiko doesn’t officially use the name “Turtle.” Fans began calling it that based on its curvaceous, chelonian shape, obviously. It was a case shape (sometimes called “cushion-shaped”) not unknown to ...

Inspired by an important historical design So we come back to the modern Seiko Turtle, which came out in 2016. This watch riffs off a historically important dive watch for Seiko, the 6309-7040/9. This ...

Seiko has a long and storied history in the development of dive watches, beginning with its release of the first Japanese-made one in 1965. Since then, the brand has achieved numerous other milestones ...

By the early 1980s, Seiko brought out the trimmer ‘Slim Turtle’ — a sharper addition that began the watch’s slow decline from favour. By the 1990s, the love affair with the Turtle appeared to have ...

It’s also typical Seiko form to offer new designs such as this with more than an aesthetic tweak, and that’s what the watchmaker has done here once again. In pictures, the new watches look like the ...