This is not the first PADI Special Edition, we wrote about the earlier models here. The reference SPB071J has the Seiko 6R15 (automatic) movement which has a power reserve of 50 hours. This movement ...

Both designs are iconic members of Seiko’s dive watch pantheon and long overdue additions to the PADI collection, and both are decorated with the same special edition dial texture and green bezel.

Many of the value propositions in Seiko watches exist because this fully vertically integrated Japanese company can produce its own in-house mechanical movements on the cheap. However, Seiko also ...