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Hands-On: Seiko Prospex King Samurai SRPE35 & SRPE37 Watches
Japan’s Seiko watches are on a roll and a slew of new watches for 2020 have something from just about all watch-lovers, whether their timepiece budget is a few hundred dollars or a few thousand. Today, I look at the Seiko Prospex “King Samurai” SRPE35 and SRPE37 watches that build upon the popular Seiko Prospex Samurai collection. The “King” part of the name implies a few welcome upgrades to the core watches, including a ceramic bezel insert, sapphire crystal, and new more attractive, textured dial.Not long ago, I looked at some sister watches of the King Samurai with the Seiko Prospex King Turtle (best watches review here). Those Prospex Turtle watches got the same “King” treatment, including new crystals, bezel inserts, and fancy dial options. Now, fans of Seiko’s distinctive Samurai-style diver’s watch case have reason to celebrate. That said, aside from a different style, the Seiko King Turtle and King Samurai are more or less s
The Piaget Altiplano Ultimate Concept Is Now The Thinnest Mechanical Hand-Wound Watch In The World
Now here's an arms race we can get behind. Fresh off the heels of reclaiming the throne as manufacturer of the world's thinnest automatic watch just a few short weeks ago, Piaget is stamping its authority on all things ultra and thin, with the introduction of the Piaget Altiplano Ultimate Concept, which measures a gobsmacking two millimeters thick. And just so we're clear, that's not the movement we're talking about-that's an entire mechanical watch no thicker than a nickel (well technically, it's barely an iota thicker-50 microns, or about 0.05mm, to be exact). Anyone say "shots fired"yet?In this particularly competitive corner of haute horology where records are claimed in tenths of a millimeter and tolerances are measured in hundredths of a millimeter, every time a new ultra-thin record falls, it's generally a pretty big deal, despite there really being only a few key watchmakers at this table. One of those of course, is Piaget, who has largely spent the last 60 years pushing the bo