Seiko watches have always been making waves. Many professional divers actually use their dive watches for their work. The Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI) is the world’s leading scuba diver training organization. Both started out serving the diving industry in 1965, and to celebrate this special relationship, Seiko…
The recent victory of Joseph Schooling in the Rio 2016 Olympics coincides has certainly piqued Singaporean interest in swimming. In tribute to our first national gold medal earned by a born and bred Singaporean in the international games, Deployant dedicates this weekend to recommendations for that perfect swimming watch.…
Last year, in a rare instance of a real world test of a dive watch, Seiko strapped four of its Marinemaster “Tuna” dive watches to the outside of a submersible operated by Japan’s national marine research agency, which then plunged into the Pacific Ocean. The Marinemaster 1000m automatic kept good time until it reached 4299m, or […]
King Seiko versus Grand Seiko You can’t imagine this today, but back in the 1960’s, Seiko made two of its manufactories compete with each other. These two plants were Suwa Seikosha and Daini Seikosha. The objective was simple, to design beautiful watches and create the most accurate movements. Suwa Seikosha introduced the very first Grand Seiko in 1960. Not […]