Watchlords

Seiko has by no means had a quiet year, but there was one collection that demanded attention. The all new Seiko 5 Sports x Street Fighter V Editions turned heads for all the right reasons, taking inspiration from the legendary fighting game, and turning six of the main characters into watch designs. These fighters included Ryu, Ken, Chun-Li, Guile, Zangief and, last but certainly not least, the green machine himself, Blanka.


https://timeandtidewatches.com/video-st ... ts-blanka/

Eh?

Wha...?

Seriously. Seiko fucked up when they came up with the SKX 5ers. Then, they fucked up when they discontinued the SKX007. Now, they really fucked up with this fucking shit.

No thanks, I'm not 8 years old anymore.

As much of a Seiko fan as I am, I view this as Seiko diverging to produce Invicta type, vomit inducing watch.

Limited edition, ehh. ZERO would have been good.

Meh. They're for grown up kids of the right era. These are kind of a modern version of a Snoopy or Mickey Mouse watch. No big deal.

The term "jumping the shark" comes to mind.

SynMike wrote: ↑

December 26th 2020, 11:50am

Meh. They're for grown up kids of the right era. These are kind of a modern version of a Snoopy or Mickey Mouse watch. No big deal.

True. Perhaps we should cut Seiko some slack for marketing to others outside the Watchlords demographics.

Seiko’s just being very egalitarian. They make dress watches, casual watches, sports watches, tool watches, and watches for tools. Each of these categories has some ghastly stuff, mediocre stuff, and great stuff.

This is simply the ghastly stuff of the ”watches for tools” category.