Previous generation Prospex Turtle watches with plain black dials are very utilitarian but look far less sexy than a watch with a blue wave pattern dial or olive green with a raised repeating square pattern. The watches don’t functionally perform better than previous generation Turtle models, but now they look better, which, in my opinion really raises the desirability factory and joy of wearing them.Įnhanced visual appeal comes from the now ceramic (replacing aluminum) rotating bezel inserts, as well as the continued focus on “more than basic” dials. What I like most about the SRPE generation models is that they finally look more high-end than they actually are. You can spend thousands more on fancier Prospex models, but the Turtle remains an excellent and accessible value for many buyers. The Prospex King Turtle is priced on the higher-end of the brand’s more entry-level automatic sport watches. To be fair, Seiko makes a number of diver’s watches with tonneau-style cases, but the Turtle has it own charming and attractive look. The Turtle is named as such due to the particular shape of the tonneau-style case. This started with the company’s sports watches but now extends to most models. Seiko watch fans like to nickname each of the brand’s watches, as they typically only have alpha-numeric titles. A question I attempt to answer in this review is whether the price increase is worth it. Both generations of Prospex Turtle watches were priced under $500 USD, and the newest generation SRPE models exceed the $500 USD price barrier.
To see how Seiko has made modest but compelling changes to the Prospex Turtle watch collection over the recent years, you can view the aBlogtoWatch review of the Prospex SRP watch collection here, and more recently the Prospex SRPC watch collection here. Today, I look at two versions: the Seiko Prospex reference SRPE05 with the green dial (SRPE05K1 as the Japanese reference) and the SRPE07 with the blue dial (SRPE07K1 as the Japanese reference). Now available from Japan’s Seiko watches is a newly upgraded version of the Prospex “Turtle,” which now includes some even harder-to-resist features and which some people refer to as the “King Turtle.” The right blend for this generation of Prospex Turtle watches is both an attractive, textured dial (in a few forms) as well as being paired with a ceramic bezel - the first for this collection, I believe.
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