The Seiko Astron GPS Solar receives an update that will make it thinner, smaller and less energy consuming. Oh, and there is a very cool new bracelet that comes with it. Although this watch will be available from December onwards, we had the opportunity to see, try and photograph it already.
Besides the impressive technology and its specifications, the watch really looks good. Perhaps you remember Michael Stockton’s hands-on review of the previous/current Seiko Astron GPS Solar (find it here), I think it is a safe bet to say that this new version (we have reference SSH003 here) would fix the minor issues (mainly based on size) he had with that one.
Seiko Astron GPS Solar 5X series – SSH003
An in-depth article on the previous Astron GPS Solar collection, that was introduced in 2012 and updated in 2015, can be found in this report we wrote a while ago. In short, the Astron has nothing to do with the original 1969 quartz watch from Seiko (the watch that singlehandedly started the Swiss watch crisis you could say), but everything with being a GPS controlled watch. You have radio-controlled watches that get an impulse via one of the transmitters that are based at several locations in the world. These watches are very accurate, but GPS is even more accurate. This Seiko Astron GPS Solar SHH003 is using a new caliber, the 5X series, that has a number of advantages compared to the previous 8X series.
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