Few watch brands go to their historical wells as often — or as successfully — as Seiko.
With 100 years of watchmaking history (or 111 years if you include the watches the company made before it was called “Seiko”), Seiko has no shortage of vintage watches in its back catalog from which it can draw inspiration.
For its latest redux, Seiko has looked to the Seiko 5 Sports from 1969 — an affordable diver-esque model that featured a variety of funky hues on its multicolored bezel and rehaut. But Seiko didn’t go it alone for this new take on the vintage model. Instead, the brand enlisted California skateboarding and lifestyle brand HUF to give it a streetwear spin.
HUF Enough
Seiko and HUF have collaborated on Seiko 5 models before, but this is certainly the most fun and colorful project we’ve seen from their partnership thus far.
The watch features a cornucopia of colors supplied by HUF, with a white and red elapsed-time bezel and sections of blue and green appearing on the rehaut. The colors are paired up in a similar style as seen on the 1960s watches that inspired this one, with the red and blue both running from 12 to 4 o’clock and the white and green markings running the rest of the way around the dial.
