Wristwatches · Wristwatch
Seiko SKX Diver, c. 2015
- Maker / attribution
- Seiko (maker)
- Date
- c. 2015
- Historical period
- Contemporary Horology (2010 – Present)
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Object type
- Wristwatch
- Dimensions
- Case 42 mm
- Stock no.
- 408100760490
- Credit line
- Dealer listing, Analog/Shift (408100760490)
- Catalogue title (original)
- Seiko SKX Diver (English)
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Record summary
Catalogued by Analog/Shift (dealer), New York (stock number 408100760490), this is a wristwatch by Seiko, made in Japan, dated c. 2015. The Atlas places it in the Contemporary Horology period (2010 – Present) of its Wristwatches collection. Recorded dimensions: Case 42 mm. The record is illustrated with 6 photographs.
Assembled from the source record's structured fields. Dates and attributions are given as the source states them; where a field is missing the Atlas leaves it blank rather than estimating.
Catalogue description
Dealer description — Analog/Shift
For many years, the Seiko SKX range represented the affordable, mechanical dive watch of a generation. However, the SKX line, with its 200m of water resistance and infinite mod-ability, remains a fan favorite even after its demise. This model, an SKX173, is a particularly good-looking member of the family, offering a slightly different look than the famed, probably most well-known, Reference SKX007. This particular example dated to circa 2015 and features 42mm stainless steel case with a 'hardlex' crystal, an screw-down crown, and a unidirectional dive timing bezel with a black insert, and a luminous matte black dial with rectangular indices (as opposed to the more commonly seen round plots) with a matching SKX handset. Powered by the hardy, automatic Seiko Caliber 7S26 movement and paired to a black silicone dive strap with a steel pin buckle, this is a watch that’s ready for years more action — preferably beneath the waves. In fact, it's even ISO compliant. Once you strap this one on, we're confident you’ll see the ‘SKX’ light… just like us!
Historical context
Contemporary Horology (2010 – Present)
Silicon components, connected watches, optical-lattice research clocks and a thriving independent scene.
Smartwatches became the world's best-selling watches, while mechanical watchmaking focuses on craft, innovation (silicon components, new escapements) and independent makers.
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Atlas type guide
Dive and water-resistant watches
Keeping water and dust out of a wristwatch was a long-standing challenge. Rolex's screw-down Oyster case (1926) and Omega's Marine (1932) were landmarks; in the early 1950s Blancpain's Fifty Fathoms and Rolex's Submariner defined the professional dive watch with rotating bezels for timing dives, luminous dials and high water resistance. The ISO 6425 standard (1982) later codified what a 'diver's watch' must do.
Dive watches became icons of post-war design and exploration, and their evolution — helium escape valves, ceramic bezels, saturation-diving depth ratings — records the history of underwater work.
What to look for
- Unidirectional or bidirectional rotating bezel with minute markings.
- Screw-down crown and case back; depth rating printed on the dial.
- Luminous hands and markers (radium before c. 1960, tritium c. 1960–1998, then Super-LumiNova).
- Reference numbers on the case between the lugs or inside the back.
Dating clues
- Screw-down Oyster cases: from 1926.
- Professional dive watches: from 1953.
- Tritium 'T' marks on dials: c. 1960–1998.
General guidance written by the Atlas editors about this kind of object. It is not a statement about this particular piece; for that, rely on the source record above and on physical examination.
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