All four hands are luminous to match with the luminous applied markers and numerals. Both integrate the GMT complication beautifully, pairing the large red-coloured, arrow-tipped hand alongside classic cathedral-style hour and minute hands and a needle-tipped seconds hand. Reference SPB377 has a blue sunburst dial and a matching blue leather strap while reference SPB379 nominates a black dial and black leather band. The next, I’m reasoning it’s one of the details that lets these models stand out against those done before it. One minute I think it would look better without it. One feature of the case I can’t quite make my mind up on is the steel 24-hour bezel.
They have a 200 metre water resistance thanks to a screw down crown and case back and domed sapphire crystal glass with anti-reflective treatment.
The Seiko Prospex Alpinist Mechanical GMT SPB377 and SPB379 watches are engineered from stainless steel and measure to a nice size of 39.5mm wide and 13.6mm tall. In fact, they’re handsome-looking watches and have a pleasantly more retro-inspired appearance this time round. References SPB377 and SPB379 are a little different aesthetically to their 2003 counterpart, but that’s not to say they’re inferior. So that suggests the new Seiko Prospex Alpinist Mechanical GMT watches should do rather well, especially since these are the first automatic Alpinist models with dual-time complication. Checking the pre-owned market tells us these watches are still in high demand – especially the rarer 500-piece limited edition. It also had a perpetual calendar and a titanium case. Twenty years ago, the Japanese watchmaker launched a rather legendary GMT model with a quartz movement. Yes, the new Seiko Prospex Alpinist Mechanical GMT SPB377 and SPB379 watches aren’t the first GMT variants of the Alpinist. The Seiko Alpinist has changed a lot over the years and there’s plenty of important references we could talk about, but one that seems obvious here is the Alpinist GMT that launched in 2003. It was designed to be robust and resistant in both design and technology, helping Japanese explorers tackle the harsh environments of mountains. It was released well before the brand’s first dive watch and was in fact their first interpretation of a sports watch. The design dates back to the 1950’s when Seiko created a watch for Japanese mountaineers, also known as Yama-Otoko. While Seiko is predominantly known for its vast range of diving watches, the field-inspired Alpinist has its own dedicated set of followers. Seiko’s adventurer’s watch is finally equipped with a mechanically wound, time zone hopping GMT complication with the launch of the Seiko Prospex Alpinist Mechanical GMT SPB377 and SPB379 watches.
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