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Seiko has revealed a new model of Speedtimer to commemorate the 2025 Tokyo World Athletics Championships. The watch is limited to 6000 pieces and is powered by a solar movement with six months of power reserve.
Priced at £650, it’s available to pre-order from 25th June.
By pairing purple with black and keeping the case size under 40 mm, Seiko has just revealed one of my favourite watches of the year.
It’s a solar-powered Speedtimer and the bold colour scheme comes from the official brand hue of the 2025 Tokyo World Athletics Championships, which kick-off in the Japanese capital city on 13 September.
Limited to 6,000 pieces worldwide, the colour of the watch dial is called Edo-Murasaki. It’s the brand colour of the championships and is also known as Tokyo Purple. One of Japan’s officially recognised traditional heritage colours, it’s derived from a textile dye made using native purple glass from the Musashino region of Japan, and dates from when Tokyo was known as Edo.
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The watch itself is wonderfully compact, with its 39 mm case diameter making it suitable for just about every wrist size. The purple dial is contrasted by a black bezel with tachymeter and a trio of black sub dials. Further details include a date window at the 4:30 position, and the logo of the 2025 Championships etched into the stainless steel case back.
Powered by Seiko’s in-house V192 solar-charged movement, the watch is accurate to plus or minus 15 seconds per month, and has a power reserve of six months when fully charged. The solar movement can be charged by both natural sunlight and artificial light. Water resistance is 100 metres.
Priced at £650, the Seiko Speedtimer 2025 Tokyo World Athletics Championship in Edo Purple is available to pre-order from 25th June.
