#Prospex Forest Green

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Embrace Nature’s Majesty with the Prospex Forest Green Limited Edition Timepiece

The Seiko Prospex India Limited Edition 'Forest Green' watch captures the beauty and mystery of India's lush, evergreen forests. Designed for adventure enthusiasts and watch collectors alike, this unique timepiece is a symbol of exploration and resilience, reflecting the untouched majesty of the tropical forests. The Prospex Forest Green watch combines Seiko's legendary precision with a deep appreciation for nature, making it a fitting choice for those who seek both style and performance.

The forest green dial of the Prospex Forest Green watch is a true tribute to nature, with LumiBrite indices that offer exceptional visibility even in low-light settings. These luminous markers ensure readability at a glance, a vital feature for explorers who may find themselves in dim or challenging environments. Crafted for durability, the stainless steel case houses the reliable Automatic 4R35 calibre, complete with a 41-hour power reserve, ensuring the timepiece remains both functional and stylish no matter the adventure.

Enhanced by a sapphire crystal with a Cyclops lens, the Prospex Forest Green Limited Edition offers an unobstructed view of the date, magnified for easy readability. Anti-reflective coating on the inner surface of the crystal minimizes glare, allowing optimal clarity in various lighting conditions. Water-resistant up to 200 meters and designed to be scratch-resistant, this watch is engineered for rugged terrains, making it a reliable companion for those who love the great outdoors.

Built with explorers in mind, the stainless steel case is both sturdy and comfortable for extended wear. A unidirectional rotating bezel offers easy control, while the interchangeable green silicone strap adds a personalized touch, ideal for long treks through the wilderness or city adventures alike.

Limited to only 1,000 pieces, the Prospex Forest Green Limited Edition is an exclusive piece for those who appreciate the untouched beauty of nature. Each timepiece is presented in a specially crafted box featuring green accents, completing the experience of nature-inspired craftsmanship. The Seiko Prospex Forest Green watch stands as a testament to Seiko's commitment to reliability, durability, and the thrill of exploration—a perfect addition for anyone captivated by the allure of India's evergreen forests.

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aBlogtoWatch Weekly News Roundup July 11 – July 18, 2020

Seiko Debuts Limited Edition Prospex LX SNR045 Diver With Textured Green Dial

After collecting the coveted GPHG Best Diver’s Watch prize in 2019, the Seiko Prospex LX diver series has established its place among the most technically impressive dive watch releases in recent years. For 2020, the brand has returned to the line with the Seiko Prospex LX SNR045, a unique limited edition green dial model inspired by Japanese Antarctic exploration. The beefy 44.8mm titanium case shares the same proprietary super-hard coating and distinctive angular “Grammar of Design” shape as its stablemates for a solid 300 meters of water resistance, but is topped off here by a ceramic unidirectional bezel in polished green ceramic. While many uses of the color can come off either too drab or too vibrant, the medium forest tone here strikes a fine balance that should prove versatile. The real star of the show, however, is the dial. Like so many Seiko designs, this one draws from nature, emulating the mysterious pillars of moss found beneath the surface of a recently discovered lake in Skarvsness Foreland, Antarctica by a team of researchers. In practice, the etched design on the glossy green dial reads almost like a shimmering herringbone pattern, catching the light and standing out dramatically from the competition. Seiko powers the Prospex LX SNR045 with the 5R65 automatic spring drive movement. This signature Seiko powerplant allows for an incredible accuracy of within 15 seconds per month, along with the perfectly smooth gliding sweep of the seconds hand and an indicated 72 hours of power reserve. Like other Prospex LX diver models, the SNR045 is paired with an angular, cleanly finished titanium take on the classic oyster style three link bracelet with butterfly clasp. With the Seiko Prospex LX SNR045, Seiko has taken one of its most technically impressive mainline releases in recent years and taken it in a bolder visual direction, for a truly one of a kind result. Only 500 examples of the Seiko Prospex LX SNR045 will be made, and are available now through authorized retailers at an MSRP of $6,000. For more information, please visit the brand’s website.

Junghans Offers First Ever Max Bill Kleine Automatic In 34mm Size

The Junghans Max Bill line has been a fixture for the German brand for decades, creating an iconic minimalist centerpiece for the company since the original designed penned by Max Bill himself hit the market in 1961. In all those years, however, the watch has never been offered in its original 34mm size with an automatic movement. The new Junghans Max Bill Kleine Automatic series finally fills this gap, combining the Max Bill shape in its purest form with the convenience of automatic winding. The 34mm stainless steel case is available with a matte finish, along with an optional PVD coating in gold or anthracite black. The overall form is simple and almost delicate in its minimalism, but the all-dial appearance from above helps the Max Bill Kleine Automatic to avoid feeling too small on the wrist. Like the case design, the matte white dials of the new Junghans Max Bill Kleine Automatic are remarkably faithful translations of the 1961 original. Each of the three versions offers a slightly different interpretation on the base design, with the stainless steel and PVD gold opting for elemental line indices and matching hands. The PVD black model, on the other hand, uses the distinctive rounded minimal Arabic numerals found in many iterations of the Max Bill line, lending it a slightly more substantial appearance. All three variants use the ETA 2824-based Junghans J800.1 automatic movement. Like its ETA branded forebear, the J800.1 is a durable, solid powerplant with a slightly disappointing 38 hour power reserve and 28,800 bph beat rate. Each version of the Junghans Max Bill Kleine Automatic is offered with a different strap option. The classic stainless steel model receives a minimalist calf leather strap in clean beige, while the gold PVD and black PVD models are paired with textile straps made from recycled PET plastic in pale gray, respectively. While the petite size may not be for all modern tastes, the Junghans Max Bill Kleine Automatic offers a true purist option for the line with a reliable automatic heart. All three versions of the Junghans Max Bill Kleine Automatic are available now online and through authorized dealers, with a starting MSRP of $995. To learn more, visit Junghans’ website.

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The LX line was introduced in 2019 from the Prospex collection as the pinnacle of Seiko sports watches. The line’s name, LX, hints at the Latin word for light and is a subtle nod to the way that light is reflected in the broad, flat surfaces of each case. It is a premium sports watch collection that strikes the perfect balance of modern aesthetic sense with high practicality. A new limited edition watch inspired by the Antarctic, in which Seiko diver’s watches has its roots, joins the LX line – Seiko Prospex LX line Limited Edition. The dial of this limited edition captures the mysterious underwater forest at the bottom of a lake near Skarvsnes Foreland in Antarctica.

Concept

Seiko’s diver’s watches dates back to 1965 when Seiko introduced its and Japan’s, first ever diver’s watch. The watches were handed to researchers and explorers that ventured into harsh environments, and the timepieces continued to demonstrate high functionality even under demanding conditions. The Skarvsnes Foreland is located approximately 55 kilometers from Showa station, a Japanese research station in Antarctica. It is in this area where Japanese researchers discovered a mysterious underwater forest of moss pillars covering the bottom of a nearby lake.

Skarvsnes Foreland

The unique moss pillars take many centuries to form underwater. When discovered by Japanese researchers, they were affectionately named “kokebozu,” a Japanese word that combines koke – moss, and bouzu – young boy. It is known today that the kokebozu is not made from one type of plant life alone, but from moss and various algae and bacteria that coexist. This limited edition brings to life the mystifying scenery of the underwater forest and the moss pillars that are brought to life by the extremity of Antarctica’s waters.

The kokebozu forest Large moss pillars can grow up to 80 cm in height

Design – A dial capturing the underwater forest in Skarvnes Foreland

The limited edition’s dial brings to life the aquatic moss pillars that stands at the bottom of a lake in Skarvsnes Foreland. The green ceramic bezel expresses the breath of life cultivated over a long period in the Antarctic ground.

Evolution in design reflected in the watch case

The watch’s design is based on the historic 1968 Diver’s, Seiko’s first diver’s watch that had 300m water resistance and a high-beat movement. A Prospex re-creation of the 1968 Diver’s was honored the Sports Watch Prize in 2018 at the world’s most prestigious Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève. The LX line inherits the original case design of the 1968 Hi-beat Diver’s.

The Zaratsu-polished distortion-free mirror surface of the case exterior and lowered center of gravity creates a modern look and greater comfort on the wrist. The LX line won the Diver’s Watch Prize at the 2019 Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève for its modern aesthetic and high practicality, and with it also, the favor of watch fans worldwide.

Performance matching professional specifications

This timepiece offers the uncompromising specifications demanded of a professional diver’s watch, including water resistance for saturation diving to depth of 300 meters, a unidirectional bezel fitted with a robust cermet exterior panel, and a clasp with a push-button diver-adjusted mechanism, among others.

The letters “LIMITED EDITION” and the serial number 001/500-500/500 are displayed on the case back as proof of this limited quantity edition.

Seiko’s unique Spring Drive

The movement, the engine of the watch, is fitted with Seiko’s innovative mechanism— Spring Drive Caliber 5R65. Its unique glide motion seconds hand is silent and boasts a power reserve of approximately 72 hours (3 days) when fully wound.

Spring Drive Caliber 5R65

Spring Drive is characteristically highly reliable in sports situations as it features high resistance to temperature variations and shocks, which are to be expected in active situations such as marine sports and climbing.

Seiko Prospex LX line Limited Edition Technical Specifications

Movement

Calibre Number: 5R65

Movement: Type Spring Drive

Accuracy: ±1 second per day / ±15 seconds per month (average)

Duration: Approx. 72 hours(3 days)

Exterior

Crystal: Curved(inner) sapphire

Crystal Coating: Anti-reflective coating on inner surface

LumiBrite: Lumibrite on hands, indexs and bezel

Clasp: Three-fold clasp with secure lock, push-button release with extender

Other details

Water Resistance: 300m / 1000ft for saturation diving

Case Size: Thickness: 15.7 ㎜

Diameter: 44.8 ㎜

Length: 50.9 ㎜

Other Specifications

LIMITED EDITION on the case back

Screw case back

Serial number engraved on the case back

Unidirectional rotating bezel

Other Features

30 jewels

Date display

Power reserve display

Stop second hand function

The kokebozu forest Large moss pillars can grow up to 80 cm in height

Spring Drive Caliber 5R65

Seiko Prospex LX line Limited Edition The LX line was introduced in 2019 from the Prospex collection as the pinnacle of Seiko sports watches.

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Mayor supports 43 local anti-knife crime projects across London10 May 2018

£1.4m of support as part of the Mayor’s comprehensive Knife Crime Strategy

34 projects announced today, in addition to nine which received funding in March

Sadiq Khan more committed than ever to do everything possible to tackle violence on London’s streets

Additional projects funded as a result of the new Mayor’s Young Londoners Fund

Community projects helping to prevent and protect young people from knife crime have today received a share of £1.15m from the Mayor as part of his commitment to do everything in his power to tackle violent crime and youth violence in London.

The 34 successful groups announced today include a martial arts club in Croydon, boxing clubs in Lambeth and Southwark, and mentoring workshops in Newham, Waltham Forest, Merton, Haringey and Hammersmith & Fulham.

A total of £1.4m has now been allocated to 43 anti-knife crime projects across the capital in the last few weeks, after nine schemes were awarded a share of £250,000 in March. Schemes across 19 boroughs will benefit from the new funding, including the ten boroughs most affected by knife crime.

The funding is part of Sadiq’s comprehensive Knife Crime Strategy published in June 2017, which included a £250,000 Knife Crime Community Seed Fund. The mayor has provided an additional £1.15m of new money for these projects through his new Young Londoners Fund, taking the total to £1.4m, after consultation with young people revealed that they want to be engaged with by people from their communities who they know and trust, and who have experienced some of the same issues and challenges around knife crime.

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, said: “As Mayor, I have made it a priority not only to be tough on knife crime in London, but tough on the causes of knife crime too. The tragic deaths in recent days and months have highlighted once again how urgently this must be tackled.

“The Government is letting our young people down and failing in its basic duty to keep people safe. At City Hall, we’re doing all we can to compensate for the failure of ministers and we are stepping up to provide unprecedented additional funds to the Met police, as well as driving forward a full and comprehensive Knife Crime Strategy and my £45m Young Londoners Fund, which will help many young people to thrive, prosper and make the right choices to avoid being sucked into a life of crime.

“I refuse to accept that nothing can be done to stem the appalling rise of violent crime we are seeing across the country. The community and grass-roots projects receiving funding today, alongside the projects that were funded earlier in the spring, will help root out violence within our communities and give more young Londoners the skills, support and aspirations they need to turn away from crime and fulfil their potential.”

The Mayor’s Office for Policing And Crime (MOPAC) will work with the successful bidders to provide mentoring and support, and to assist in building relationships with Safer Neighbourhood Boards. The Knife Crime Community Seed Fund is being managed by London Community Foundation.

The Crib is a pan-London organisation receiving £35,000 to provide people who have been bereaved or affected by knife crime with specialist support, including befriending and advocacy across London. Janette Collins, founder of The Crib, said: “We are now able to spread good practice in the fight against knife crime. It is a fantastic leap forward for our families and organisation.”

The Godwin Lawson Foundation goes to schools in Enfield and Haringey to deliver presentations around the dangers of knife crime. They will receive £47,528 which will help them reach 900 young people. Yvonne Lawson, founder and CEO of the Godwin Lawson Foundation, said: “We are extremely delighted to receive this funding, it will go a long way with our early intervention and prevention programs.”

ML Community Enterprise will receive £50,000 to deliver one-to-one support, group support and counselling to 20 young people engaged in, or at risk of engaging in, knife crime and support for their families in Brixton. Ira Campbell, ML Community Enterprise Ltd, said: “The project will feature readily available victim key-workers, emotional and practical support, and one-to-one specialist therapeutic counselling including innovative arts and sports therapies. We have developed an innovative model of key-working and counselling for young victims of violence, working with the consequences of the victimhood experience and the associated major psychological trauma, such as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.

“The primary outcome of the project is to improve young victims physical, mental and emotional health. The project aims to achieve the outcomes of supporting the reduction of violence, crime and anti-social behaviour. We aim to achieve an increase in the confidence and self-esteem of young victims, so they may identify and pursue positive opportunities.”

The full list of projects receiving the additional £1.15m of funding today are:

Prospex (Islington) - £21,061 to provide detached street outreach for up to 150 young people in Islington for 12 months.

Urban Community Projects (Camden) - £8,923 to deliver a project with at-risk young people in Camden Highgate Ward to create a knife and gang crime awareness event for the whole community, reaching 144 people.

Rising Stars Support (Croydon) - £14,622 to deliver 48 mixed martial arts sessions to 120 young people in Croydon.

Academy Achievers (Stratford and West Ham) - £35,855 to deliver anti-knife crime early intervention and outreach for up to 40 young people aged 11 to 18 in Stratford and West Ham.

ML Community Enterprise (Brixton) - £50,000 to deliver one-to-one support, group support and counselling to 20 young males and females engaged in or at risk of engaging in knife crime and support for their families in Brixton, Lambeth.

Fight for Change Foundation (Lambeth and Southwark) - £35,090 to deliver weekly boxing sessions and knife crime awareness and employability workshops for 30 at risk young people from Lambeth and Southwark over six months.

BLBC (Brent) - £10,000 to organise daily term-time community volunteer school patrols in Harlesden and organise groups of parents on four estates in Brent to address the issues of knife crime with their children and young people reaching a total of 100 people.

Trinity African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church (Haringey) - £44,456 to provide 48 weeks of weekly information and support for up to 360 children transitioning from primary to secondary school and their parents in Tottenham, Haringey.

Ocean Youth Connexions (Tower Hamlets) - £50,000 to deliver two six-month outreach projects and associated workshops over one year to 60 young people engaged in or at risk of engagement in knife related crime on and around the Ocean Estate in Tower Hamlets.

Key4Life CIO (Southwark, Haringey, Lambeth, Brent, Hammersmith & Fulham) - £32,688 to deliver a one-year partnership project preventing youth offending and youth violence by empowering 50 ex-offenders or those at risk of offending to secure employment and train as mentors in Brixton and other London locations.

The Show Crib (pan-London) - £35,000 to employ an outreach and engagement officer to provide 100 people who have been bereaved or affected by knife crime with specialist support including befriending and advocacy across London.

South London Counselling & Support Services (Lewisham and Greenwich) - £20,321 to provide one-to-one counselling and group workshops for up to 100 young victims of crime in Lewisham and Greenwich.

Cassandra Learning Centre (Croydon, Lambeth and Southwark) - £28,417 to deliver one-to-one counselling and group sessions to 100 perpetrators of knife crime from Croydon, Lambeth and Southwark.

Southside Young Leaders’ Academy (Southwark and Lambeth) - £28,600 to work with 40 young black males (aged 8-16) who are at-risk of becoming involved in knife crime and gang activity, via small group workshops and working with parents and local services in Lambeth and Southwark.

Good Shepherd Voluntary Organisation (Newham) - £59,123 to provide peer mentoring to 40 at-risk young people and 10 parenting workshops in Newham.

Chaos Theory (Waltham Forest) - £46,477 to deliver conflict mediation and mentoring in Waltham Forest reaching 45 predominantly young black and Asian men aged between 18 to 25 years.

The St Matthew's Project (Lambeth) - £44,242 to deliver a football and mental health-focussed project for 60 children (aged 5-12) in Lambeth over 45 weeks.

GOAL Gospel Oak Action Link (Camden) - £49,200 to deliver two 10-week programmes of workshops for 30 at-risk young people in Camden, followed by a residential programme with follow up support in order to divert them away from gangs and into education and/or employment.

Unique Talent CIC (Merton) - £22,000 to deliver a series of workshops and peer mentoring to young BAME men aged 24 and under engaged in or at risk of knife crime, along with training sessions to teachers, professionals and parents to raise awareness of risks in Merton.

Real Impact Social Empowerment Projects (Haringey) - £10,140 to deliver a community safety project predominantly aimed at Haringey’s young Somali community, including mentoring, workshops, awareness raising and a one-day summit reaching 300 people overall, in order to reduce knife crime in Wood Green and surrounding areas.

Communities Against Violence (Haringey) - £38,840 to deliver a two-pronged approach supporting victims and perpetrators of knife crime in Haringey via a phone line and outreach service reaching 200 people, and a family-style mentoring programme for four at risk young people.

Ambition, Aspire, Achieve (Newham) - £47,531 to deliver a strategic, grass-roots early intervention community-based project in Newham with the aim of facilitating routes out of gangs for 12 young people and preventing 20 young people from becoming involved in a gang.

Making Communities Work & Grow (Kensington & Chelsea) - £26,625 to deliver outreach for 24 weeks followed by group workshops, one-to-one sessions and general youth centre provision for 40 young BAME men in Kensington and Chelsea.

The VIP - Violence Intervention Project (Hammersmith & Fulham) - £40,230 to deliver a 12-month targeted mentoring programme in Hammersmith and Fulham for 20-25 high-status or high-risk young people aged 15 to 25 years old in the community and in custody.

The 4Front Project Ltd (Barnet) - £46,042 to deliver a youth led intervention project for 75 young people involved in and affected by serious youth violence in Barnet over one year.

StreetDoctors (Croydon & Hackney) - £44,100 to deliver a partnership project to educate up to 300 young people with knowledge of dangers and risks of knife crime, first aid training and lifesaving skills in Croydon and Hackney.

Godwin Lawson Foundation (Enfield and Haringey) - £47,528 to deliver in-school presentations around dangers of knife crime to 900 young people followed by targeted workshops and support for 40 young people across four schools in Enfield and Haringey.

Damilola Taylor Trust (Southwark) - £39,437 to deliver an intense mentoring and development programme to 45 young people, mainly from BAME backgrounds in Southwark over 12 months.

The Greenleaf Trust Ltd (Waltham Forest) - £49,492  to deliver ongoing intervention and prevention initiatives in Waltham Forest and Newham boroughs through outreach work and one-to-one mentoring, reaching 230 young people. The outreach will include a solicitor who will work with young people on understanding the law.

You and Me counselling (Havering) - £14,600 to deliver a project of awareness raising and school talks on the dangers of knife crime followed by family counselling for 12 at-risk young people and their families in Havering, benefitting 140 people overall.

SAAFI Somali Advice and Forum of Information (Brent) - £11,790 to fund 20 group sessions of motivational and mentoring content for 30 Somali young people in Harlesden aged 11-17.

Basic Sports & Fitness (BSF) CIC (Newham) - £19,090 to deliver a 12-month programme of sports and boxing and workshops to 40 at-risk young people in Newham as a diversionary activity away from gangs and violent crime.

The Crib (Tower Hamlets, Hackney and Islington) - £47,000 to train young people and parents to deliver workshops in educational, youth and community settings to 1,000 beneficiaries across Tower Hamlets, Hackney and Islington.

Streets of Growth (Tower Hamlets) - £34,646 to outreach to 50 high-risk young people on three estates in Tower Hamlets and deliver coaching support, life skills workshops and anti-social behaviour awareness workshops.

Notes to editors

In January, the community seed funding pot was boosted to £1.4m by the Mayor’s Young Londoners Fund. The Young Londoners Fund was created by Sadiq to support education, sport and cultural activities for young people to help tackle knife crime and youth violence, which has been rising across the country since 2014. In contrast to this investment by the Mayor, central government continues to cut vital services including £22m from London’s youth services since 2011, which has resulted in the closure of some 30 youth centres that had served at least 12,700 young Londoners - London’s Lost Youth Services report (Sian Berry, 2017): https://www.london.gov.uk/about-us/london-assembly/assembly-members/publications-sian-berry/publication-sian-berry-londons

The Mayor published his full and comprehensive Knife Crime Strategy in June 2017. Since then:

The Mayor has invested an additional £110m in the Met in 2018-19 compared to the previous year in order to reduce the impact of the Government’s massive cuts to policing budgets. This includes £15m specifically to help tackle knife crime.

The Mayor has created the Young Londoners Fund  – a brand-new £45million fund for local communities and charities to help young people fulfil their potential particularly those who are at risk of getting caught up in crime.

Every single London borough now has a bespoke knife crime action plan created in partnership with the Met police.

Every school and college in London can now receive a knife wand, to help keep young people safe and prevent knife crime at school. 200 schools in London have taken up the Mayor's offer of a knife wand and the Deputy for Policing and Crime, Sophie Linden, wrote again to schools reminding them of how they can obtain a wand if they would like one.

On 31 October 2017, the Mayor hosted a Knife Crime Education Summit which brought together education providers, education leaders, Principals, Academy Trust Chairs, board members and Governmental bodies to better understand their needs and agree a plan of action to help tackle knife crime. As a result, Ofsted have agreed to deliver a thematic inspection on knife crime and safeguarding in London schools.

The Mayor is working to increase the number of Safer Schools Officers across the capital, to engage with pupils and drive down crime in schools.

The Mayor’s first anti-knife crime media campaign, ‘London Needs You Alive’, launched in November. The campaign brings together role models and social media youth ‘influencers’ to encourage young people away from carrying a knife, focusing on their talent and worth to the capital. With hundreds of thousands of social media followers between them, leading grime artist Yungen, MC Bossman Birdie, photographer Tom Sloan and urban poet Hussain Manawer are among those supporting it.

The Mayor confirmed he is investing £1.4m to continue to provide youth workers in Major Trauma Centres, and place more youth workers to hospital A&E departments, to help steer young Londoners who have been involved in knife crime away from violence in the future.

During Operation Winter Nights, which ran from November until December 2017, the Met made over 900 arrests and took more than 350 weapons off the streets – including 278 knives, 61offensive weapons and 20 firearms. The total number of arrests included 334 arrests following stop and searches.

In November, MOPAC and the Met hosted a retailers’ workshop to discuss what more the business community can do to reduce knife crime. Attendees included representatives from Business Crime Reduction Partnerships, Business Improvement Districts, Trading Standards, Local Police, national retailers, independent retailers, the British Retail Consortium and British Independent Retailer Association.

MOPAC is creating the London Knife Crime Dashboard which will be publicly available. This will be one of a number of dashboards that the public and stakeholders can use access and interpret data on a number of types of crime.

The Mayor has dedicated £7m to projects to help tackle youth violence, including: Gang Exit (£500,000), Major Trauma Centres (£444,615), Information Sharing to Tackle Violence (£168,000), Victim Support Children & Young people (£360,861), and youth projects under the London Crime Prevention Fund (£5,295,717).

MOPAC and the Met continue work to collaborate and learn from other forces and partners on tackling knife crime and violence. Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime Sophie Linden and Met Commissioner Cressida Dick met Police Scotland in Glasgow in February.

Prevention is more effective than enforcement, but the fact remains that after years of Government underfunding and cuts, the Met police is significantly underfunded causing a huge drain on resources and officer numbers are falling. Time and again, we have called on the Government, who are responsible for more than 70 per cent of the Met police budget, to do the right thing and give our police the funds they need to keep us safe. But they have refused. We will continue to work tirelessly to help keep our young Londoners safe.

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SEIKO PROSPEX STREET SERIES

Seiko are expanding their popular Prospex collection with the introduction of the Street Series, a trio of smart looking watches aimed at urban adventurers seeking fun and durable daily-wear timepieces that combine practicality with an inspired design. Inspired by the rugged qualities of the iconic Seiko diver?s watch, the Street Series is powered by a Seiko caliber V157 Solar Quartz movement, and has a 200m water resistance. Available now in a choice of deep blue, forest green, and a concrete gray, with matching textured silicone straps that are effortlessly comfortable and snug on the wrist.

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Introducing – Seiko Prospex LX Line Limited Edition SNR045

Released in 2019, Seiko’s LX Line is an entirely new collection of watches that represent the best of Prospex in terms of quality and performance as well as innovation with Spring Drive movements. Designed to be used on land, at sea and in the sky, depending on the chosen model, these are true Prospex models, purpose-built timepieces made for action. Today, Seiko releases a limited edition watch based on the diver’s model, with the new Prospex LX Line SNR045.

Sharp, robust, high-performing and made to demonstrate Seiko’s savoir-faire in sports watches, the LX Line is the best you’ll find in the Prospex range. In fact, on multiple points, it’s almost on par with what the brand offers in Grand Seiko models. This includes titanium cases with Zaratsu polishing, high-tech materials and the innovative Spring Drive technology. And the design follows the same rules. Indeed, the LX line is the child of Ken Okuyama Design – famous for having designed multiple Ferrari cars, including the Ferrari Enzo, or the first generation of Honda NSX. No doubt about the sportiness of this range of watches.

Released in three versions, a diver’s watch, a GMT model and a third model with a compass, today the brand releases its first limited edition based on this collection, relying on the existing aquatic reference SNR029 as seen here, with a unique touch of colour and textures to make it a special model.

The new Seiko Prospex LX Line Limited Edition SNR045 is inspired by the Antarctic, specifically the Skarvsnes Foreland, located approximately 55 kilometres from Showa station, a Japanese research station in Antarctica. There, Japanese researchers discovered a mysterious underwater forest of moss pillars covering the bottom of a nearby lake. The unique moss pillars take many centuries to form underwater and were affectionately named “kokebozu,” a Japanese word that combines koke – moss, and bouzu – young boy. This new limited edition brings to life the mystifying scenery of the underwater forest and the moss pillars.

The inspiration is easy to understand when looking at the new green dial with a unique texture that recalls the moss pillars. The ceramic bezel with 60-minute diving scale also utilizes this same colour scheme, giving this model a unique character and some boldness. The dial is punctuated by oversized hands – with typical Seiko shape – and applied indexes, all filled with the high-performance Lumibrite material.

The case of this new reference SNR045 is identical to the non-limited version and is made of high-density titanium with a hard-coating – providing lightness and durability. The case is large and robust, with its 44.8mm diameter and angular shapes. There can be no doubts regarding the sports vocation of this model. It is equipped with a sapphire crystal, a unidirectional bezel, a screw-down crown and is water-resistant to 300m. The watch is worn on a titanium bracelet with three-fold clasp with secure lock, push-button release with diving extension.

One of the specificities of the LX Line watches is that it is powered by Seiko’s innovative hybrid technology and the SNR045 is no exception. Inside the case is a movement that combines the best of a mechanical self-winding calibre with the precision of a quartz regulating organ, capable of precision ratings of ±1 second per day or ±15 seconds per month. The movement displays the hours, minutes, seconds as well as a date and the remaining level of power (in the present case, 72h when fully wound).

Price and availability

The Seiko Prospex LX line Limited Edition SNR045 is a limited edition of 500 pieces and will be available from boutiques and retailers in August 2020. Being Seiko’s premium sports watch collection, it will be priced at EUR 6,100.

More details at www.seikowatches.com.

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