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Seiko 5 Sports X Coin Parking Delivery Limited Edition Watch Review

For their latest limited edition, Japanese watchmaker Seiko collaborates with up-and-coming multimedia Japanese artist Coin Parking Delivery to launch a quirky and colourful Seiko 5 Sports X Coin Parking Delivery watch. Limited to 1,500 pieces worldwide, the design features two of Coin Parking Delivery’s most popular characters on the dial, ‘Shirai-san’ and ‘Katayama-san.’

Back in 2018, Coin Parking Delivery became an international phenomenon when their bold and brilliant graphics created using just their finger and a smartphone were released online. They created the pictures while travelling to and from college by train, hoping to inspire the world with ideals unique to this era. Now with high acclaim both at home and abroad, Coin Parking Delivery is known all around the world yet chooses to protect their identity by wearing child-like masks and costumes. One particular costume of a bright blue bear has become largely associated with Coin Parking Delivery’s identity.

The art of Coin Parking Delivery is created to raise awareness of social, cultural and political issues, largely utilising two animated characters named Shirai-san and Katayama-san. Shirai-san is half dinosaur, half alien and symbolizes a moment in time; the dinosaur aspect representing the past, the alien representing the future which together creates a character of the present. Meanwhile, Katayama-san is Shirai-san’s friend/lover/acquaintance and the message of each piece is depicted through these two characters.

Both Shirai-san and Katayama-san are central features of the Seiko 5 Sports X Coin Parking Delivery watch, placed opposite each other on the blue dial at 12 and 6 o’clock. They are surrounded by the artist’s eNrOll graphic, inspired by the eyes and mouth that deliver human emotions which work as hour markers and pair with faceted yellow gold indexes at the irregular positions of 2, 4, 7 and 11 o’clock. The dial’s background is designed with a mountain graphic, which symbolises “climbing through life one step at a time.” According to Coin Parking Delivery, the dial is designed without numbers to be “unbounded by time.” The Seiko 5 Sports X Coin Parking Delivery watch also features the artists signature printed on the blue tinted exhibition case back.

The rest of the Seiko 5 Sports X Coin Parking Delivery Limited Edition is based on the iconic Seiko SKX. The sporty stainless steel and yellow gold plated case measures to 42.5mm in diameter and 13.4mm tall and features a large, ratcheted unidirectional rotating bezel which like the dial is free from any numbers. The bezel has a unique silver grained insert and yellow gold plated ratcheting on the circumference. Hardlex crystal glass and the familiar crown at 4 o’clock remain, the latter including a new green lacquered tip. The crown is still screw down to ensure a 100 metre water resistant rating.

Powering the Seiko 5 Sports X Coin Parking Delivery watch is the 4R36 automatic winding calibre which fuels the two yellow gold sword-shaped hands for the hours and minutes, the slender central seconds hand and the boxed date and day complication at 3 o’clock. The movement also promises a power reserve of 41 hours and a frequency of 21,600vph. Finally, the Seiko 5 Sports X Coin Parking Delivery Limited Edition is completed by a chunky, three-row link stainless steel and yellow gold plated bracelet closed by a three-fold clasp with push button release. The watch also arrives in a commemorative limited edition box.

If you’d like to learn more about the Seiko 5 Sports X Coin Parking Delivery watch and secure one of the 1,500 limited edition pieces for yourself, head over to the Jura Watches website here. Alternatively, get in touch with the team by calling 01335 453453 or send us a message at help@jurawatches.co.uk.

Specifications:

  • Case Size: 42.5mm
  • Case Material: Stainless steel and yellow gold plating
  • Bezel: Unidirectional
  • Glass: Hardlex crystal
  • Crown: Screw in
  • Case Back: Exhibition, screw tinted with artist’s signature
  • Water Resistance: 100 metres
  • Movement: Calibre 4R36 automatic winding
  • Functions: Hours, minutes, seconds, day, date
  • Power Reserve: 41 hours
  • Frequency: 21,600vph
  • Dial: Blue with Coin Parking Delivery artwork
  • Strap: Steel and yellow gold plated bracelet
  • Buckle: Three-fold clasp with push-button release
  • Limited: 1,500 pieces
  • RRP: £380
  • Reference: SRPK02K1