Seiko renews its collaboration with PDM, the Thai model celebrated for distinctive residence décor and furnishings design that has gained a powerful following throughout the area, together with Singapore. The primary joint creation between the manufacturers was the distinctive bamboo cylinder packaging for the Prospex Bamboo Grove Restricted Version (SPB435J). This time, nevertheless, the collaboration has gone a step additional, leading to an precise co-designed timepiece: the Prospex PDM Restricted Version (SRPM03K).
PDM, or Product Design Issues, was based in 2014 by Doonyapol Srichan, who set out with the imaginative and prescient of elevating Thai mats into premium international merchandise. The model’s inventive course is led by Finnish textile designer Sini Henttonen, and over time, its product vary expanded to incorporate luggage, umbrellas and attire for each women and men.
We’ve been following PDM’s improvement from afar, so once we discovered that they had been collaborating with Seiko to design a watch, we had been genuinely delighted for each manufacturers. We secretly hoped that the undertaking would possibly contain the Presage assortment, which is all the time far too quiet in these components. PDM’s design DNA would 52 REPORTS have built-in seamlessly into Presage.
However, the choice to base this collaboration on the ever-popular Prospex line makes good sense. The watch contains a 41.7-millimetre stainless-steel case within the Samurai design, providing water-resistance to a depth of 200 metres. Its spotlight lies within the blue dial adorned with PDM’s signature Stride Sample, a geometrical motif of triangles and squares that symbolises rhythmic, steady motion. The unidirectional rotating bezel for diving, fitted with a blue stainless-steel insert, enhances the dial superbly.
The Prospex PDM Restricted Version (SRPM03K) is powered by Seiko’s self-winding Calibre 4R35 motion, which gives an influence reserve of 41 hours. Restricted to only 500 items, it’s introduced in a particular triangular field designed solely for this version. The watch was launched in a relaxed, pleasant ambiance surrounded by Seiko fans and devoted PDM followers alike.
To each Seiko and PDM, we wish to say this: We’re eagerly ready for a Presage PDM Restricted Version subsequent yr. It’s a follow-up we will surely be thrilled to see.
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