The Luxury Watch Blog

But try to buy these ticking masterpieces of cool and you’ll feel backhanded by reality. ‘Cause in the real world, watches like Tom Cruise’s Bulgari multi-function super-computer from Minority Report or Roger Moore’s buzz-saw bezeled Rolex 5513 Submariner from Live and Let Die simply do not exist. That was, at least, up until 1999, when reality unleashed a horological counterpunch that all but knocked cinema out for the count. Because that year, the world bore witness to what was possibly the coolest wristwatch ever created: a diving super-computer forged from titanium and housing the first mechanical depth gauge ever found in a timepiece. Even the watch’s name - the Deep One - smacked of a John-Holmes-like hyper-endowment. The watch flung down the gauntlet, stating: “Take that, cinema! We defy you to create something cooler.” And the sad thing is, since then, cinema never has.

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The Seiko Sumo is one of those watches that is so impressive any complaints or design preferences are just minor wishes. I wish it looked more like this, etc. Considering the cost of the watch I can honestly say you will not find another watch as well made with as much bang for the buck as this watch has. This is one of those rare cases where you ask how can they do it? I will try to give a brief review of the Sumo and it differences and similarities to its $1200 more expensive brother. If you like dive watches and yu do not own it yet all I can say is why?

The Sumo has many style similarities to the MM and also many diferences. The styling differences I mostly like better on the MM. For example the dial is the same except for the hands and markers. The dial is the same. The markers are silver and luminous is painted perfectly on top which resembles the large filled or encased MM markers. I prefer the MM markers but the Sumo does have a very nice look. The hands of the MM are simply awesome and unique. The hands on the Sumo are very big and I think larger than the MM which makes reading the watch very easy. Also the luminous fill on the hands is perfect. I have had many watches (Seiko’s included) where the fill is not even and there are dark spots or lines. This is not so with the Sumo. The Lume is awesome. The flat black dial is very nice and again akin to the MM with less writing which I prefer.

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