Seiko Astron GPS Solar Calibre 5X

Seiko has chosen the art and graphic skills of the great Japanese artist Marumiyan to create a video and animated graphics that put the new Astron GPS Solar 5X collection centre stage in an ideal context to highlight its functions and usefulness for travellers. This is a new series of Seiko watches that present a new and highly avant-garde technology, told through the tradition of manga. The artist recounts with his decisive sign the universe of the traveller, a contemporary, urban and cosmopolitan man who moves by land or air, between different time zones. Marumiyan thus narrates the frenzy of travel and work, but also the space of time to oneself. The ideal context to introduce the new timepiece in the Seiko Astron GPS solar 5X collection, the world's smallest and thinnest GPS solar-powered watch with a diameter of only 42.9 mm and a thickness of 12.2 mm. Over the years, hundreds of thousands of watch enthusiasts and travellers have witnessed the irresistible combination of Seiko's GPS Solar technology and Astron's unique design. Today, Seiko technology takes a step forward and the brand has chosen to enhance the excellence of these timepieces by creating a striking graphic context. The entire animation is played out in shades of black and white, rapid frames punctuated by a background of fast-paced music alternating against a red background. There is no lack of references to Japanese culture and tradition, such as the red itself and the tips of Samurai swords. Born in Fukuoka, Japan in 1985, Ryosuke Mori works under the name Marumiyan both as an independent designer and as an artist. His illustrative and elaborate style fuels works that are filled with floral elements, intense energy and bright colours. He is inspired by aspects of traditional Japanese culture and the Art Nouveau posters of the 1960s, modernised by a more sophisticated understanding of light and shadow invoked by the subsequent revolution in photography. His speciality is collage, made by mixing photographs and freehand drawings. He is considered one of the top 10 artists by the design magazine MdN (Japan).

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