The stick markers are a good match to the ones on the dial, and the lume pip at 12:00 is in the same faded lume. The bezel clicks 120 times uni-directionally, owing to the fact that when you’re not tagging up the streets you could be timing your oxygen tank. Either way, it looks excellent with the rest of the watch, adding the perfect amount of contrast between the dial and plastic case protector. Seiko simply refers to it as a silver bezel. While Seiko doesn’t do a great job of describing the details and materials used in their watches, the bezel on the SNE541 is a brushed metal, we’re assuming stainless steel or possibly aluminum. What looks like a standard issue 22mm Seiko dive strap, also shares a similar texture. The textures don’t stop at the dial, a similar visual is carried over to the plastic sheath around the polished and satin steel case. Streetwear, in many ways, is about subtle details, and Seiko didn’t overlook this. While Seiko could have been a little less obvious with the model name, they didn’t just offer a piece to this crowd without knowing what they were getting into. This piece, being dubbed the “Street Series” and all, is apparently aimed at streetwear Hypebeasts. When the sun goes down and the switch is flipped on the fluorescent lights, the lumeshot gives the healthy glow that we’ve all come to expect from Seiko divers. The piece in this review could have had some better quality control off of the assembly line, as you can see some lume material at 7:00 wasn’t perfectly placed on the marker. The off-black dial has a textured appearance with stick markers that look like aged lume – very similar to Super-LumiNova’s Old Radium lume, but being a Seiko watch, it’s a form of LumiBrite (basically the same thing, different name). It works in symmetry with the 4:00 positioned screw-down crown. Typically, watches with the VK157 movement would have the date window at 3:00, but it wouldn’t be a Street Series without some kind of counterculture aesthetic, so they repositioned it to a tilted 4:00 cutout. For more on this and other technical information, you’ll want to check out the caliber listing here. Seiko rates the VK157 accuracy to +/- 15 seconds per month in normal operating temperatures. We’ve seen solar watches left in hot sun causing the dials to shrivel up and get distorted enough to push the hands off! Word to the wise: Just make sure the direct sun rays aren’t too hot for the dial to handle. For that reason, we recommend going for the standard sunny day windowsill approach for best results. You can technically use a florescent light to get the juices flowing, but accumulating the same 10 months of power reserve would require 120+ hours. Light it upĩ hours of sunlight will charge the movement for up to 10 months of running time. It’s essentially a quartz mechanism, but instead of replaceable batteries, there is a capacitor that stores energy absorbed from light sources that hit a solar sensor located beneath the dial. The movement that powers the Street Series Diver is solar powered caliber VK157. You know we nerd out about watch movements, so let’s start there. “Inspired by the rugged qualities of the iconic Seiko diver’s watch and designed for the urban adventurer.” –Seiko The SNE541 is true to it’s tool watch roots, while looking hype enough for beasts of the streets. It’s a sporty timepiece, based on classic tuna can DNA with a modern edge aiming for “dope” status. The Seiko Street Series Solar Diver was launched as a Seiko USA online exclusive watch.
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