Grand Seiko diver at 40mm or smaller?

[Hipster Doofus]

So they just unleashed a new LX range featuring Spring Drive and boatloads of bloat with not a lot of inspiration. This is not helpful.

I just can't get away from the idea that they should adapt the SKX00x or SKX01x and issue it with spring drive. I'm no Seiko historian but that illustrates my point: to me and most others (who probably know even less about Seiko) it's their iconic diver that is recognisable the world over, going back decades.

Why not marry their premium, exclusive iconic technology with their iconic diver? Stay true to your heritage and issue something that you know the market actually likes, all in one motion?

I could forgive them an extra 1mm here and there on the 40-20-12 equation if it was an SKX-style case. Do a straight SKX drop in and label it Seiko or GS-it up a bit and label it GS. I don't care. I would probably be much more likely to instabuy something like that than something that was trying a bit too hard to be a submariner.