Seiko Wired Basel 2003 limited edition - W720

In the watch world, whenever you think of a large watch event, Basel springs to mind. It is one of the biggest watch events of the year, and the place where most of the big manufacturers release their latest (often premium) models.

Seiko have been well represented over the years, and have often produced special edition watches for the event. One of the lines they have produced specials in has been their high-tech Wired range, and today's watch is one of those. This particular one is from Basel 2003, and is called/coloured Silk Gold.

The watch is an LCD watch with 4 digits on two lines to show the time. The noticeable thing about these digits are how rounded the numbers are. It is similar to the W710 watch (Wired 2nd Anniversary) I've blogged earlier (found here), but is an updated design which does not require the number's placement to move to cover all digits. There is also a date display along the top (date and month) in a font with curved corners.

This watch also has an alarm mode which can be reached by turning the crown, and there is an hourly chime (set by pulling out and re-pressing the crown). Pushing in the crown sets off the el-backlight.

Time is set using the crown (same as in the really early LCD watches), and the date and alarm are set by pulling the crown when in the respective display mode.

The original sale price was 23,000 yen, and was limited to only 1500 watches. The full model number is W720-0AB0, and the catalogue number was AGBA002. The strap part number is F226-Z.O

View showing the mass of LCD segments