Between the Sea-Chron and the Sea Wolf Ceramic Zodiac have had a pretty big year so far. And they’re closing out the year in the same manner they started it, with a collaboration with Rowing Blazers. Back in January they released the Harry’s Bar Super Sea Wolf together and now they’ve teamed up again for the Zodiac x Rowing Blazers Super Sea Wolf World Time GMT.
A key aspect of the new Super Sea Wolf World Time GMT lies in the favourite films of Jack Carlson, the designer behind Rowing Blazers’ preppy fashion. (We interviewed Jack in the latest edition of Oracle Time’s print magazine, buy your copy here.) The film in question is 1983’s Trading Places, a comedy that sees Dan Akroyd as a wealthy commodities broker and Eddie Murphy as a street hustler have their living situations swapped.
The film takes place in Philadelphia and so on the world timer bezel consisting of 27 cities across the 24 time zones of the world, the slot usually reserved for New York has been replaced by its neighbouring city. You might look at those numbers and say, wait, why are there 27 cities on the bezel when there are only 24 time zones? There’s a good explanation for that.
It’s based on the fact that down on his luck Akroyd ends up pawning his Rochefoucauld World Time wristwatch, capable of telling the time simultaneously in Monte Carlo, Beverly Hills, London, Paris, Rome and Gstaad. Four of those cities happen to share a time zone and so on the Zodiac x Rowing Blazers Super Sea Wolf World Time GMT Monte Carlo, Paris, Rome and Gstaad all feature in the CET time zone slot.
Zooming out from the world time bezel and its Trading Places references the new watch is a fairly conventional Sea Wolf. It measures 40mm in diameter with a stainless steel case and the dial is super legible as befitting its dive watch roots. The main colour is black with a sunray brushed finish, which contrasts starkly with the white 24-hour GMT scale around the edge and the signature Rowing Blazers blue of the bezel. This isn’t the first Super Sea Wolf World Time GMT and really the only aesthetic differences between this and previous iterations are the colours and those cities.
Under the surface though is a new movement, the STP 7-20. STP stands for Swiss Technology Production and it’s the Fossil Group’s centralised movement manufacture, similar to ETA or Sellita. It’s an automatic movement with a 40-hour power reserve and 4Hz frequency. A solid enough movement for a very solid watch.
As for pricing and availability, the Zodiac x Rowing Blazers Super Sea Wolf World Time GMT is £2,199 and limited to just 282 pieces. As a word of advice, every single Rowing Blazers collaboration wristwatch from the last few years has sold out rapidly, whether that be the Zodiac from January or the Seiko collab from 2021. On the whole I would say that this collaboration is the safest design Rowing Blazers have put out there, it’s really just a blue world timer, but with the film connection I expect it to still be popular.
Price and Specs:
Model:
Zodiac
x Rowing Blazers Super Sea Wolf World Time GMT
Case:
40mm
diameter x 13.6mm thickness, stainless steel, blue bezel denoting 27 global cities
Dial:
Black,
white 24 hour scale ring
Water resistance:
200m
(20 bar)
Movement:
STP
calibre STP 7-20, automatic, 26 jewels
Frequency:
28,800
vph (4 Hz)
Power reserve:
40h
Functions:
Hours,
minutes, seconds, GMT hand
Strap:
Stainless
steel bracelet
Price:
£2,199,
limited to 282 pieces
More details at Zodiac.
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