Seiko 5 Sports Yuto Horigome Limited Edition Brown Gradation Dial Stainless Steel Black Leather Strap 39.4 mm Automatic Watch - SRPL31

Seiko 5 Sports introduces a limited-edition model designed with Japan’s leading skateboarder, Yuto Horigome. Born on January 7, 1999 in Tokyo, Japan, Yuto Horigome, influenced by his father’s legacy, started skateboarding at the age of six. He has been skating vertical ramps since he was a child, and from his early teens has been in the top ranks of domestic competitions held in Japan. After graduating from high school, Horigome moved to the U.S., where his talent blossomed further. Within a year of his 2017 debut in Street League Skateboarding (SLS), the world’s top skateboarding competition series, he won 1st place in three 2018 SLS stops and became one of the top skateboarders in the world. In 2019, he became the first Japanese skateboarder to win the X-Games in Minneapolis. Horigome also won the 2019 SLS Los Angeles stop, and took second place at that year’s World Championships. In 2021, after the season was suspended due to COVID-19, he won the World Championship for the first time. "I created this model by combining a family crest logo that represents me with a vintage style of design that reflects what I like to wear. When I am overseas, I often work alone, but when I wear something with my logo on it, I feel as if I am skateboarding and fighting alongside my family, friends, and everyone else, and I realize that I am not alone. I put that encouragement into the family crest logo and chose it for this model." The dial’s depth is expressed through the combination of a gradation and a delicate pressed pattern. An original logo based on Horigome's “hawk-feather” family crest appears at the 6 o’clock position. The special dial design is unique to the collaboration with Horigome. The gradation dial, crocodile pattern strap, and thick, legibility-enhancing hour and minute hands combine to create a vintage-style design that Horigome enjoys. The watch is offered as a limited edition with Horigome’s family crest logo on the glass case back, alongside the words "LIMITED EDITION" and the serial number. There is also the logo on the special box.