Seiko Presage SRPL64J1 'Frozen Daiquiri' Bracelet Watch - W78134

Name: Seiko Presage SRPL64J1 'Frozen Daiquiri' Bracelet Watch - W78134
Brand: Seiko
SKU: SRPL64J1
Availability: InStock

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Stepping up in Seiko's range

The Cocktail Time series draws its designs from the bar programme at Star Bar in Tokyo's Ginza district, and the SRPL64J1 is one of three frozen-cocktail watches released as a warm-weather group. The specific reference is the Frozen Banana Daiquiri — a drink by Hisashi Kishi, World Champion at the International Bar Association and recognised by the Japanese government as a contemporary master craftsman. That provenance matters because it steers the dial away from generic decoration: the pressed-ice texture and warm champagne gold are a direct reading of the cocktail, not a generic gesture at elegance. The four diamond indices at twelve, three, six and nine reinforce that this is dresswear, not a watch that happens to look dressed. At 34mm with a lug-to-lug of just 40.4mm, it sits flush and close on a slender wrist in the way that most current watches cannot manage, and the tapered five-row bracelet in two-tone gold and steel narrows towards the case in a way that makes the proportions feel considered rather than simply small. The 4R35 inside is Seiko's reliable automatic workhorse — hacking seconds for easy setting, 41 hours of reserve, and a track record long enough that its dependability is no longer in question.

Reference: SRPL64J1
Brand: Seiko
Collection: Presage
Case size: 34mm
Case thickness: 10.7mm
Lug width: 17mm
Case material: Two-tone
Case shape: Round
Dial: Gold
Crystal: Hardlex
Movement: Automatic
Calibre: 4R35
Functions: Date
Water resistance: 50m
Bracelet / strap: Stainless steel bracelet
Strap colour: Two-tone
Clasp: Deployant clasp
Lume: Luminous
Retailer: F.Hinds

Additional specifications

Lug-to-lug: 40.4mm
Power reserve: 41 hours

Learn more about Seiko

Kintaro Hattori opened a watch and clock shop in Tokyo in 1881, aged twenty-one, and began manufacturing under the name Seikosha — roughly, house of exquisite workmanship — in 1892. The Seiko name appeared on watches from 1924.

The company's significance is that it broke the Swiss monopoly twice. First on precision: Seiko was appointed official timekeeper of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics and built the quartz chronometers and printing timers to do it, and in the 1960s its movements placed highly at the Neuchâtel and Geneva observatory trials against the best Swiss houses.

Then on technology. On Christmas Day 1969 Seiko released the Astron, the world's first quartz wristwatch, accurate to five seconds a month where mechanical watches managed that per day. The consequences for Switzerland were catastrophic — employment in the Swiss industry fell by roughly two-thirds over the following decade. Seiko deliberately did not enforce its quartz patents, allowing the technology to spread.

The same year it produced the 6139, among the first automatic chronographs, and it has since introduced Kinetic, Spring Drive — a hybrid regulating a mechanical mainspring electronically, giving a perfectly gliding seconds hand — and its own dive and field lines.

Seiko remains fully vertically integrated, making its own hairsprings, quartz crystals, and even the Zaratsu-polished cases, at price points from under a hundred pounds upward.

1881: Kintaro Hattori opens his Tokyo shop.
1924: The first watches carry the Seiko name.
1964: Official timekeeper of the Tokyo Olympics.
1969: The Astron becomes the first quartz wristwatch.
1999: Spring Drive enters production.

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Also in 7 collections

This watch appears in the Seiko Presage range (41), Watches Under 37mm (1,894), Automatic Watches (1,866), Women's Watches (1,819), Two-Tone Watches (538), Watch Price Drops (395) and Automatic Watches Under £500 (385).

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What the specifications mean

A mechanical watch for everyday wear.

Strengths

34mm wears small and slips under any cuff
Luminous hands and markers for low light

Worth knowing

50m suits rain and handwashing, not swimming

Best forSmall wristsEveryday wear

Less suited toSwimming

Price history

This watch is currently at its lowest recorded price. It reached £570 on 5 September. Prices are checked every day, and we record any changes.

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Water resistance	50m	50m	100m
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Power reserve	41 hours	—	42 hours
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