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Thanks to Matt on the SCTF, I was recently able to get my hands on one of these elusive "Prospex" 200M divers. This is a unique watch in a few ways. Although the case and dial are essentially identical to the standard 200M diver that we all know, there are some subtle differences. First of all, as you will notice it is a quartz watch. It houses a 7C43 movement. The cases are identical with one exception; the crown guard on this model is slightly beefier.

The caseback has the battery change indicator scale that Seiko prints on it's Prospex models as well. This watch dates to 1986.

Looking at the dial, besides the "SQ" and "Professional" markings, I noticed that the date window is smaller than the regular 200M divers and the day and date subdials are silver instead of white. The last change that I noticed is that the hands, instead of being shiny and silver are actually painted white and then black towards the center. The second hand is the standard quartz Prospex day/night design.

As you can see, this one has some battle scars, but Matt was kind enough to supply a new crystal for me. I'll probably get a new bezel insert for this one as well. Oh yeah, one other thing was the steel keepers. I'm not sure if this was original to this watch or not, but I find them to be pretty cool.