7002

Production Info

  • Production: 1988 - 1996
  • Movement: cal. 7002
  • Description: 150m & 200m divers

Technical Manuals

Models

  • 7002-7000
  • 7002-7001
  • 7002-7009
  • 7002-700A (blue and red bezel)
  • 7002-700J (Japan-only version, with "17 Jewels" on dial, blue and red bezel)
  • 7002-7020 (200m model with a steel Tag-like bezel design similar to the current SKX171 model)
  • 7002-7039 (200m model, in black as well as blue-and-red bezels)

Details

The cal. 7002 movement has 17J and runs at 21,600 bph. It's non-hacking and has a quickset date-only calendar mechanism.

By the late 1980s, Seiko has changed the case design of the divers from the earlier large cushion shape to a slimmed-down case like we see in the SKX007/173s that followed this series.

When the 7002 divers replaced the 6309s, they inherited the small case design from the 6309-7290. The 7002s all have rectangular markers.

There are several different variations of the 7002 divers:

  • The 7002-7000 and 7002-7009 seem to be identical, with the difference being only the marketing regional code at the end of the case number (0 and 9). These 2 are both 150m divers. Their inscription says "WATER 150m RESIST" on the dial.
  • The 7002-7001 is almost identical to the 2 above but the dial has the line "17 Jewels" added underneath "WATER 150m RESIST."
  • The 7002-700A is a 150m diver with a blue-and-red bezel. The 7002-700J, according to Shawn Taylor/shawn, is another variant -- "Japan only market version with '17 jewels' on dial, but with red/blue bezel."
  • The 7002-7039 seems to be the first "low-end" diver model that got its water resistance rating promoted to 200m. While the 150m 7002 divers have bi-directional bezels with 60 clicks (the traditional design), the new 200m 7002-7039 has a uni-directional locking bezel with 120 clicks. The dial says "DIVER'S 200m." The new features introduced in this diver (200m water resistance, uni-directional bezel with 120 clicks as well as the dial inscription) will carry on in the 7S26 models that succeed the 7002.

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