What is it about GMT watches and nicknames? Collectors love a good nickname, and there’s no shortage of them for these bicolor bezel colorways, several with connections to bubbly beverages including Pepsi, Coke, root beer, and Sprite. Within the world of Seiko 5, we’ve seen several iterations of their runaway best-seller, the SSK GMT, with their own colorways in Pepsi, Sprite, and root beer flavors, and today, we can add another to the menu.
This is the new HDB016, and with its warm tones of burgundy, brown, gold, and caramel colors, there’s really no nickname more suited to the watch than “Dr. Pepper”. Introduced in a limited edition of 5500 pieces, this is the latest in the seemingly endless stream of colorful Seiko 5 GMT releases. So let’s take a closer look at the Seiko 5 HDB016, an attainable GMT in a most refreshing colorway.