They are very blunt and aggressive, giving the watch a nice attitude. I love the lugs on this watch, original and re-edition. You have a slab-sided cylinder with long blocky lugs jutting right out of it. The case design itself then stays pretty true to original in terms of lines and geometry. It might look long, but on a smaller watch, long lugs really add to the look on the wrist. The ratio of the diameter to the lug-to-lug is also well executed. By staying small, relatively speaking, the design stays truer to the original, but the increase to 39mm is enough to make it a modern feeling watch. Coming in at 39 x 47.6 x 12.5mm, the Sea Wolf is a very wearable small/mid size watch. The case of the Zodiac Sea Wolf takes the design of the original and updates it to moderns standards… but not too much. So the question is, does it live up to expectation? Zodiac Sea Wolf Review ref. Featuring a domed sapphire, 200m WR and Fossil’s own Swiss-made STP 1-11 automatic movement, the Sea Wolf comes in with an MSRP of $1,195, which is inline with their other watches, though higher than many would like to see. Keeping somethings, changing others, but overall creating a watch that clearly is a Sea Wolf. Lastly, it’s simply cool for a historic icon to be available in the price range.Īs for the watch itself…this is a review after all… the modern Zodiac took the classic design and reinterpreted it for the new watch. Considering the brand behind it, they are poised for popularity. The name Sea Wolf is far from house hold (well, so is Fifty Fathoms, but, you get what I’m saying) yet it’s a significant watch that deserves some spotlight. Second, it revives an icon for a new generation. With so many dive and sport watches these days feeling a bit too similar, something different, but classic is refreshing. First, they were great looking watches with a style that differs from the dive watch norm. The originals are incredibly cool collectibles in their own right, which we detail in Affordable Vintage: Zodiac Sea Wolf article.īringing back the Sea Wolf is exciting for a few reasons. First released in 1953, it’s one of the original modern dive watches, sharing the honor with the likes of the Blancpain Fifty Fathoms and the Rolex Submariner. The Sea Wolf is Zodiac’s most iconic watch. But the watches we’ve been waiting for were the Sea Wolfs…and they are finally here. We’ve seen a few pieces from them in the last year or so, namely the very stylish Sea Dragon we reviewed a few months ago, which impressed us with its build and finish quality. Now owned by Fossil, a small team within the larger company is taking back the name and reestablishing the brand by re-imagining their iconic watches. But, it did happen and the brand got swept away like so many others, only to be bought and sold and bought again years later. They were major innovators for a time, and had the quartz crisis never happened, could have been one of the major brands today. For those unfamiliar, Zodiac has a long, storied history. Zodiac is quickly becoming a brand that all affordable watch enthusiasts should pay attention to.