Seiko releases a new version of the watch that Sigourney Weaver in Aliens bears on the market. In the film, from 1986, ‘Ellen Ripley’ a Seiko Chronograph 7A28-7000 to her wrist. That watch was designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro and was published in 1983.
Although Aliens in a distant future place, used the creators not only futuristic-looking weapons and gadgets in the film. So was the watch that Ripley wore at the time already on sale in the shops. This Seiko Chronograph 7A28-7000 is partly thanks to the appearance in the film is still popular.
The Japanese watch manufacturer now has two new variants of the watch was released, a stainless steel version and a black model. They are not exact copies of the watch from 1983, the new models are equipped with a new analog 7T12-quartz-timepiece and miss the buttons on the left side of the cabinet. The appearance and the dimensions are also the same as the original.
According to Seiko, the watches are waterproof to one hundred meters deep, and the battery is five years. The watches come in a limited edition of three thousand pieces per model on the market. The stainless steel model costs to 32,000 Japanese yen, for the black variant should be 36.000 yen consideration. Converted that amounts to approximately 245 and 275 euro.
