Seiko's Out of This World Astron Inspired by Kojima Production's Mascot

Seiko's GPS-connected, solar-powered worldtimer, the Astron, has looked to the adventurous mascot of Hideo Kojima's games studio, Kojima Productions, for inspiration.Ludens is the exoskeleton-clad explorer that Kojima uses to represent his studio and exhibits many of the themes of its smash-hit 2020 game, Death Stranding, that follows a courier through a hostile landscape.Seiko has imbued its new SSH097 with aesthetic cues from Ludens' suit. The interwoven pattern on the dial comes from the carb...