Customer Mod Black Slate-Green

The Customer Mod Black slate-green is the stealth version of the slate-green dial concept. Where the silver variant plays with contrast and warmth, the black edition keeps everything controlled: a dark dial with green Roman numerals that shifts from understated to sharp depending on the light. What comes of it is a black Seiko Mod that slips under a shirt cuff at the office and reappears on the dinner table as something worth noticing. Everything else stays steel-coloured: the case, the fluting of the bezel and the five rows of the link bracelet.

Green on black, piece by piece

Nine hours are set as Roman numerals in green on the smooth black. At 12 o'clock a silver triangle stands in their place, at 9 o'clock a silver bar, and where the 3 would be, a magnifier enlarges the date. Right at the edge runs a ring of minute figures in steps of five. The baton hands above are silver-coloured and filled with white, and the thin seconds hand shares their silver. Down the middle of the bracelet, polished links answer the gleam of the fluted bezel.

The case for black

A black slate-green dial occupies a different category from a plain black dial. The green numerals add visual depth without lightening the black — it reads differently at the wrist than it does in a product photo, and that quality of revealing itself gradually is exactly what makes a watch worth wearing every day. The silver sister carries the same numerals on a silver-white dial and so looks brighter and louder; the gold-and-black model of the line takes another road altogether, with stick indices, a smooth bezel and a gold-coloured case.

Specifications

• 316L stainless steel for the steel-coloured case – 36 mm wears discreetly on a slim wrist, 39 mm sits in between, and 41 mm gives the green numerals the most room
• Automatic Seiko NH35 movement – beats at 21,600 bph, holds approx. 41 h of power reserve and brings hand-winding as well as hacking seconds
• Sapphire crystal with Super-LumiNova beneath – the scratch-resistant glass protects the slate-green dial, which stays readable in darkness
• Crown and water resistance: screw-down crown, 5 ATM
• Five rows of stainless steel, adjustable, with safety folding clasp – the bracelet sits securely and stays comfortable all day
• Exhibition case back – through the transparent rear you watch the NH35 of the black slate-green at work

Hand-assembled by MedoMods and tested before shipping. Free worldwide shipping with tracking. Within the EU, no import duties and no import VAT apply. Delivery: 10–12 days after ordering.

Choose the size of your black slate-green above. Anyone after a Seiko Mod that works everywhere without trying too hard has found it here.

Green numerals on black: what the neighbours make of it

On this smooth black dial, only the lettering carries colour: Roman numerals with a green outline at nine of the hours, a triangle in silver at 12, a bar at 9, and minute numbers in steps of five around the outer edge. The baton hands come in silver with a white fill, a thin silver-coloured line serves as the seconds hand, the bezel is ribbed and steel-coloured, and a magnifier sits above the date at three o'clock. On the first image the bracelet has five rows, its centre links polished; in the photo on the wrist it looks three-row, with grooved middle links, and the dial appears closer to anthracite there. Customer Mod Silver slate-green keeps the lettering and layout but puts them on a silvery white dial that has a sunburst finish; the numerals there are filled in a rich green and framed by a dark edge, and the hands are silver-coloured throughout.

Customer Mod Emerald Gold Bezel does without numerals: a green dial with a sunray finish, white baton indices edged in gold colour, a gold-coloured seconds hand, a gold-coloured ribbed bezel and a gold-coloured crown on an otherwise steel-coloured case. Customer Mod Gold & Pink heads in the opposite direction: case, crown, hands and bracelet are gold-coloured throughout, the bezel is smooth, domed and polished, the dial is pink, and the numerals are Eastern Arabic characters in a dark tone. Anyone after a calm, consistently steel-coloured look is well served here; anyone who would like to see the green in a lighter setting should look at the silver-white one, anyone who wants gold with it at the third, and anyone who loves pink with gold at the last. All four run on an NH35 automatic movement.

Also worth a look: Customer Mod - Palm Leaf, Customer Mod - Gold & Black, and Date Mod Classic Mod - Textured Black Arabic.

More watches in this style: slate-green Dial Seiko Mods and Green Dial Seiko Mods – Forest to Emerald.