Seiko’s latest anime collaboration goes to the coolest head in Lupin III. PREMICO opened preorders this week for the Lupin III Chronograph Daisuke Jigen Model, a limited edition of 3,000 numbered pieces built around Lupin’s sharpshooter, and the dial puts his whole kit on display.
Jigen has stood at Lupin’s side since Monkey Punch launched the manga in 1967. He’s the calm one under the wide-brimmed hat, the gunman famous for a 0.3-second draw, and he’s back on screens this year in Lupin the IIIRD: The Immortal Bloodline. PREMICO and Seiko have paired up on character watches before, One Piece and Haruhi Suzumiya among them, and this release gives Jigen a full design program instead of a logo printed on a stock dial.
Price: $415
Where to buy: PREMICO
Three subdials, three pieces of Jigen kit
Start at 12 o’clock, where a bullet impact forms the chronograph minute register, cracks spidering out from the strike, the way a shot blooms on glass in the show’s gunfights.
At 9 o’clock, the hour register rebuilds a revolver cylinder, six gold chambers loaded and ready. Its hand runs light blue, the color of Jigen’s shirt, a small flash of his palette against the black dial.
His revolver rides in silhouette inside the 6 o’clock register, the gun he reaches for on every job. Around the dial, gold applied indices stand in for bullets, and the chronograph seconds hand is shaped as his necktie, swinging loose as it sweeps. His hat sits in low relief at 3 o’clock, easy to miss until the light catches it.
None of it is printed portrait art. The references are built into the registers and indices, so the dial reads as a designed object first and a tribute second. That restraint is rare in character watches, and it’s why this one works on a wrist outside the fandom.
Under the artwork the dial fades from black into gunmetal brown, and LumiBrite coats the hands and indices, so the watch still reads in the dark.
Underneath, it’s a standard Seiko chronograph
Specs stay sensible. Steel casework measures 39.8mm across and 12.8mm thick, 47mm lug to lug, with a curved Hardlex crystal and 10 bar of water resistance. Seiko’s 8T67 quartz chronograph runs it, accurate to within 15 seconds a month, and a date window sits at half past four.
A stainless bracelet closes the build, sized by wrist at 14cm, 16cm, or 18cm. Flip the watch over and the case back carries the Lupin III logo, Jigen’s name, and an engraved edition number out of 3,000. Production is in Japan, and a three-year guarantee backs it.
One size note: PREMICO sells the bracelet by wrist size instead of asking buyers to pull links, so the size pick at checkout is the fit decision. The steel stays steel everywhere else, with no character engraving on the clasp and no colored accents on the case.
The box leans into the bit
PREMICO styled the presentation box after the label on Jigen’s favorite whiskey bottle, black and gold with the watch pictured on the front. An acrylic window turns the closed box into a display case, and inside, the watch sits mounted upright like a bottle on a shelf.
Preorders are open, shipping starts in February
PREMICO prices the watch at ¥65,780 with tax, about $415, and preorders run through its online store now. Shipments start in late February 2027, so this is a reserve-now, wear-in-spring release.
PREMICO ships inside Japan. For buyers outside Japan, Japan Select lists the watch for international preorder at about $580, and forwarding services can route a PREMICO order the way they handle other Japan-only releases.
February shipping lines the release up with the franchise’s current run. The Immortal Bloodline reached international home video this year, and the audience for a Jigen piece is as wide as it’s been in a decade.
Collabs live or die on restraint, and this one holds it. Nothing on the dial shouts. A fan spots the cylinder, the hat, and the necktie hand in seconds, and everyone else sees a sharp black-and-gold chronograph. With 3,000 pieces for a franchise running since 1967, the run won’t sit long.
Price: $415
Where to buy: PREMICO
More of today’s watches: Timex’s Atelier Marine M1a in blue, Luminox’s Pacific Diver Automatic and Casio’s Earthwatch Mudman.
