THE HISTORY OF SEIKO WATCHES 1895 Seikosha Timekeeper
Seikosha published its first pocket watch, named simply the Timekeeper, in 1895. The English name “Timekeeper” was an outcome of Hattori’s shrewd marketing sense, as he recognized that such a name
would increase future export opportunities
1913
for the product.
Laurel
Hattori quickly saw the expanding worldwide
demand of the wristwatch and foretold that the demand for wristwatches would soon outpace
Hence the debut of the Laurel in 1913, just 11 years after the first Hattori wall clocks. Seikosha had arranged to provide its that for pocket watches.
balance springs and by
1924
1913, its enamel dials.
First Seiko Watch
The Great Kanto Earthquake hit Japan in 1923, destroying the Seikosha factory and
stocks and reducing the creation of watches.
Nevertheless, the determined Hattori chose to instantly rebuild, despite the huge costs, and
only one year later the world was introduced to the very first watch with the name
“Seiko” on the dial.
Seiko Marvel
1956
Seiko recognizes the Seiko Marvel to be
an epoch-making watch in its past, as it is
Seiko watch whose movement was created “fully in-house from scratch". The Seiko Marvel was produced until 1959 when it was replaced by the Seiko Gyro Marvel. the first
1960
First Grand Seiko
This was the watch that Seiko designed to be “the best in the world” in terms of efficiency and correctness.
The watch, with
its clean dial, long hands, and used records, built the design codes that
Grand Seiko
watches still adhere to today.
Seiko Crown Chronograph
1964
With all of its past achievements, it is not unexpected that Seiko was also responsible for producing Japan’s first chronograph watch. The Seiko Crown Chronograph had a stainless steel case,
38.2 mm in diameter and 11.2 mm thick, and water-resistant to 30 meters.
1965
Seiko Diver’s 150M
It was just one year after issuing the first Japanese-made chronograph that Seiko
began the first dedicated divers’ watch made
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in apan, the
Seiko Diver’s 150M.
Seiko 5 Sports Speed Timer
1969
1969 was a necessary criterion for the watch industry, as it was the year of what’s been called “the great automatic chronograph race."
The first automatic chronographs truly on the market (in May 1969, to be precise) was Seiko’s 5 Sports Speed Timer.
1969
Seiko Quartz Astron
The same year that Seiko was getting the race to
the market for an automatic chronograph watch, it also revealed the watch that at one point approached
The
to provide all mechanical watches old-fashioned.
Seiko Quartz Astron, the world’s first quartz wristwatch, represented a groundbreaking technological breakthrough.
Seiko A.G.S. “Kinetic”
1988
The brand introduced a new technology that would benefit represent the brand for the current period for its
Seiko A.G.S. (Automatic
Generating System, which later becomes known as “Kinetic”).
2008
Seiko Spring Drive Spacewalk
Seiko launched another new technology to the
watch market in 1999, publishing the first watch with a “Spring Drive” movement, which has a quartz oscillator but is powered by a power like a mechanical watch.
2012
Seiko Astron GPS Solar
By developing patented, low-energyconsumption GPS receiver, Seiko has been ready to produce a watch that can get GPS
signals and know time zone, time and date data
GPS satellites. It recognizes all the 39 time zones on earth. This invention timepiece is called Seiko Astron. using the global system of
2016
Grand Seiko Spring Drive Movement 9R01
Caliber 9R01 is a remarkable movement with a power reserve of eight days (192 hours). 9R01 has also been designed completely to maximize energy
efficiency, decreasing friction between components that would differently lead to a loss in the delivery of the energy derived from the mainspring.
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