The company was founded in 1881 by a clockmaker in Tokyos Ginza District. Applauded for its accuracy and craftsmanship, the Seiko watch became a resounding success and by 1938, demand for the timepieces pushed yearly production to well over one million watches.

An actor in history of watch keeping
Dedicated to technology advancement and precise manufacture, the Seiko Company has repeatedly staked its reputation on performance, acting as the Official Timer of the Olympic Games in Tokyo, Sapporo, Barcelona, Lillehammer and Nagano. Seiko is also one of the few wristwatch manufacturers that produce all of their watches and movements entirely in-house. Even minor items such as the oils used in lubricating the watches and the luminous compounds used on the hands and the dials are produced by the Seiko factories

Did you know?
Seikos many design innovations include the worlds first quartz watch, the worlds first LCD quartz watch with six digit display, and the worlds first intelligent analog quartz watch with alarm and timer function. In 1992, Seiko introduced the Kinetic collection, a line of quartz watches that are electrically charged by movement of the wearer.

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