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Since making their initial timepiece in 1924, the name Seiko has been synonymous with excellent craftsmanship, and Seiko watches are well famous worldwide for their superb design, elite performance, and legacy of style.
Originally founded in 1881 by Kintaro Hattori, a watch and jewelry shop owner from the Ginza area of Tokyo, the company first began producing wallclocks from 1892 under the name Seikosha: Seiko is Japanese for"achievement","miniature" or even"exquisite" and Sha means"home". During the upcoming few decades, Seikosha climbed and began generating pocket watches and wristwatches, and in 1913 debuted the Laurel, the initial timepiece ever produced in Japan. The first watches to be produced under the name Seiko started appearing in 1924, and in 1964, Seiko watches made history by producing the world's first quartz watch. The quartz watch phenomenon allowed Seiko to expand quickly. The business became known as the leader in timekeeping accuracy, and Seiko products were often used to period major sporting events including The World Cup, and the Olympic Games.



Because their early beginnings as the one of the world's premiere watchmakers, Seiko has set several precedents, such as sponsoring Japan's first TV commercial in 1953, serving as the Official Timer of 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games and making the first TV watch in 1982, to name a few.
Seiko is also famous for using state-of-the-art technology. In the early days in the Seiko history, Kintaro recognized the significance of having in-house components and movement production in order to stay ahead of competitions. With the building of its first balance wheel in 1910 and the initial dial in 1913, Seiko has sinced developed a exceptional line of quartz and mechanical watches such as the Seiko automatic Chronometer collection, the Bell-Matic, using a mechanical alarm, the luxury Credo, King Seiko, and also the Grand Seiko lines. Seiko's Kinetic watches accounts for the vast majority of the organization's watch revenue because it unites the self-energizing attribute of an automatic watch with quartz accuracy, and recharges itself entirely by the power and movement of the wearer. By today Seiko has 6 separate Kinetic movements including the Seiko Kinetic Auto Relay. It has an energy saving feature at which it hibernates when not used and warms up again up to 4 years later to the suitable time. The newest technological advancement in Seiko is the Seiko Spring Drive released in 1999. Spring Drive is a mechanical watch with the precision of a quartz watch. The mainspring from the Spring Drive forces a rotor whose electrical output induces a quartz crystal to emit a reference signal that regulates the speed where the mainspring unwinds. It has a power reserve of 72 hours, among the longest amongst all mechanical watches.
With innovation in the core of its firm, Seiko is bounded to be at the forefront of fresh watch technologies.

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