Seiko is the name of a Japanese watch company. It is a Japanese word, which means "exquisite," "minute," or "success", which shows the deep commitment of the company to the watches industry. The company started in 1881 by Kintaro Hittri in the Ginz area of Tokyo. In 1982, eleven years later, he started to produce clocks under the name of Seiko. Two months after its beginning, the first dozen clocks were produced. The company produced pocket watches, alarm clocks, table, and musical clocks. After the 43 years of the existence of the company, the first Seiko wristwatch was made. This later came out to be the best watch making company in the world.
Seiko believes that the wristwatch is an important attribute to life. The best watches define the attitude of the wearer, and their functions offer reliable, and purposeful adoption to the advancement of world technologies. Its technological development is focused on the creation of Emotional Technologies. Emotional Technology creates the positive interaction between the wearer, and the product.
The first watches produced under the Seiko brand appeared in 1924. In 1969, Seiko introduced the first quartz watch of the world. This watch changed the way the world told time. Seiko quartz brought innovation to the histary of watches. When it was introduced, its cost was the same as a medium-sized car. Since that time, there had been much modern advancements to the world of watches. However, as the time advanced, Seiko remained an inspiration in the timepiece industry. As the years passed, the popularity of Seiko watches continued to rise.
Seiko is perhaps known best for its wristwatches. They are known for their advance technology, and are one of the few wristwatches manufacturers that produce all of their watches, and movements entirely in-house. Seiko produces both quartz, and mechanical watches of different prices. In 1956, they produced their first self-winding wristwatch. Seiko introduced many firsts to the world of watches, including the first multi-function digital watch. In 1973, Seiko launched the first LCD quartz watch with six-digital display in the world.
Seiko watches use technologies such as Spring driver, Kinetic, Quartz, and Mechanical. Kinetic technology, which makes a wristwatch wearer to require no battery change. The movement of the body of a person wearing it, powers it. It has also served as the official timer for various athletic competitions, and events.
Seiko has launched many epoch-making products in the world, including Spring Drive, Ananta, Sportura, Velatura, Arctura, and Premier. The cutting-edge innovations of Seiko made it possible to create wonderful products known to man.
Seiko is known for its superb artisanship, and style. Today, Seiko continues to offer beautiful watches with style, classic, and high performance, as well as incomparable technology. The world today is unimaginable without the quartz technology that Seiko created. The revolution of Seiko continues.