Our Achievements
Seiko has launched many epoch-making products in the world. Seiko's cutting-edge innovation has made possible a continuous stream of world's first watches.
1969 | Seiko Astron, world's first quartz watch | |
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1973 | world's first LCD quartz watch with six-digit digital display | |
1975 | world's first multi function digital watch | |
1982 | world's first TV watch | |
1983 | world's first watch with sound-recording functions | |
world's first analog quartz watch with chronograph | ||
1984 | world's first watch with computer functions | |
1988 | world's first automatic power generating (A.G.S) quartz watch, later known as 'Kinetic' world's first intelligent analog quartz watch controlled by CPU-IC |
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1990 | world's first computerised diver's watch "Scubamaster" | |
1991 | Perpetual calendar with the world's first "millennium-plus calendar" |
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1998 | Perpetual calendar watch driven by world’s smallest ultrasonic micromotor |
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Seiko Thermic, world's first watch driven by body heat | ||
1999 | world's first "Spring Drive" watch | |
2005 | world's first 3-band radio wave controlled watch | |
2006 | world's first watch with electrophoresis display module "Spectrum" |
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2007 | world's first Spring Drive Chronograph to measure elapsed time in glide motion |
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2008 | world's first watch ever designed specifically for a space walk (Spring Drive Spacewalk) |
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2010 | world’s first EPD watch with an active matrix system | |
2012 | the world's first GPS solar watch “Seiko Astron.” It recognizes all the 39 time zones on earth. |