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Seiko Information |
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Seiko is a Japanese watch
company. The company started in 1881, when Kintaro Hattori opened a watch
& jewelry shop in the Ginza area of Tokyo, Japan. Eleven years later he
began to produce clocks under the name Seikosha.
The first watches produced under the Seiko brand appeared in 1924. In
1969, Seiko introduced the Seiko "Astron", the world's first quartz watch;
when it was introduced, it cost the same as a medium-sized car. In 1985,
Orient and Seiko established a joint factory. In 1994, 1998, and 2002,
Seiko was the Official Timer of the Olympic Games.
Seiko is a division of the Seiko Group. The Seiko Group consists of Seiko
Instruments, the Seiko Corporation, and the Seiko Epson Corporation that
is known for its printers in North America and its diverse line of
electronics and computer equipment within Japan. It is the Seiko
Corporation that makes Seiko watches. |
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Seiko is perhaps known best,
though, for its wristwatches. Although they are mainly known in the west
for their affordable watches, Seiko is one of the few wristwatch
manufacturers that produce all of their watches and movements entirely
independently: 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.
Seiko produces both quartz and mechanical watches of varying prices. The
cheapest are around $50; the most expensive cost many thousands. Seiko's
mechanical watches are the most prized by collectors - from the Seiko
"5" series, which is the most common, to the highly prized luxury "Grand
Seiko" line. |
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Seiko Corporation of America
is responsible for distribution of Seiko watches and clocks, as well as
Pulsar watches, in the United States. The models available in the United
States are normally a smaller subset of the full line produced in Japan.
Seiko Corporation of America has its headquarters and repair center in
Mahwah, New Jersey. In the United States, Seiko watches are sold
primarily by fine jewelers and department stores, as well as 19 company
stores located in various cities.
Seiko's 2004 marketing campaign emphasized that a watch, as opposed to
other traits -- like what car they drive, for example -- tells most
about a person.
According to Seiko's official company history, titled "A Journey In
Time: The Remarkable Story of Seiko" (2003), Seiko is a Japanese word
for "exquisite", "minute", or "success". |
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Seiko is also the official
timer of many sports events:
Tokyo Olympic Summer Games in Japan,
1964;
World Cup Soccer Championships in Argentina, 1978;
World Cup Soccer Championships in Spain, 1982;
World Cup Soccer Championships in Mexico, 1986;
IAAF World Championships in Athletics in Italy, 1987;
World Cup Soccer Championships in Italy, 1990;
IAAF World Championships in Athletics in Tokyo, Japan, 1991;
Nagano Olympic Winter Games in Japan, 1998;
Salt Lake City Olympic Winter Games in USA, 2002; |
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October 2005, Seiko
announced the world launch of the Seiko Spring Drive, a new caliber
which delivers more power, more smoothly and for longer. Three days
(seventy-two hours) of power are provided, as opposed to the average of
forty hours in automatic mechanicals. This new movement has eliminated
the traditional balance/escapement regulating system in favor of a tri-synchro
regulator system. The Spring Drive also marks the first true luxury
Seiko watches available in the United States. |
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