SEIKO HISTORY 1881 K. Hattori, predecessor of today’s Seiko Holdings Corporation, 4 established. 1892 Seikosha clock supply factory established; production of wall clocks begins. Seikosha builds the first pocket watch. 1913 Production of Laurel, the first wristwatch made in Japan begins. 1953 SEIKO sponsors Japan’s first TV commercial. 1959 SEIKO commercializes quartz clocks for broadcasting use. 1964 SEIKO develops the portable quartz chronometer and Seiko serves as Official Timer for the “Games of the XVIII Olympiad” held in Tokyo. 1968 SEIKO achieves the highest ever score in the Geneva competition and is awarded the “best mechanical wrist chronometer”. 1969 Introduction of cal. 6139, the world’s first automatic chronograph watch equipped with both vertical clutch and column wheel. Introduction of the world’s first quartz watch, “SEIKO Quartz Astron” cal. 3500. 1982 Introduction of the world’s first TV watch cal. T001. 1988 Introduction of the world’s first “Auto Quartz” watch cal. 7M42. (later renamed as “Kinetic”). 1992 Introduction of 1/100th analogue quartz chronograph watch cal. 7T59. 1999 Introduction of the world’s first Spring Drive watch cal. 7R68 (hand winding). Introduction of the Ultimate Kinetic Chronograph cal. 9T82. 2005 Introduction of the Kinetic Perpetual cal. 7D48. Introduction of the Spring Drive cal. 5R series (automatic winding).
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