Although the Seiko name was officially adopted in 1924 with the introduction of its first wrist watch, the company was actually founded 43 years earlier by a clockmaker in Tokyo's ''Ginza District''. Applauded for its detail to accuracy and craftsmanship, the Seiko watch became a resounding success, and by 1938, demand for the timepieces pushed yearly production to well over one million watches.
Dedicated to technology advancement and precision manufacturing, the Seiko Company has repeatedly staked its reputation on performance, acting as the Official Timer of the Olympic Games in Tokyo, Sapporo, Barcelona, Lillihammer, and Nagano. Seiko's many design innovations include the world's first quartz watch, the world's first LCD quartz watch with six digit display, and the world's first intelligent analog quartz watch with alarm and timer functions.
With the introduction of the Kinetic design in 1992, once again Seiko redefined the term ''state of the art''; the Kinetic collection is powered simply by movement. The Kinetic Auto Relay goes further than it's predecessor, going into suspended animation when unworn for three days, thus conserving energy. With a few shakes of the wearer's wrist, it wakes up and resets itself to the exact time.
Other trend-setting, multi-functional watches by Seiko include the Perpetual Calendar series, which automatically resets the date settings for the next 100 years, the Chronograph collection, with dual stopwatch features, the Le Grande Sport series, a classic combination of contemporary European design and functionality, and the Ladies Jewelry collection, an elegant marriage of versatility and style.
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