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Written by Admin, June 28th, 2011
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The Swiss aren’t the only ones who are proud of their watches. Japanese watch company Seiko has been a dominant name in the watch industry for over 85 years. The company traces its origins back to 1881 when a Japanese businessman first opened up a jewelry shop in Tokyo. In 1892, he started producing clocks under the name “Seikosha,” which eventually shortened to Seiko. Seiko is Japanese for “exquisite” — a befitting word for some of the models of watches the company offers. Seiko watches have continually pushed the boundaries on watch development since the first Seiko wristwatch was manufactured in 1924. In 1969 the company introduced the world’s first quartz watch, costing roughly the same amount as a mid-sized car. Seiko then went on to be a pioneer in developing digital watches, introducing the first LCD quartz watch in 1973 and the first multi-function digital watch shortly thereafter in 1975. From that point, Seiko innovation got a little more ambitious. The company broke the market wide open in the ‘80s by offering TV watches, sound recording watches, watches with computer functions, and automatic power generating watches (later known as kinetic), all world’s firsts. The company practically invented the first serious multi-function dive watch in 1990 and the first watch ever powered by human body heat in 1998. The 2000’s only got more exciting, with Seiko developing the first radio wave-controlled watch, the first watch with electrophoresis display, spring drive chronograph watches, the first watch designed specifically for space walk, and most recently the first EPD watch with an active matrix system in 2010. But don’t think Seiko is nothing but the mad scientist of watch companies. Even with their exciting developments over the decades, Seiko has always stuck by the quality of their classic analog timepieces. Seiko offers some of the best-looking gold men’s watches available, as well. As sure as Seiko is feverishly working on the next big thing in watches, buying a Seiko watch is a great investment.
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