Our world's firsts

SEIKO has launched many epoch-making products in the world. SEIKO's cutting edge innovations make it possible to create wonderful world's first products.
  • 1969
  • 1973
  • 1975
  • 1975
  • 1982
  • 1984
  • 1988
  • 1990
  • 1998
  • 1999
  • 2005
  • 2006
  • 2007
  • 2008
1969
1969Seiko Astron, world's first quartz watch
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1973
1973world's first LCD quartz watch with six-digit digital display
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1975
1975world's first multi function digital watch
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1978
1975world's first very-fine adjusted ultra-accurate Twin Quartz watch
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1982
1982world's first TV watch
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1983
world's first watch with sound-recording functions
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1984
1984world's first watch with computer functions
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1988
1988world'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
1990world's first computerised diver's watch "Scubamaster"
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1991
Perpetual calendar with the world's first "millennium-plus calendar"
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1998
1998Perpetual calendar watch driven by world's first ultrasonic micromotor
1998Seiko Thermic, world's first watch driven by body heat
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1999
1999world's first "Spring Drive" watch
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2005
2005world's first 3-band radio wave controlled watch
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2006
2006world's first watch with electrophoresis display module "Spectrum"
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2007
2007world's first Spring Drive Chronograph to measure elapsed time in glide motion.
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2008
2008world's first watch ever designed specifically for a space walk (Spring Drive Spacewalk).