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The watch industry's big powwow - Part 4

The watch industry’s big powwow - Part 4

JAPANESE WATCHMAKING

Twenty-five years ago, Seiko exhibited for the first time in Basel. This was not, however, the first time that the Swiss had heard about this Japanese (...)

Seiko – Dedicated to perfection

Seiko – Dedicated to perfection

The reception given to Ananta at Baselworld 2009 presaged a remarkable success for this new collection throughout the world. For 2010, three new (...)

Orient celebrates its 60th anniversary

Orient celebrates its 60th anniversary

60th anniversary

The Orient Watch Company Limited was founded on July 13th 1950 in Hino City, Tokyo and has been continuously producing unique, (...)

Citizen's Eco-Drive for a new generation

Citizen’s Eco-Drive for a new generation

The year 2010 is the 80th anniversary of the founding of Citizen Watch Company Limited. It is also a historic year in which the company’s Eco-Drive takes a (...)

SEIKO World's first EPD watch with an active matrix system.

SEIKO World’s first EPD watch with an active matrix system.

THE “FUTURE NOW” PROJECT DELIVERS A NEW GENERATION E-INK WATCH

At Baselworld 2005, SEIKO unveiled the world’s first ‘Electronic Ink’ watch. It offered an entirely new kind of display which was ultra-thin, high (...)

TAG Heuer addresses the 1887 movement controversy

TAG Heuer addresses the 1887 movement controversy

Shortly after the Silverstone (UK) introduction of the new Caliber 1887 chronograph movement, Jean-Christophe Babin, President and CEO of TAG (...)

SEIKO World 49er Championships in the Bahamas.

SEIKO World 49er Championships in the Bahamas.

SEIKO 49er Class World Championships were held recently in the turquoise waters of the Bahamas, and the Spanish team of Martinez and Fernandez clearly (...)

Lively bidding at auction for Seiko's space travelled Spring Drive

Lively bidding at auction for Seiko’s space travelled Spring Drive

On September 17, 2009, the SEIKO Spring Drive Spacewalk watch that was taken into space by Richard Garriott was auctioned at the Antiquorum sale in New (...)

Lively bidding at auction for Seiko's space travelled Spring Drive

Lively bidding at auction for Seiko's space travelled Spring Drive

www.worldwatchweb.com - On September 17, 2009, the SEIKO Spring Drive Spacewalk watch that was taken into space by Richard Garriott was auctioned (...)

The Seiko Quartz Astron, the watch that changed the way the world told time

The Seiko Quartz Astron, the watch that changed the way the world told time

In December 2009, Seiko starts a year of celebrations marking the 40th anniversary of the launch of the world's first quartz watch, the Seiko (...)

The 2009 SEIKO 49er Speed Challenge is won by Australians Nathan Outteridge and Iain Jenson

The 2009 SEIKO 49er Speed Challenge is won by Australians Nathan Outteridge and Iain Jenson

Throughout the recent “Sail for Gold” regatta in Weymouth, England, the competition was disrupted by high winds. While this may have frustrated the (...)

SEIKO Premier, 2009. A new generation of modern classics.

SEIKO Premier, 2009. A new generation of modern classics.

The 2009 Premier Collection takes dress watch refinement to a new level. With two new calibers and no less than 18 new creations, the Premier (...)

SEIKO Spring Drive Spacewalk, the Commemorative Edition

SEIKO Spring Drive Spacewalk, the Commemorative Edition

Richard Garriott, who recently travelled to the International Space Station as a self-funded tourist, has encouraged SEIKO to produce a (...)

SEIKO Spring Drive Spacewalk goes under the hammer for charity

SEIKO Spring Drive Spacewalk goes under the hammer for charity

As Richard Garriott had wished, SEIKO Watch Corporation and Seiko Epson Corporation put one of two watches he brought back to earth up for auction in (...)

SEIKO Spring Drive Spacewalk. Five and a half hours in free space

SEIKO Spring Drive Spacewalk. Five and a half hours in free space

SEIKO Spring Drive Spacewalk is the first watch ever designed and built specifically for use in free space. It was created with the active co-operation of (...)

Ananta - The cutting edge of SEIKO

Ananta - The cutting edge of SEIKO

THE CRAFTSMANSHIP OF KATANA

First developed over 800 years ago, the Katana sword is a single-sided, curved blade designed to be drawn from its scabbard and used in a single (...)

Seiko mechanical watches - finally available worldwide

Seiko mechanical watches - finally available worldwide

Seiko is finally making its mechanical watches available to markets outside of Asia with the new Ananta line, and the rest of the watch industry better (...)

New materials, new designs and new horizons for Velatura, SEIKO's marine collection

New materials, new designs and new horizons for Velatura, SEIKO's marine collection

The SEIKO Velatura collection is designed to withstand the most severe challenge that a watch can face, racing on the open (...)

Citizen to launch new radio-controlled Eco-Drive

Citizen to launch new radio-controlled Eco-Drive

In 2009, Citizen Watch Company Limited will launch a new Eco-Drive radio-controlled model. This will be Citizen's first analogue chronograph (...)

Seiko's new Sportura Kinetic-Drive

Seiko’s new Sportura Kinetic-Drive

Created in 2000 and inspired by automobile racing, the Sportura line is one of the great successes of Seiko.