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In 1881 Kintaro
Hattori founded a trading company for Swiss watches in Tokyo. In 1892 he
founded the company Seikosha Co., where initially only wall clocks were
produced, before from 1895 also pocket watches and from 1899 watches
with alarm function were made. From 1913 there was also a
manufacturing of wristwatches. The brand
name "Seiko" (Japanese: precision) was first used on watch dials
in 1924 and is officially used since the founding of the Daini
Seikosha Co. in 1937. In 1959 Seiko founded the company Daiwa
Kogyo Ltd., which was later renamed to Suwa Seikosha Co. These two
companies, Daini Seikosha and Suwa Seikosha, continued to produce Seiko-branded
watches in an internally-competitive basis. Eventually, Daini became Seiko
Instruments, Inc. (SII) and
Suwa became Seiko Epson Corporation. Today, the Seiko Watch Corporation belongs
to the Seiko Corporation as a subsidiary of the electronics giant Seiko Epson. Milestones -The
company launched the Grand Seiko brand in 1960, that would
become a halo brand specializing with understated, elegant, and precise
watches, including a "Hi Beat" 36,000 A/h chronometer. -Seiko
introduced in 1955 its first automatic wristwatch to the
market and began already in 1958 with the development of quartz
watches. -In 1962 the
first quartz clocks were sold -In 1975 Seiko
introduces the wolrld's first titanium dive watch (waterproof up
to 600 m, Calibre 6159). -At the
world's largest jewelery and watch fair, Baselworld, in 1986 the
first prototype of the Seiko AGM was presented. It converts the kinetic energy
of the arm movement of the wearer into electrical energy to power the quartz
movement (kinetic system, also called Autoquartz). -In 1968 Seiko
reaches the highest score ever attained at the Geneva Observatory
Competition and receives the award "best mechanical wristwatch
chronometer". -In 2004 Seiko
receives the "IEEE Milestone Award" for the development of the first
quartz wristwatch of the world, the Seiko Quartz Astron. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
This is an Authentic Seiko First Kinetic, the ARCTURA KINETIC 5M42-0E39 watch 90's. Early automatic quartz
movements were called AGS (Automatic Generating System). In 1991 Seiko introduced the Kinetic brand name. Today Seiko offers a wide range of watches
with various different Kinetic movements. The watch has designed by the famous and it is extremely collectable and very hard to find in NEW
condition. The watch of this listing is in VERY GOOD cosmetic condition, rated with **** from *****. It has only the physical wear and tear which is uniform throughout the case. I DON'T WRITE NEAR MINT CONTIDION BECAUSE OF A SURFACE MARK ON HARDLEX CRYSTAL THAT BEGINS FROM 10 O'CLOCK SPOT AND HAS 7mm LENGTH. IT IS NOT EASILY VISIBLE. YOU CAN SEE IT ONLY VIA A SPECIFIC ANGLE OF VIEW. Note that I'm a seller who dare to post GIANT photos, instead of small pictures, where anyone could see even the smallest detail. In the original / actual size those details definitely are invisible! What is a HARDLEX crystal Hardlex or Mineral-A heat-treated composite material
containing barium and silicon. It withstands scratching and marring better than
glass. SPECS Stainless Steel Gun Metal type Case Crown changes the date at 3, indicator button at 2 o'clock Weight: 99gr including bracelet -Measurements: 35mm without crown (X) 48mm lug to lug and 10mm thickness -Stainless Steel Bracelet Black coloured with Seiko Silver clasp 
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WORLDWIDE REGISTERED AND TRACKED POSTAGE ONLY 100% GUARANTEED DELIVERY NO EXTRA CHARGES FOR BUYERS OUTSIDE EUROPEAN UNION. CHECK MY FEEDBACK TO SEE THE COMMENTS OF MY CUSTOMERS! IMPORTANT NOTES: 1). ALL ITEMS DEPART FROM GREECE WITHIN 24 HOURS OF DELIVERY IN GREEK POST OFFICE. 2). THE SELLER IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY THIRD PARTIES DELAY. THANKS FOR WATCHING!
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