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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. Seiko 5 means:
1. Diaflex (unbreakable mainspring) 2. Diashock (Seiko's shock resistant design, equivalent to the Swiss
"Incabloc") 3. Automatic winding 4. Date/date indication 5. Water resistant at least 3ATM (30m) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
This Seiko 5 is a classic middle 70' watch. It is in overall NEAR MINT condition (****1/2 from *****). It has a wonderful brown dial that combines perfectly with the silver stainless steel case. Not annoying marks on dial, front case and crystal. 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! SPECS Stainless Steel Case -Measurements: 38mm without crown (X) 41mm lug to lug and 11mm thickness Weight: 87gr including bracelet -Acrylic Glass -Original Stainless Steel Bracelet with Seiko clasp MOVEMENT'S SPECS: Seiko 7019-5000 
Automatic, sweep
second, day: quickset by repeated pushing the crown, 2 languages English & Arabic, date:
quickset, 21 jewels, f = 21,600 A/h, power reserve 43h, sophisticated excenter
self-winding mechanism with just one gear stage. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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