1969 – Seiko Astron, world’s first quartz watch

1973 – World’s first LCD quartz watch with six-digit digital display

1975 – World’s first multi function digital watch

1978 – World’s first very-fine adjusted ultra-accurate Twin Quartz watch

1982 – World’s first TV watch

1983 – World’s first watch with sound-recording functions

1984 – World’s first watch with computer functions

1988 – World’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

1990 – World’s first computerised diver’s watch “Scubamaster”

1991 – Perpetual calendar with the world’s first “millennium-plus calendar”

1998 – Perpetual calendar watch driven by world’s first ultrasonic micromotor

1999 – World’s first “Spring Drive” watch

2005 – World’s first 3-band radio wave controlled watch

2006 – World’s first watch with electrophoresis display module “Spectrum”

2007 – World’s first Spring Drive Chronograph to measure elapsed time in glide motion.

2008 – World’s first watch ever designed specifically for a space walk (Spring Drive Spacewalk).

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