Seiko – World’s Firsts

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).