STRATEGIES - Japanese Watchmaking Moves Upmarket
March 2015
Global sales of Japanese watches reached two billion dollars in 2013, a level not seen since 1998. This growth is accompanied by a bid to reposition towards (…)
GPHG 2014 - The Winners
November 2014
The “Aiguille d’Or” is Awarded to Breguet
Seiko: Prospex & Grand Seiko Models
Prospex & Grand Seiko Models
March 2014
Seiko was founded in 1881 in Tokyo, Japan as a watch and jewellery shop. The brand presented its first watches in 1924. Seiko produces quartz and mechanical (…)
Seiko celebrates 100 years of the first Japanese wristwatch
April 2013
With a touch of humour, Shinji Hattori, the chairman and CEO of the Japanese watchmaker, says that he thought for a moment that “BaselWorld must have been (…)
Latin America: An interview with Seiko’s General Manager Masahiko Masukawa
January 2013
For the second part of our focus on Latin America, we moved beyond the confines of the Swiss watchmaking industry to talk to Masahiko Masukawa, general (…)
Grand Seiko Hi-Beat wins a “European Watch of the Year” Award
November 2012
The 2012 competition attracted over 100 entries. In the category of watches from £2,500 to £8,500 the winner was the Grand Seiko Hi-beat 36000. The judges’ (…)
Mechanical watch globalisation & the sacrosanct Swiss Made
May 2012
In 1969, Seiko won the Chronometry Competition at the Neuchâtel Observatory. The Swiss response was immediate: the Chronometry Competitions would no longer (…)
And so, BaselWorld 2012…? – Part 4
May 2012
The most beautiful and the most simple watch at the show – Patek Philippe, Kari Voutilainen, Seiko, Zenith
A first glance at Seiko’s 2012 collections
March 2012
In its turn, Seiko has moved to the high frequencies that are, decidedly, one of the musts of the watch year (Zenith comes to mind, of course, but so do (…)
Seiko 1881 – 2011: 130 years of dedication to perfection
April 2011
2011 marks the 130th anniversary of SEIKO. In 1881, Kintaro Hattori founded a clock store in central Tokyo, and within just a few years, was manufacturing (…)
Grand Seiko launches worldwide
October 2010
New to the international market, but with half a century of successful history in Japan, Grand Seiko is to be launched worldwide in October, 2010.
Seiko mechanical watches - finally available worldwide
September 2009
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 (…)
