Seiko

In the mid 1980's Seiko began supplying British Forces with wristwatches. The result of this work has turned into Seiko Military Watch Line for RAF (British Royal Air Force).

Ian Fogden or simply "Foggy", British Military Seiko expert, reckons that now there exist three issued Seiko brand chronographs for RAF. It may seem strange, but the line is the one and only…yet.

In this article we want you to get acquainted with the Seiko Military Watch Line for RAF.

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In 2007, Seiko became the watch partner of the International 49er Association, having provided the leading sailors with the two Velatura Automatic-Chronograph watches from Seiko Velatura watch collection.

A 49er is a small class of sailing dinghies that used starting off sailing career, at age seven or so. Since their introduction as a selection at the Sydney Summer Olympics in 2000, they’ve been steadily growing in popularity.

In 2009, Seiko has expended its partnership with the Association. The winners at the 2009 World and European Championships, held in Italy and Croatia respectively, were awarded with Seiko Velatura Yachting Timer watches - piece of the Seiko Velatura edition.

Taking place in Weymouth, England the latest race announced Seiko Velatura Automatic-Chronograph new winners. Nathan Outteridge and Ian Jenson, both Australian nationals, took to the water and found advantage of the very high winds, set a new record - an impressive 21,6 knots against the previous speed record (19,6 knots by 49er Class Association CEO, Marcus Spillane).

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The Credor Spring Drive Sonnerie, the iconic Seiko watch, was presented to the horology world at Baselworld exhibition in 2006. The new model became the successful successor of the Seiko Spring Drive, a timepiece created to offer the pure and natural motion of time. With the Credor Spring Drive Sonnerie, the Seiko watch-makers wanted to express the time passage not only by the smooth movement of the hands across the watch's dial but also through the purest sound ever produced by a timepiece.

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Seiko considers its Spring Drive to be the second by importance watch ever developed by the company. The story of the Seiko Spring Drive started back in 1977. Yoshikazu Akahane, a young engineer of Seiko watches in Japan was overwhelmed by the idea to invent a mechanical timepiece that would provide the same level of accuracy as a quartz watch.

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The development of the Seiko Spring Drive was based upon the company's great expertize in the field of both mechanical technology and quartz watches. The Spring Drive has incorporated four peculiar features: new mainspring, refined winding system, new system of time regulation and glide-motion hands. read more