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Seiko
Founded 1881 · Japan
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Milestones from Seiko
1969
The first quartz wristwatch
Seiko sold the first quartz wristwatch, the Quartz Astron, in Tokyo on 25 December 1969.
Quartz
Date
1969
The first automatic chronograph sold
Seiko’s calibre 6139 was the first self-winding chronograph to go on sale, in Japan in May 1969.
Chronograph
Automatic winding
Date
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