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“Always one step ahead of the rest”.This was Kintaro Hattori’s credo for the company he founded in 1881. It has continued to inspire Seiko ever since and Kintaro’s spirit lives on in Seiko’s determination to continue to create timepieces of precision, durability and beauty. In this, our 140th year, we renew our commitment. Seiko is “Moving Ahead. Touching Hearts”. Just 11 years after Kintaro Hattori founded his company at the age of just 21, he opened his first manufacturing facility. The story of Seiko had started. When Kintaro Hattori founded his company in 1881, he was just 21 years old. During...

King Seiko From the first Grand Seiko in 1960 to the automatic chronograph in 1969, the sixties was a decade of important advances in both technical and design development that laid the foundation for the company's future success in the prestige watch arena. Alongside Grand Seiko, one other series in particular demonstrated the company's ability to create mechanical watches with high accuracy. It was called King Seiko and, in addition to its precision, it offered a powerful yet graceful design that symbolized the high quality of its construction. In contrast to the gentle rounded contours of the first King Seiko...

G-SHOCK Unveils Latest Baby-G Collaboration With Pokemon FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: G-SHOCK UNVEILS LATEST BABY-G COLLABORATION WITH POKÉMON90’s-Inspired Model Features Silhouettes of Pikachu in a Camouflage Pattern   DOVER, NJ, January 19, 2021 Today, Casio in collaboration with The Pokémon Company, announces a new addition to its popular lineup of BABY-G women’s watches, the BA110PKC-4A.   Featuring the fan-favorite Pokémon, Pikachu, the new timepiece comes off the heels of a collaboration last year between the two brands in celebration of BABY-G’s 25th anniversary. This second collaboration introduces an analog-digital watch with an outdoor theme, representing the active image of the BABY-G brand. The entire BA110PKC-4A band showcases...

MAN OF HONOR Born in Kentucky, USA in 1931, Carl Brashear joined the U.S. Navy in 1948 as a 17-year-old, shortly after the U.S. Military desegregated, and quickly decided he wanted to become a deep-sea diver. He graduated from the Navy’s diving program in 1954, despite facing discrimination on account of his race. ORIS CARL BRASHEAR CALIBRE 401 LIMITED EDITION Oris introduces the third watch made in partnership with the Carl Brashear Foundation and the first powered by Oris’s in-house Calibre 401, a highly resistant five-day automatic.   A LASTING LEGACY In 2014, his foundation created the annual Navy Diver...

ORIS CARL BRASHEAR CALIBRE 401 LIMITED EDITION The Oris Carl Brashear Cal. 401 Limited Edition is powered by a new in-house Oris movement. It’s with great pride that we introduce the Oris Carl Brashear Cal. 401 Limited Edition, created in support of the Carl Brashear Foundation. Furthermore, we are delighted that this special watch, which is limited to 2,000 pieces, becomes the first watch to carry Oris Calibre 401, the second movement from our new family of in-house automatics. The new watch is cased in 40 mm of bronze, a material chosen to symbolize not just the diving helmets worn...