1960
The birth of Grand Seiko and the release of the first Grand Seiko watch, produced in Suwa Seikosha (now Seiko Epson).
1967
Daini Seikosha (now Seiko Instruments) produced its first Grand Seiko watch, the venerable 44GS.
1967
The first Grand Seiko self-winding model, the 62GS was released. The crown was recessed and placed at the 4 o’clock position to dramatize the fact that hand winding was not required.
1968
In 1968, a Grand Seiko movement was awarded the overall prize as the best mechanical watches in the Geneva observatory competition.
1977
Work began on the development of the Spring Drive movement concept.
1988
The first Grand Seiko quartz watch, the 95GS was born. It far exceeded the performance of all regular quartz watches with its accuracy of ±10 seconds per year.
1990
Grand Seiko successfully submitted movements to COSC for official testing and accreditation.
1997
In 1997 Seiko unveiled the 9F6 series, with a superior level of case design that made Grand Seiko quartz watches even more comfortable to wear.
1999
The first Spring Drive Calibre was born.
2003
2003 saw the creation of new quartz watch series whose resistance to magnetism was a remarkable 40,000 A/m.
2004
In 2004, the first Grand Seiko Spring Drive, a model using Calibre 9R65, was released.
2005
In 2005, the Calibre 9R66 Spring Drive GMT was created.
2006
The Calibre 9S67 automatic mechanical 3-day-power-reserve movement was released.
2016
Seiko created its first all-ceramic case and launched a new collection of watches.
2016
The 9R01 Spring Drive 8-day power reserve was unveiled.
