From humble beginnings, Kintaro Hattori's vision for Seiko has become reality. A consuming passion for excellence is imprinted in our corporate DNA and passed from generation to generation. Seiko, for 125 years, has been committed to the art and science of time. A culture of innovation connects a 19th-century Tokyo clock shop with 20th-century advances in timekeeping to an extraordinary 21st-century "quiet revolution." Continually driven by dedication and passion, they established a multitude of the world's first technologies, transforming the principles of timekeeping.