The story of Seiko began in 1881, when a 21 year old entrepreneur, Kintaro Hattori, opened a shop selling and repairing watches and clocks in central Tokyo. Today, after more than 130 years of innovation, Kintaro Hattori’s company is still dedicated to the perfection that the founder always strove to achieve. While much of the watch industry’s legacy stories revolve around Switzerland, the Japanese make was responsible for a wide range of industry firsts, including the first quartz-powered wristwatch, the first titanium-cased dive watch, and for the 007 aficionado, the first wristwatch capable of voice recording.