The first Grand Seiko, the Grand Seiko Chronometer, was created in 1960 ... only caliber to others with date and day complications, automatic winding, and high-beat escapements.

Indeed, the caliber 5740A beats at 36,000 bph, making this 23-jewel movement one of the precursors to the brand’s Calibre 44, later found in the King Seiko Chronometer ... dial with day-date display ...

Grand Seiko easily met this standard in 1960, so in 1961 the Swiss simply tightened their chronometer standard to -1 to +10 seconds per day. (The Swiss standard would remain at this level until ...

The new watches are powered by Seiko’s automatic Calibre 6L35 ... on which these watches are based had a movement that was both high-beat and a certified chronometer. The 6L35 is neither. Finally, we ...

The race to produce the first automatic chronograph is well-documented: Seiko was the first to get ... In 1967, the final year of Neuchatel Chronometer Trials, it was Daini that came second ...

In 1969, Seiko released the world’s first automatic chronograph ... this piece has a blue and red aluminium bezel with a tachymeter feature and a chronometer second scale on the inside dial ring.