Seiko

Good Thinking

Seiko creates insanely complex machine that does very little, beautifully

Seiko has created an extremely complicated machine that takes watch parts and turns them into a playful mechanical cityscape that recalls the the Rube Goldberg or Heath Robinson contraptions of the last century – or possibly the boardgame Mouse Trap.

The Seiko Astron is the first solar-powered watch that can set itself using GPS technology (Photo: Seiko)

Electronics

Seiko Astron watch uses GPS to set the time anywhere in the world

The Seiko Astron is the first solar-powered watch that can set itself using GPS technology.

Seiko's hybrid clocks that run on battery and solar power

Environment

The latest hybrid coming out of Japan: a Seiko clock?

Seiko's hybrid clocks run on battery and solar power

SEIKO's active matrix Electronic Ink watch

Wearables

Seiko unveils active matrix E-Ink watch

Seiko has unveiled a new E-Ink watch which features a high-res active matrix display.

Wearables

Time to think globally - the wn-2 Earth watch

The wn-2 watch emulates the rotation of the Earth and a view from space.

Mobile Technology

Seiko Instruments DPU-S445 Mobile Printer

Seiko Instruments DPU-S445 Mobile Printer. The new DPU-S445 Mobile Printer from Seiko Instruments is compact and lightweight, runs on a long-life lithium-ion battery and produces 4” wide printed output at 90 mm/sec.

Wearables

Seiko's Kinetic Direct Drive wristwatch

Seiko's “Kinetic Direct Drive” watches can be powered by winding the crown as well as automatically harnessing the energy of the wearer’s wrist movement.