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The Ruputer is a wristwatch computer developed in 1998 by Seiko Instruments, a subsidiary of the Seiko Group.It was introduced on 10 June 1998. [1] In the US, it was later marketed as the onHand PC by Matsucom.
The 9F quartz movement is used in Grand Seiko quartz watches. [72] The Grand Seiko's 9F quartz movement is assembled entirely by hand by two expert craftsmen. Features include: Backlash auto-adjust mechanism; Twin pulse control motor; Instant date change mechanism – it can change the date display in 1/2000th of a second
2009 — Seiko Instruments becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of Seiko Holdings. 2020 — Seiko Precision transfers its business operations to Seiko Time Systems Inc. and Seiko Solutions Inc. and dissolves. 2020 — Seiko Instruments transfers its watch business (development and manufacturing of the Seiko timepieces) to Seiko Watch Corporation.
The term chronograph comes from the Greek χρονογράφος (khronográphos 'time recording'), from χρόνος (khrónos 'time') and γράφω (gráphō 'to write'). '). Early versions of the chronograph are the only ones that actually used any "writing": marking the dial with a small pen attached to the index so that the length of the pen mark would indicate how much time had
The movement of a watch is the mechanism that measures the passage of time and displays the current time (and possibly other information including date, month, and day). [51] Movements may be entirely mechanical, entirely electronic (potentially with no moving parts), or they might be a blend of both.
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On January 26, 2009, Seiko Instruments and Seiko Holdings announced that the two companies will be merged on October 1, 2009 through a share swap. Seiko Instruments became a wholly owned subsidiary of Seiko Holdings on the date that had been announced before. Seiko had delegated a large portion of the manufacturing in its watch business to SII.
Using Seiko's own family of movements but with modern styling designed to appeal to younger customers, Alba watches are primarily aimed at Asian and Middle Eastern markets in the hope of creating long-term loyalty to the Seiko group as these customers' purchasing power increases. [3] The word 'Alba' translates to 'dawn' in Italian, and Spanish. [4]