Hardly a week goes by in the Esquire offices without a new Seiko landing in the in-box and getting the thumbs-up from someone in the room. Launches arrive at a steady clip, and judging by how often ...

Seiko has never been shy about marking its milestones, but the celebrations for its, er, 145th anniversary in 2026 are at least off to a convincing start. Rather than issuing a single, grand ...

When most people hear the word “heritage” in relation to watches, they think of Switzerland—but the best Seiko watches show why real heads know not to discount Japan. The first name holding it down ...

Vice Adm. Seiko Okano has officially taken on the role of principal military deputy, assistant secretary of the Navy for research, development and acquisition (ASN RDA). Prior to this appointment, she ...

Seiko is one of the most beloved watch brands in the world because it offers unrivaled value at every price level, across a vast catalog of designs that covers every imaginable taste and need. When ...

For 2025, Seiko is relaunching its Vanac series. The OG models dropped in the ’70s, and its angular case design is inspired by Tokyo. Naturally, a very cool city births a very cool watch (cool case, ...

After announcing a rare collaborative Presage model with Porter Classic, Seiko now turns to its heritage diver series with a brand-new Solar Diver model. Apperance-wise, the new references faithfully ...

We recently looked at the seven best vintage Grand Seiko watches to collect, as well as at a $90,000 1968 VFA Grand Seiko that sold earlier this year. Today, we are going to look at actual listings ...

The Grand Seiko Spring Drive is a mechanical movement exclusive to the Japanese watch company. It mimics the accuracy and operation of a quartz movement without a secondary power source. It was a ...

A few years ago, Seiko resurrected its King Seiko sub-brand. Originally an intracompany competitor to Grand Seiko in the 1960s, the new King Seiko instead slots within Seiko’s regular catalog. Its ...

Rewind the clock back to 1973, the year that NASA launched the Skylab 4 mission to the first American space station. Strapped to a Saturn IB rocket, William R. Pogue, Gerald P. Carr, and Edward Gibson ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. American astronaut William Pogue made horological history during his 84 days orbiting Earth. By wearing his ...