Description
SEIKO QUARTZ Chronograph SSB349 Specifications
| Feature |
| ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Driving system | Quartz | ||
| Caliber Number | 8T63 | ||
| Case material | Stainless steel with hard coating | ||
| Case back | Solid | ||
| Band type | Strap | ||
| Band material | Calfskin leather | ||
| Band color | Black | ||
| Band width | 22 mm | ||
| Clasp | Three-fold clasp with push button release | ||
| Dial color | Black | ||
| Glass material | Hardlex crystal | ||
| Hands | Silver tone and black hour, minutes and second hand | ||
| Second markers | Minutes markers around the outer rim | ||
| Dial markers | Silver tone indexes with arabic numeral at 12 o’clock position | ||
| Sub dials | Three – 60 second, 60 minute and 12-24 hour | ||
| LumiBrite | Hands and indexes | ||
| Bezel | Black ion plated stainless steel with tachymeter markings | ||
| Calendar | Date display between 4 and 5 o’clock position | ||
| Function | Chronograph, tachymeter scale, date, hour, minute, second | ||
| Accuracy | ± 15 seconds per month | ||
| Drive duration | Approximately 3 years | ||
| Water resistance | 10 bar water resistance (100 meters / 330 feet) | ||
| Size | Diameter 43.9 mm x Thickness 12.9 mm | ||
| Lug to lug | 51.1 mm | ||
| Weight | 108 g |
SEIKO QUARTZ Chronograph SSB349 Features
- Calendar date display
- Tachymeter
- 24-hour hand
- Equipped with a small seconds hand
- Chronograph up to 60 minutes in 1/5 second increments
- Stainless steel case
- Stainless steel bracelet
- Screw case back
SEIKO QUARTZ Chronograph SSB349 History
The company was founded in 1881, when Kintarō Hattori opened a watch and jewelry shop called “K. Hattori” (服部時計店 Hattori Tokeiten) in the Ginza area of Tokyo, Japan. Eleven years later, in 1892, he began to produce clocks under the name Seikosha (精工舎 Seikōsha), meaning roughly “House of Exquisite Workmanship”. According to Seiko’s official company history, titled “A Journey In Time: The Remarkable Story of Seiko” (2003), Seiko is a Japanese word meaning “exquisite” or “success” (“exquisite” is usually written 精巧 from Chinese jīngqiǎo, while the meaning “success” is usually written 成功 from Chinese chénggōng).
The first watches produced under the Seiko brand appeared in 1924. In 1969, Seiko introduced the Astron, the world’s first production quartz watch; when it was introduced, it cost the same as a medium-sized car. Seiko later went on to introduce the first quartz chronograph.
In the late 1980s, Seiko produced the first automatic quartz that combined the self-energizing attributes of an automatic watch with quartz accuracy. The watch is entirely powered by its movement in everyday wear. In 1991, to increase popularity, these watches were relaunched under the name Seiko Kinetic.
source : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seiko
