The future of Spring Drive is thinner and hybrid

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With the caveat that no single patent application indicates a future product, here are my prognostications on the future technological path of Spring Drive, with explanations based on both Seiko patent filings and my reading of the 2025 watch market.

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(from Akio Naito presentation during W&W 2025)

1. SD has always been a response to customer needs, as expressed by market…

The future of Spring Drive is thinner and hybrid

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