Shinji Hattori, President and CEO, Seiko, speaks of adhering to the vision of his great grandfather, while striving to introduce a new sense of fun, vitality and excitement.

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pShinji Hattori, President and CEO, Seiko on adhering to the vision of his great grandfather, while striving to introduce a new sense of fun, vitality and excitement.br /br /strongWhat is the most challenging aspect of your role/strong"br /The most challenging aspect is to keep focused on the long term. There are always day-to-day issues, but what really matters is the long-term health of Seiko and to keep the focus on that is my greatest challenge. I am helped in this by the vision of my great grandfather, andldquo;Always one step ahead of the rest.andrdquo; When I make decisions, I try to take the long term view with this vision in mind. However, I also have another priority. I want Seiko to have a new sense of fun, vitality and excitement, and we want to reach out to people in a new, more engaging way. I also want our own people to share this same spirit of fun and excitement in the many Seiko facilities around the world./p pandnbsp;/p
pspan style="font-weight: bold;"Which are some of your favourite pieces"/span/p
pI have two favourite watches at the moment. The first is my Grand Seiko Hi-Beat GMT. We are very proud that this watch received a prize at the Grand Prix dandrsquo;Horlogerie de Genandegrave;ve in 2014. I also like to wear an Astron GPS Solar Dual-Time, because its ...