As featured in older publications. Jean Lassale company was founded by Jean Bouchet-Lassale on October 8, 1976. The company won several awards for its watches, primarily caliber 1200. In September of 79, Bouchet-Lassale SA met some financial difficulties and the production was stopped and later in year it is bought by Seiko. Seiko used their very finest quartz movements and the most unique case and band engineering solutions in the early 80's - a good example is the "Thalassa" case design.