Seiko bell: a legacy for the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25

As the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25 concluded, Seiko Group Corporation, the official timer, presented a specially produced final lap bell to the Tokyo 2025 World Athletics Foundation. This gift symbolizes the passion and emotion that define the championships' legacy.

The Significance of the Final Lap Bell

Traditionally used to signal the last lap in middle and long-distance events (800m and above), the Seiko final lap bell was redesigned for the 2025 Championships, combining Japanese craftsmanship with elegant aesthetics.

Craftsmanship and Design

The bell is cast in bronze, composed of 80% copper and 20% tin, and made by Oigo Works, a renowned Japanese workshop with a long tradition in fine metalwork. It features an Edo-braided cord in the championships’ official Edo purple, intertwined with gold and silver threads. This cord was created by Ryuta Fukuda, a Tokyo-based kumihimo cord maker.

The bell and its cord "stand as a true symbol of the passion and emotion of the World Championships."

Seiko’s Longstanding Partnership

Seiko has been a World Athletics partner since 1985.
They have served as the official timer for more than 190 World Athletics events.
The Tokyo 25 Championships marked Seiko’s 19th consecutive appointment since the 1987 World Championships in Rome.

Author’s summary: Seiko’s specially crafted final lap bell embodies decades of tradition and passion, celebrating their enduring partnership with World Athletics and the spirit of the Tokyo 25 Championships.

worldathletics.org — 2025-11-05