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Wikipedia / Seikosha

was a branch of the Japanese company Seiko that produced clocks, watches, shutterss, computer printers and other devices. It was the root of the manufacturing companies of the Seiko Group.

History

  • 1881 Kintarō Hattori opens the watch and jewelry shop "K. Hattori" (Hattori Tokeiten in Japanese; currently named Seiko Group Corporation) in the Ginza area of Tokyo, Japan.

  • 1892 is established in Tokyo as the clock manufacturing arm of K. Hattori.

  • 1917 K. Hattori becomes a company (K. Hattori & Co., Ltd.).

  • 1937 The watch production division of Seikosha is split off as .

  • 1942 Daiwa Kogyo, Ltd. is founded in Suwa, Nagano by Hisao Yamazaki.

  • 1943 Daini Seikosha establishes a factory in Suwa for manufacturing watches with Daiwa Kogyo.

  • 1959 Daiwa Kogyo and the Suwa Plant of Daini Seikosha merge to form

  • 1961 Shinshu Seiki Co., Ltd. is established as a subsidiary of Suwa Seikosha.

  • 1970 Seikosha is split off from K. Hattori & Co., Ltd., and Seikosha Co., Ltd. is incorporated.

  • 1982 K. Hattori & Co., Ltd. is renamed Hattori Seiko Co., Ltd.

  • 1982 Shinshu Seiki is renamed Epson Corporation.

  • 1983 Daini Seikosha is renamed Seiko Instruments & Electronics Ltd.

  • 1985 Suwa Seikosha and Epson merge to form Seiko Epson Corporation.

  • 1990 Hattori Seiko Co., Ltd. is renamed Seiko Corporation.

  • 1996 Seikosha Co., Ltd. is divided into Seiko Precision Inc. and Seiko Clock Inc.

  • 1997 Seiko Instruments & Electronics is renamed Seiko Instruments Inc.

  • 2007 Seiko Corporation is renamed Seiko Holdings Corporation.

  • 2009 Seiko Instruments becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of Seiko Holdings.

  • 2020 Seiko Precision transfers its business operations to Seiko Time Systems Inc. and Seiko Solutions Inc. and dissolves.

  • 2020 Seiko Instruments transfers its watch business (development and manufacturing of the Seiko timepieces) to Seiko Watch Corporation.

  • 2021 Seiko Clock is merged with Seiko Time Systems to form Seiko Time Creation Inc.

  • 2022 Seiko Holdings Corporation is renamed Seiko Group Corporation.

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