Seikosha

Seikosha (精工舎, Seikōsha^?) was a branch of the Japanese company Seiko that produces clocks, watches, shutters, computer printers and other devices. It was the root of the manufacturing companies of the Seiko Group.

• 1881 — Kintarō Hattori opens the watch and jewelry shop "K. Hattori" (Hattori Tokaiten in Japanese; currently named Seiko Holdings Corporation) in the Ginza area of Tokyo, Japan.^[1]
• 1892 — Seikosha 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 Daini Seikosha Co., Ltd. (第二精工舎, literally The Second Seikosha^?).
• 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 Suwa Seikosha Co., Ltd. (諏訪精工舎^?)
• 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.^[2]
• 1 October 2009 — Seiko Instruments becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of Seiko Holdings.

References

1. ^ "Seiko Instruments history". Seiko Instruments. http://www.sii.co.jp/corp/eg/company/company3.html. Retrieved 2009-10-02. (English)
2. ^ "Seiko Holdings history". Seiko Holdings. http://www.seiko.co.jp/en/corporate/history/index.php. Retrieved 2009-10-02. (English)

External links

• Seiko Holdings Corporation (Japanese)
• Seiko Clock Inc. (Japanese)
• Seiko Precision Inc. (English)
• Seiko Instruments Inc. (English)
• Seiko Epson Corporation (English)

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