Seikosha Co., Ltd.
Native name
Japanese name
Kanji精工舎
Transcriptions
Revised HepburnSeikōsha
TypeSubsidiary
Founded1892 (1892)
Defunct1996 (1996)
FateDivided into two new companies
Successors
  • Seiko Precision Inc.
  • Seiko Clock Inc.
ParentSeiko

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

History

Seiko Quartz Astron 35SQ, the world's first commercial quartz watch developed by Suwa Seikosha
  • 1881 Kintarō Hattori opens the watch and jewelry shop "K. Hattori" (Hattori Tokeiten in Japanese; currently named Seiko Holdings Corporation) in the Ginza area of Tokyo, Japan.[1]
  • 1892 Seikosha (精工舎) 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, literally The Seikosha in Suwa)
  • 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]
  • 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.

References

  1. "Seiko Instruments history". Seiko Instruments. Retrieved 2009-10-02.(in English)
  2. "Seiko Holdings history". Seiko Holdings. Retrieved 2009-10-02.(in English)
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