was a branch of the Japanese company

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that produced clocks,

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, shutters,

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s and other devices. It was the root of the manufacturing companies of the

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History

*1881 — Kintarō Hattori opens the watch and jewelry shop " K. Hattori" (''Hattori Tokeiten'' in Japanese; currently named Seiko Holdings Corporation) in the

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area of

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. *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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Seiko Epson Corporation
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