1881 - 1959

1881	Establishment by Kintaro Hattori of K. Hattori & Co., Ltd., predecessor of today's Seiko Corporation.
1892	Foundation of Seikosha clock supply factory. Production of wall clocks begins.
1895	Production of fob watches begins.
1899	Production of alarm clocks begins.
1902	Production of table clocks and musical clocks begins.
1913	Production of the first wrist watch made in Japan begins.
1917	K. Hattori & Co., Ltd. becomes a public company.
1924	Seiko brand first used on watches.

1937	Watch production split off as Daini Seikosha Co., Ltd., independent predecessor of today's Seiko Instruments Inc.
1942	Establishment of watch producer, Daiwa Kogyo Ltd., predecessor of today's Seiko Epson Corporation.
1955	Production of the first self-winding wrist watch made in Japan begins.
1958	Introduction of quartz clocks for broadcasting use.
1959	Introduction of transistorized table clocks.