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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.
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