Seikosha

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

1881 -- Kintaro Hattori opened a watch and jewelry shop "K. Hattori" (Hattori Tokaiten in Japanese; currently named Seiko Corporation) in the Ginza area of Tokyo, Japan.
1892 -- Seikosha was established in Tokyo as the clock manufacturing arm of K. Hattori.
1917 -- K. Hattori was transformed to a company (K. Hattori & Co., Ltd. was incorporated).
1937 -- The watch production division of Seikosha was split off as Daini Seikosha Co., Ltd. (literally The Second Seikosha).
1942 -- Daiwa Kogyo, Ltd. was founded in Suwa, Nagano by Hisao Yamazaki.
1943 -- Daini Seikosha established a factory in Suwa for manufacturing watches with Daiwa Kogyo.
1959 -- Daiwa Kogyo and the Suwa Plant of Daini Seikosha marged to form Suwa Seikosha Co., Ltd.
1961 -- Shinshu Seiki Co., Ltd. was established as a subsidiary of Suwa Seikosha.
1970 -- Seikosha was split off from K. Hattori & Co., Ltd., and Seikosha Co., Ltd. was incorporated.
1982 -- K. Hattori & Co., Ltd. renamed Hattori Seiko Co., Ltd.
1982 -- Shinshu Seiki renamed Epson Corporation.
1983 -- Daini Seikosha renamed Seiko Instruments & Electronics Ltd.
1985 -- Suwa Seikosha and Epson merged to form Seiko Epson Corporation.
1990 -- Hattori Seiko Co., Ltd. renamed Seiko Corporation.
1996 -- Seikosha Co., Ltd. was divided into Seiko Precision Inc. and Seiko Clock Inc.
1997 -- Seiko Instruments & Electronics renamed Seiko Instruments Inc.