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 -- Kintarō Hattori opens the watch and jewelry shop "K. Hattori" (Hattori Tokaiten in Japanese; currently named Seiko Holdings Corporation) in the Ginza area of Tokyo, Japan.
1892 -- Seikosha 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. (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.
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