Seiko Holdings Corporation
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Native name
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セイコーホールディングス株式会社 |
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| Industry | Watch Manufacturing, Precision Instruments, Machinery, Fashion Accessories, Optics |
| Founded |
Chūō, Tokyo, Japan 1881 (incorporated in 1917) |
| Founder | Kintaro Hattori |
| Headquarters | 1-26-1 Ginza, Chūō, Tokyo, Japan (Officially registered at 4-5-11 Ginza, Chūō, Tokyo, Japan) |
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Key people
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Shinji Hattori, Chairman and CEO |
| Products | Watches, Electronic Devices, Systems Solutions, Clocks, High End Apparel, Fashion Accessories and System Clocks, Printers, Integrated Circuits, Lenses |
| Revenue |
 ¥296.7 billion (FY2015, consolidated) |
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Number of employees
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13,437 (March 31, 2016, consolidated) |
| Parent | Seiko Group |
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| Website | Seiko Holdings Corporation |
Seiko Holdings Corporation (セイコーホールディングス株式会社 Seikō Hōrudingusu Kabushiki-gaisha) (: ), commonly known as Seiko (/ˈseɪkoʊ/ SAY-koh), is a Japanese holding company that has subsidiaries which manufactures and sells watches, clocks, electronic devices, semiconductors, jewelries, and optical products.
The company was founded in 1881, when Kintarō Hattori opened a watch and jewelry shop called "K. Hattori" (服部時計店 Hattori Tokeiten) in the Ginza area of Tokyo, Japan. Eleven years later, in 1892, he began to produce clocks under the name Seikosha ( Seikōsha), meaning roughly "House of Exquisite Workmanship". According to Seiko's official company history, titled "A Journey In Time: The Remarkable Story of Seiko" (2003), Seiko is a Japanese word meaning "exquisite" or "success" ("exquisite" is usually written from Chinese jīngqiǎo, while the meaning "success" is usually written from Chinese chénggōng).
The first watches produced under the Seiko brand appeared in 1924. In 1969, Seiko introduced the Astron, the world's first production quartz watch; when it was introduced, it cost the same as a medium-sized car. Seiko later went on to introduce the first quartz chronograph. In the late 1980s, Seiko produced the first Kinetic watch that combined the self-energizing attributes of an automatic watch with quartz accuracy. The watch is entirely powered by its movement in everyday wear.
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