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+ | ====== Seiko Group ====== | ||
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+ | **Seiko Group** is the [[group|corporate parent]] of various entities that design, manufacture, | ||
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+ | The company began in [[1881]] when Kintarō Hattori opened the "K Hattori" | ||
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+ | ===== Daini Seikosha and Suwa Seikosha ===== | ||
+ | *See also {{tagpage> | ||
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+ | Beginning in [[1959]], Seiko maintained two competitive operations to design and manufacture watches, **Daini Seikosha** and **Suwa Seikosha**. This system led to the creation of the [[Grand Seiko|Grand Seiko and King Seiko]] lines, making Seiko a competitor in the high-end watch industry in the 1960's and beyond. | ||
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+ | The split originated outside the Hattori operation. In [[1942]], Hisao Yamazaki founded Daiwa Kogyo in Suwa, Nagano, and Seiko established a joint-venture plant there the following year. In [[1959]], the Seikosha and Daiwa operations in Suwa merged to form **Suwa Seikosha**, a center of high-end watchmaking for Seiko focused on men's watches. This would be the originator of the [[Grand Seiko]] line, with [[Grand Seiko (1960)|the first model]] produced in [[1960]]. | ||
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+ | Meanwhile, **Daini Seikosha** continued as a center of watch manufacturing for Hattori. They funneled their ambitions into an alternate high-end line, introducing [[King Seiko 44KS|the first]] [[King Seiko]] in [[1961]]. In [[1967]], Daini' | ||
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+ | Suwa continued to innovate, introducing an [[Grand Seiko 62GS|automatic Grand Seiko]] in [[1966]] and a [[Grand Seiko 61GS|" | ||
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+ | But the industry had changed, with quartz watches rapidly becoming Seiko' | ||
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+ | ===== Seiko Holdings ===== | ||
+ | Hattori became simply Seiko Corporation in [[1990]] and was renamed Seiko Holdings in [[2007]]. In [[2009]], Seiko Instruments became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Seiko Holdings, bringing most of the company' | ||
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+ | Seiko Epson continues as an independent company, operating the [[Orient]] watch company and producing many of the mass-market quartz watches for Seiko. Although there are common shareholders, | ||
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+ | ===== External Links ===== | ||
+ | * [[http:// | ||
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