Seikosha

Seikosha (Japanese精工 舎, literally " precision work building " ) was a subsidiary of the Japanese company Seiko, which produced, among other clocks, watches and printer. From Seikosha production companies of the Seiko Group emerged.

History

Kintaro Hattori in 1881 began with the watch and jewelery business Hattori Tokeiten (English later K. Hattori & Co., Ltd.). In Tokyo. A few years later he founded as a subsidiary Seikosha, especially for the production and manufacture of clocks.

Important for the company Seikosha, the year was 1937. This year the watch production was split and changed its name to as KK Daini Seikosha (literally 2 Seikosha ) ( today's Seiko Instruments) The company cooperated in rotation with other watch manufacturers, the established in 1942 YK Daiwa Kōgyō (有限会社 大 和 工业. Yugen - gaisha Daiwa Kōgyō, Eng. Daiwa Kogyo, Ltd. ). 1959 merged the two companies to K. K. Suwa Seikosha (株式会社 诹 访 精工 舎, Kabushiki - Suwa Seikosha gaisha ), the later Epson.

In 1970 the original company Seikosha was separated from the company Hattori Tokeiten and changed the legal form. It changed its name from that date as K. K. Seikosha (株式会社 精工 舎, Eng. Seikosha Co., Ltd.).. K. K. Seikosha was established in 1996 in the two companies SEIKO Precision KK (セイコー プレシジョン 株式会社, Seiko Kabushiki - Pureshijon gaisha, Eng. Seiko Precision Inc. ) and Seiko Clock KK (セイコー クロック 株式会社, Seiko Kabushiki - Kurokku gaisha, Eng. Seiko Clock Inc.) split.