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1881 |
Kintaro Hattori established K. Hattori & Co., Ltd. where was the first watch and clock retail store, presently Seiko Corporation. |
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1892
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K. Hattori & Co., Ltd. established Seikosha Co., Ltd. (presently Seiko Clock Inc. and Seiko Precision Inc.) and started to produce clocks. |
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1937 |
Daini Seikosha Co., Ltd., presently SII, was established as the watch manufacturer for the SEIKO Group. |
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1964 |
Reflecting its repaid progress in enhancing the accuracy and reliability of timekeeping instruments, SEIKO products were selected as the official timekeeping instruments for the Tokyo Olympics. |
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1967 |
SEIKO Products won all high awards in the wrist chronometer class of the Observatoire Cantonal de Neuchatel contest which was held in Switzerland .
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1969 |
The SEIKO Group introduced the world's first quartz watch.
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1983 |
Daini Seikosha Co., Ltd. officially renamed as Seiko Instruments & Electronics Ltd.
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1985 |
Completed the world's top automated assembly system for multipurpose, small-lot production of watch outer parts.
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1987 |
Seiko Instruments & electronics Ltd. officially renamed as Seiko Instruments Inc.
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1988 |
Completed the world's first automated assembling system for multipurpose, small-lot production of watch movement. |
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1990 |
Introduced new corporate trademark " " for the Seiko instruments, Group. |
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1992 |
SEIKO products were selected as the official timekeeping instruments for the Barcelona Olympics.
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1994 |
SEIKO products were selected as the official timekeeping instruments for the Lillehammer Olympics.
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1998 |
SEIKO products were selected as the official timekeeping instruments for the Nagano Olympics.
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1999 |
SII Enterprises Ltd. was set up in Hong Kong .
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2002 |
SEIKO products were selected as the official timekeeping instruments for the Salt Lake City Olympics. |