About SEIKO

The company started in 1881, when Kintaro Hattori opened a watch and jewelry shop in the Ginza area of Tokyo, Japam. Eleven years later he began to produce clocks under the name Seikosha. 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", "minute", or "success". (The meaning "exquisite" is usually written while the meaning "success" is usually written.).

Here is Seiko time line:

1881	Establishment by Kintaro Hattori of K.Hattori & Co.,Ltd predecessor of todays SEIKO Corporation.
1892	SEIKO Precision, formerly SEIKOSHA, was established as the clock manufacturing arm of SEIKO Corporation, with 10 employees.
1930	Diversified and commenced Camera Shutter production.
1959	Clock manufacturing continued to develop and we produced the first Quartz clocks.
1964	SEIKO serves as official timekeeper to the Tokyo Olympic Games in Japan.
1968	Introduced the S-300, Japan's first desktop computer using hybrid IC's.
1970	Detached from SEIKO Corporation and started development of Real Time On Line Computer systems.
1972	Served as official timer of the Winter Olympics in Sapporo. Developed the i8008, the worlds first 8-bit Micro Processor, in a joint project with Intel Corp.
1973	Introduced innovative ST-System On-Line data processing system which is the prototype of the LAN.
1975	Established Nippon Precision Circuits Co Ltd. Developed worlds first PLL LSI for CB transceiver use.
1980	Introduced the GP-80 Graphic printer series featuring SEIKO Precision's own Uni-Hammer technology.
1985	Developed the world's fastest calculator LSI.
1986	Established SEIKO Precision (Europe) GmbH in Germany.
1987	Developed a new electro luminescence technology for the internal use in the SEIKO Group. The Lumi-SheetR was used as the light source of SEIKO clock and watches.
1988	Started the 'FLON gas abolishment project'.
1989	Established manufacturing plant in Thailand.
1991	Started the 'Protection of the Earth environment committee' of the SEIKO Precision group, and abolished altogether the specific FLON gas (FLON 113) from all the SEIKOSHA companies.
1992	SEIKO Group served as the official timer of the Olympic games at Barcelona. The electro luminescent lamp is integrated to backlight LCD's in handhelds, portable terminals, mobile phones and various others.
1994	SEIKO Group served as the official time keeper at the Winter Olympic Games in Lillehammer.
1996	The company has been divided into SEIKO Precision Inc. and SEIKO Clock Inc.
1997	Established SEIKO Precision (Hong Kong) LTD. .
1998	SEIKO Group served as the official time keeper at the Winter Olympic Games in Nagano.
2002	SEIKO Group served as the official time keeper at the Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City.

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