History of SEIKO Watches
Founder and Origins of SEIKO Kintaro Hattori, a young Japanese entrepreneur, founded a shop selling and repairing watches and clocks in Tokyo’s Ginza district in 1881. Through perseverance and a…
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The first Seiko watch, known as the Seiko Laurel, was introduced in 1913. At the time, Seiko was still known as K. Hattori & Co., a Japanese company founded by Kintaro Hattori. The Seiko Laurel marked the company’s first step into the world of watchmaking, after previously being known as a manufacturer of wall clocks and timekeeping instruments.
