Orient Watch
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| Private | |
| Industry |
Watch Manufacturing Electronics Manufacturing |
| Founded |
Hino, Tokyo, Japan (13 July 1950) |
| Founder | Shogoro Yoshida |
| Headquarters | Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan |
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Key people
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Jiro Miyagawa (President) Masahiro Yoshimura (Director) Takahiro Naito (Director) |
| Products | Wristwatches, Pocketwatches, Clocks, Moving Parts, Electronic Components |
| Services | Electronic Devices Assembly |
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Number of employees
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124(Parent Company), 658(Consolidated) |
| Parent | Seiko Epson Corporation |
| Website |
Orient Watch Global Orient Watch Japan |
Orient Watch Company, Limited (オリエント時計株式会社 Oriento Tokei Kabushikigaisha?) is a Japanese luxury watchmaker. The company designs, manufactures and markets watches. It was founded in Hino, Tokyo, Japan (13 July 1950). Since 2001, it has been a subsidiary of Seiko Epson Corporation (the one of three core companies of the Seiko Group) and became a wholly owned subsidiary in 2009.
Orient primarily markets mechanical watches (self-winding & hand-winding), but it also produces some quartz, light-powered (solar), and radio-controlled models. Outside of the main business, the company produces some moving parts and electronic components that are then assembled into Seiko Epson's electronic devices.
The company manufactures all of its movements in-house in Japan.
The origin of Orient Watch Company dates back to 1901 when Shogoro Yoshida opened a wholesale shop called "Yoshida Watch Shop" in Ueno, Taito, Tokyo, Japan. Yoshida Watch Shop was successful, selling imported pocketwatches. In 1912, Yoshida expand his business and began producing gold wristwatch cases. In 1920, Toyo Tokei Manufacturing was established, originally producing table clocks and gauges. It was not until 1934 that Toyo Tokei Manufacturing started the production of wristwatches. in 1936, the Hino Factory was built in Hino, Tokyo, Japan. For several years, Toyo Tokei Manufacturing boomed at the Hino Factory. However, affected by the poor Japanese economy after World War II, the company shut down in 1949.
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