Seiko

Seiko Holdings Corporation

Native name	セイコーホールディングス株式会社
Type	Public
Traded as	:
Industry	Watch Manufacturing, Precision Instruments, Machinery, Fashion Accessories, Optics
Founded	Chūō, Tokyo, Japan 1881; 136 years ago (1881) (incorporated in 1917)
Founder	Kintaro Hattori
Headquarters	1-26-1 Ginza, Chūō, Tokyo, Japan (Officially registered at 4-5-11 Ginza, Chūō, Tokyo, Japan)
Key people	Shinji Hattori, Chairman and CEO
Products	Watches, Electronic Devices, Systems Solutions, Clocks, High End Apparel, Fashion Accessories and System Clocks, Printers, Integrated Circuits, Lenses
Revenue	¥296.7 billion (FY2015, consolidated)
Number of employees	13,437 (March 31, 2016, consolidated)
Subsidiaries	Seiko Watch Corporation Seiko Instruments INC. Seiko Precision INC. Seiko NPC Corporation Seiko Solutions INC. Seiko Clock INC. Wakoco., LTD. Seiko Time Systems INC. Seiko Optical Products CO., LTD.
Website	Seiko Holdings Corporation

Seiko Holdings Corporation (セイコーホールディングス株式会社, Seikō Hōrudingusu Kabushiki-gaisha^?) (: ), more commonly known simply as Seiko (/ˈseɪkoʊ/ SAY-koh), is a Japanese holding company that holds subsidiaries which manufactures and sells watches, clocks, electronic devices, semiconductors, jewelries, and optical products.

The company was founded in 1881, when Kintarō Hattori opened a watch and jewelry shop called "K. Hattori" (服部時計店, Hattori Tokeiten^?) in the Ginza area of Tokyo, Japan. Eleven years later, in 1892, he began to produce clocks under the name Seikosha (精工舎, Seikōsha^?), meaning roughly "House of Exquisite Workmanship". 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" or "success" ("exquisite" is usually written 精巧 from Chinese jīngqiǎo, while the meaning "success" is usually written 成功 from Chinese chénggōng).