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A SYMBOL OF ENDURING LEGACY
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This wall clock was made by Seikosha in 1892, the year Kintaro Hattori set up his first clock factory
The story of Seiko begins in 1873, long before the company was founded, when Japan adopted the solar calendar in place of the lunar system. The old Japanese time system had come to an end and no one in Japan had the experience or know-how to make clocks that could be used for the new time system. It led to the creation of an entirely new horological industry in Japan.
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Kintaro Hattori
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Kintaro Hattori
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Poster shows the Seikosha factory and some of its earliest products
Just four years later in 1881, he set up a new company, K Hattori, as a vehicle for expanding his business. In 1892 Seikosha was formed. It was here that he produced his first clocks and these marked the beginnings of a company that was to become one of the world’s most important manufacturers of timepieces. Seikosha started by making wall clocks and later graduated to pocket-watches, alarm clocks and wrist watches.
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A Seikosha alarm clock assembly line around 1930
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A Seikosha alarm clock assembly line around 1930
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1892
Founded Seikosha Clock Factory, started production of wall clocks![](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0400/5268/7000/files/Heritage-page2.png?v=1591875557)
1899
Produced Japan’s first alarm clock![](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0400/5268/7000/files/Heritage-page2.png?v=1591875557)
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1953
Broadcasted Japan’s first TV Commercial![](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0400/5268/7000/files/Heritage-page4.png?v=1591875557)
1968
Introduced the world's first quartz wall clocks for home use.![](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0400/5268/7000/files/Heritage-page4.png?v=1591875557)
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1976
Introduced the world’s first quartz alarm clocks![](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0400/5268/7000/files/Heritage-page6.png?v=1591875557)
1983
Introduced Pyramid Talk, the talking clock![](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0400/5268/7000/files/Heritage-page6.png?v=1591875557)
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1988
Introduced the Melodies in Motion![](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0400/5268/7000/files/Heritage-page8.png?v=1591875557)
2005
Introduced the world’s first five-lever escapement mechanism, Perpetuity![](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0400/5268/7000/files/Heritage-page8.png?v=1591875557)
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2009
Introduction of the Seiko Emotional Collection![](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0400/5268/7000/files/Heritage-page10.png?v=1591875557)
2011
Introduction of the 130th original mechanical clocks.![](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0400/5268/7000/files/Heritage-page10.png?v=1591875557)
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