Manufacturer
Seiko
Also known as: K. Hattori & Co., Seikosha
Japanese manufacturer that released the world's first quartz wristwatch, the Astron, in 1969.
Kintarō Hattori opened a watch shop in Ginza in 1881 and the Seikosha factory in 1892. Seiko later developed Spring Drive (1999).
- Country
- Japan
- City
- Tokyo
- Founded / active
- 1881
- Status
- Active (Seiko Group)
- Key people
- Kintarō Hattori
Innovations
- Quartz Astron
- Spring Drive
- Kinetic
