| 1881 |
Establishment by Kintaro Hattori of K.Hattori & Co.,Ltd predecessor of todays Seiko Holdings Corporation. |
| 1892 |
SEIKO Precision, formerly SEIKOSHA, was established as the clock manufacturing arm of K.Hattori & Co.,Ltd, with 10 employees. |
| 1930 |
Diversified and commenced Camera Shutter production. |
| 1959 |
Clock manufacturing continued to develop and we produced the first Quartz clocks. |
| 1964 |
SEIKO serves as official timekeeper to the Tokyo Olympic Games in Japan. |
| 1968 |
Introduced the S-300, Japan's first desktop computer using hybrid IC's. |
| 1970 |
Detached from K.Hattori & Co.,Ltd and started development of Real Time On Line Computer systems. |
| 1972 |
Served as official timer of the Winter Olympics in Sapporo. Developed the i8008, the worlds first 8-bit Micro Processor, in a joint project with Intel Corp. |
| 1973 |
Introduced innovative ST-System On-Line data processing system which is the prototype of the LAN. |
| 1975 |
Established Nippon Precision Circuits Co Ltd. Developed worlds first PLL LSI for CB transceiver use. |
| 1980 |
Introduced the GP-80 Graphic printer series featuring SEIKO Precision's own Uni-Hammer technology. |
| 1985 |
Developed the world's fastest calculator LSI. |
| 1986 |
Established SEIKO Precision (Europe) GmbH in Germany. |
| 1987 |
Developed a new electro luminescence technology for the internal use in the SEIKO Group. The Lumi-SheetR was used as the light source of SEIKO clock and watches. |
| 1988 |
Started the 'FLON gas abolishment project'. |
| 1989 |
Established manufacturing plant in Thailand. |
| 1991 |
Started the 'Protection of the Earth environment committee' of the SEIKO Precision group, and abolished altogether the specific FLON gas (FLON 113) from all the SEIKOSHA companies. |
| 1992 |
SEIKO Group served as the official timer of the Olympic games at Barcelona. The electro luminescent lamp is integrated to backlight LCD's in handhelds, portable terminals, mobile phones and various others. |
| 1994 |
SEIKO Group served as the official time keeper at the Winter Olympic Games in Lillehammer. |
| 1996 |
The company has been divided into SEIKO Precision Inc. and SEIKO Clock Inc. |
| 1997 |
Established SEIKO Precision (Hong Kong) LTD. . |
| 1998 |
SEIKO Group served as the official time keeper at the Winter Olympic Games in Nagano. |
| 2002 |
SEIKO Group served as the official time keeper at the Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City. |
