I have a watch with the words Seiko on it. I want to know what brand it is.

Meiji era, the beginning of Japanese clocks and watches.

1854 Japan opened its market to the international market, which opened a bridge between Japan and Europe and America in watch trade. At that time, due to the development of the railway system, people all over the world began to be busy with their daily lives as never before. The demand for accurate time has greatly increased, even exceeding the demand for some luxury goods. In addition, the open policy in Meiji era introduced the universal western calendar time from 1873 65438+ 10/and became the official calendar calculation system in Japan.

Since the introduction of western calendar system, Japan's watch industry has started a brand-new development. Because all Japanese watch manufacturers must abandon all the old calendar systems and re-develop and manufacture new timekeeping products. At that time, most Japanese clocks and watches were imported from the United States, pocket watches were imported from Switzerland and iron alarm clocks were imported from Germany. In Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, Nagoya and other local cities, a large number of imported clocks and watches have relatively stimulated the production of self-imitation. That is, from then on, the domestic watch industry began to develop.

Founder of Seiko-"King of Clocks" Hattori Kintaro

Mr Hattori is one of the pioneers of Japanese watches.

Hattori Kintaro, 18 years old, is also an apprentice in repairing watches. Later, atNo. 1In September, 887, he started to run Hattori Watch Repair Shop in his home, which was then located in Jinqiao, Cainu Town. That's Ginza now, Liumachi. This small watch repair shop at the end of the 20th century is the predecessor of Seiko Group, the largest and most important watch company in the world. Hattori Kintaro's contributions and achievements to the watch industry in his life earned him the reputation of "the king of watches".

Vision on waves

1892, Kintaro, Hattori officially turned the watch repair shop into a seiko agency. Shortly after the establishment of Seiko House, in order to improve the production efficiency and scale, the factory needs power generation tools and systems very much. However, in a crowded city center, it is impossible to obtain a license for the power generation system. So Seiko House has just been established for one year, and the company has moved to Liudao in this city. In the new factory with wooden cover, a 5-horsepower steam engine was installed to expand production capacity. At the same time, Seiko House not only produces mechanical parts, but also includes panels, hands and wooden bell shells. It is worth mentioning that this city, located on the east coast of Lany in the corner of Tokyo, was an important area of Tokyo's industrialization during the Meiji era, and it was full of senior technicians and technicians. Hattori Kintaro's decision to relocate the company's factory to save the city was described as "the name of foresight in the industrialization frenzy".