The company was founded in 1881 when Hattori Kintaro opened a watch and jewelry store called Hattori Tokeiten/服部時計店 in Tokyo's Ginza district. 11 years later, in 1892, he began to produce a watch called Seikosha (精工舎 / Seikōsha), which can be translated as "the house of exclusive craftsmanship"...
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