Seiko Holdings Corporation (セイコーホールディングス株式会社, Seikō Hōrudingusu Kabushiki-gaisha) (TYO: 8050), more commonly known simply as Seiko (pronounced say-koh), is a Japanese watch company.
The company started in 1881, when Kintarō Hattori opened a watch and jewelry shop called "K. Hattori" (服部時計店, Hattori Tokeiten) in the Ginza area of Tokyo, Japan. Eleven years later, in 1892, he began to produce clocks under the name Seikosha (精工舎, Seikōsha). According to Seiko's official company history, titled "A Journey In Time: The Remarkable Story of Seiko" (2003), Seiko is a Japanese word meaning "exquisite," "minute," or "success." (The meaning "exquisite" is usually written 精巧, while the meaning "success" is usually written 成功.)
Seiko is perhaps known best, though, for its wristwatches. They are known for their advanced technology and are one of the few wristwatch manufacturers that produce all of their watches and movements entirely in-house. Even minor items such as the oils used in lubricating the watches and the luminous compounds used on the hands and the dials are produced by the Seiko factories.
SEIKO(精工)是一家著名的日本制表公司，始创于1881年，公司原名为服部计时店，1892年改名为精工舍。1924年，发表了第一只正式使用精工品牌的手表。1969年，精工表推出了世界上第一款指针式石英手表-SEIKO ASTRON[35SQ]。1995年，精工舍与日本东方表公司共同创建了一间合资工厂。精工舍还是电脑打印机制造商-爱普生（EPSON）的母公司。
自1881年成立以来，SEIKO（精工）不断推出革命性产品——从1913年生产出日本最早的腕表开始，包括之后1969年推出世界上首款石英表，SEIKO在不断前进。 腕表依然是 SEIKO的核心业务，同时因为 SEIKO在微工程，冶金，机械电子一体化技术优势，也将公司的业务扩展到了很多不同的领域如照相机部件，精密仪器，眼镜，珠宝以及体育和化妆产品。
时至今日，日本的「精工精密株式会社」，已发展成为一家多元化的公司，其生产的高品质的产品，包括照相机的快门，精密的电脑软件，工商业用的打卡钟，电脑打印机及各种精密电子元件等。
精工手表公司于2006研制出一款名为“Future Now”的手表，采用了全新的显示技术—“电子墨水（Electronic Ink）”。该款手表采用微胶囊电泳显示模块，将美国E Ink公司开发的“电子墨水”技术与精工爱普生集团先进的显示屏制造和电子线路技术相结合，其卓越新颖的特性展现了爱普生集团在精密仪器领域领先的技术水平，并开创了手表显示技术的新纪元。
SEIKO（精工）深信腕表是私密的朋友。最好的腕表应该与佩戴者有契合的默契感觉，而且腕表所提供的功能能为佩戴者带去安心可靠的感觉以及情感上的满足。SEIKO（精工）的科技研发就是致力发展“人性化科技”，让人性化科技腕表产品和佩戴者之间产生互动的联系。
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