Seiko

Japanese company that manufactures and sells watches, clocks, electronic devices, semiconductors and optical products
Organization public_company Q322601
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Seiko

Summary

Seiko is a public company[1]. Seiko ranks in the top 2% of public_company entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,159 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Seiko was a member of Camera & Imaging Products Association[3].
  • Seiko is in the country of Japan[4].
  • Seiko's instance of is recorded as public company[5].
  • Seiko's instance of is recorded as trademark[6].
  • Seiko's instance of is recorded as business[7].
  • Seiko's instance of is recorded as holding company[8].
  • Seiko's founder is recorded as Kintaro Hattori[9].
  • Seiko's headquarters location is recorded as Ginza[10].
  • Seiko's child organization or unit is recorded as Seiko Instruments[11].
  • Seiko's child organization or unit is recorded as Wako[12].
  • Seiko's Commons category is recorded as Seiko[13].
  • Seiko's stock exchange is recorded as Tokyo Stock Exchange[14].
  • Seiko's industry is recorded as manufacture of watches and clocks[15].
  • January 1, 1881 marks the founding of Seiko[16].
  • Seiko's location of formation is recorded as Chūō[17].
  • Seiko's parent organization or unit is recorded as Seiko Group[18].
  • Seiko's official website is recorded as https://www.seiko.co.jp/en/[19].
  • Seiko's official website is recorded as https://www.seiko.co.jp/[20].
  • Seiko's official website is recorded as https://www.seiko.co.jp/ch/[21].
  • Seiko's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Seiko[22].
  • Seiko's product or material produced is recorded as timepiece[23].
  • Seiko's product or material produced is recorded as wristwatch[24].
  • Seiko's replaces is recorded as K. Hattori & Co.[25].
  • Seiko's legal form is recorded as kabushiki gaisha[26].
  • Seiko's owner of is recorded as Grand Seiko[27].

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Production[28]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 299c9540-fe0f-447c-a6f7-f5ad5c9ecef3[29]

Body

Founding

Seiko's founder is recorded as Kintaro Hattori[9]. January 1, 1881 marks the founding of Seiko[16]. Seiko's location of formation is recorded as Chūō[17].

Operations

Seiko's headquarters location is recorded as Ginza[10]. Seiko's parent organization or unit is recorded as Seiko Group[18]. Subsidiaries include Seiko Instruments[11], a business[30], in Japan[31], founded in 1937[32], headquartered in Chiba[33] and Wako[12], a department store chain[34], in Japan[35], founded in 1881[36], headquartered in Ginza[37].

Industry

Seiko's industry is recorded as manufacture of watches and clocks[15].

Ownership

Seiko's stock exchange is recorded as Tokyo Stock Exchange[14]. Products include timepiece[23] and wristwatch[24].

Why It Matters

Seiko ranks in the top 2% of public_company entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,159 views/month).[2] Seiko has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] Seiko is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] . seiko.co.jp. Retrieved . seiko.co.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [11] . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] . quote.tse.or.jp. quote.tse.or.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [15] . wikidata.org.
  13. [3] . cipa.jp. Retrieved . cipa.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . ROR release v1.19. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [38] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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