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Seiko Holdings Corporation and our operating companies are committed to various activities aiming at coexistence and co-prosperity with local communities and society.
The Tokyo Olympic Games in 1964 was the first time SEIKO played the role of official timekeeper. SEIKO introduced a comprehensive electronic timing system, a world first that marked the start of the quartz age. To this day, the company continues to support sporting events packed with moving moments around the world, including track and field, swimming, and speed skating events.
Morioka Seiko Instruments Inc. sponsors a seminar that provides the public with an opportunity to participate in a hands-on mechanical watch assembly workshop. This seminar was launched in 2007, and is now attended by people from all over Japan as well as local residents. The seminar consists of two courses: an experience course for beginners on the first day, and a more advanced course on the second day, covering disassembly, cleaning, lubricating and assembly.
The main building of Wako, renovated in 2008, was awarded a special 2010 BCS (Building Contractors Society) Prize. The BCS Prize is an annual commendation awarded to superior architectural projects carried out in Japan, with the aim of facilitating creation of Japan’s superior architectural assets and contributing to cultural development and conservation of the global environment. The award recognized the quality of the restoration and praised the way that important improvements in earthquake protection had been made without altering the historic façade and interior. In 2009, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry certified Wako’s main building as a Heritage of Industrial Modernization.
SEIKO is an official sponsor of KidZania Tokyo and KidZania Koshien, a space for children to learn about how our society works. SEIKO has designed and operates the
City Clock pavilion at Kidzania, a facility where children can act as performers in an automaton clock. They can learn the significance of time and hours through their own activities of announcing the hour while also acquiring public presentation skills. In 2011, an English experience activity was also launched.
We hope that, through our support of Kidzania, the next generation will learn more about how to enjoy and contribute to the world they will inherit.
The SEIKO Museum (to be so renamed) was first established as the Seiko Institute of Horology in 1981, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the founding of SEIKO.
With a broad lineup of samples and literature related to time and time-keeping instruments, the museum introduces the history of timekeeping from ancient times to the modern day. It hosts numerous SEIKO-branded samples and various other samples and materials from around the country and the world. All of them have been collected, arranged and maintained in a structured manner allowing visitors to acquire a systematic understanding of the general history of the watch and clock industry. The facility is to be renamed the SEIKO Museum on the 130th anniversary of SEIKO in 2012, and its rich and varied exhibition content will continue to be enhanced.
We offer guided tours of the museum to enable visitors to gain a better understanding of the exhibits. Please contact us beforehand to sign up for a guided tour.
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