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Seiko Holdings Corporation, founded in Tokyo, Japan in 1881, operates a diverse global business encompassing watches, electronic devices, system solutions, and retail. The company is renowned for its timepieces, offering a wide range of watches under iconic brands such as Grand Seiko, Prospex, Astron, and Presage, alongside stopwatches and various clocks. Its clock offerings span from standard desk and wall clocks to specialized system clocks for institutions like schools and hospitals, decorative marionette clocks, clocks for broadcasters, and sports timing devices. Beyond horology, Seiko is a key manufacturer of electronic components and precision parts. This includes micro batteries, capacitors, quartz crystals, oscillator ICs, infrared sensor modules, and specialized materials like Co-Ni alloy products and rare earth magnets. They also produce high-precision components essential for industries such as automotive, hard disk drives, and miniature ball bearings, in addition to thermal printer mechanisms for POS systems and medical equipment, and inkjet printheads. Seiko also provides a comprehensive suite of system solutions, featuring time stamp certification, digital signature, electronic contract, and identity authentication services. Their offerings extend to payment processing solutions like CREPiCO and credit card services for various applications, restaurant ordering systems, time servers, performance and application management, predictive management solutions, and advanced IoT wireless communication units and multi-sensors with Bluetooth Mesh compatibility. Further diversifying its portfolio, the company produces optical lenses and frames for eyewear. Seiko also manages specialty retail stores that showcase its watches, jewelry, men's and women's fashion and accessories, interior decor products, and even select food items.