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Orient Watch
Japanese watch brand owned by Epson
Orient Watch
Orient and Orient Star are Japanese mechanical watch brands owned and operated by Seiko Epson. Established in 1950 as an independent watchmaker, Orient Watch Co., Ltd. (オリエント時計株式会社, Oriento Tokei Kabushiki-gaisha) primarily manufactured mechanical watches (self-winding & hand-winding), but also produced quartz, light-powered (solar) and radio-controlled models. Wristwatches produced by the company had been marketed under the Orient Watch brand (Orient, Orient Star, Orient Star Royal, Royal Orient). Outside of the main business, in the 1990s, the company diversified its business by manufacturing electronic components for Epson printers. To strengthen production of piezoelectric inkjet printheads for Epson, Orient Watch and Epson deepened their capital alliance, and Orient Watch became a functional subsidiary of Epson in 2009. Its watch business operation was fully integrated into Epson in 2017. Orient Watch products are primarily manufactured in Japan, with movements produced in-house by...
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