Morioka is a city nestled among forests and streams, and blessed with a panoramic view of the magnificent Mount Iwate. It was in this natural setting, one perfectly suited for watchmaking, that we established Morioka Seiko Instruments Inc. in 1970.

Today, as a watch-manufacturing base of the Seiko Instruments Inc. (SII) Group, we offer a variety of products to customers all over the world. Our inherent craftsmanship creates high classed watches with the world's highest accuracy. At the same time, our highly automated state-of-the-art production line produces movements for quartz watches.

We are proud of our pioneer spirit and our position as the world's top watch-manufacturing company. While uniting our technical skill and leading edge technology, and harmonizing with rich natural environment, we will continue to make a product enjoyable and beloved by the people of the world.

 

Outline

Corporate Name	Morioka Seiko Instruments Inc.
Office	61-1, Itabashi, Shizukuishi-cho, Iwate-gun, Iwate 020-0596 Tel:+81-19-692-3511
Representatives	President   Yoshifumi Maehara
Established	October 7, 1970
Paid-in Capital	1,000 million yen

 

 

History

1970	Morioka Seiko Instruments Inc. was founded at Shizukuishi-cho along with the Seiko Group's expansion of watch production.
1971	A factory was completed at Shizukuishi-cho and started its watch parts production.
1972	Started the production of mechanical watches.
1974	Ninohe Tokei Kogyo Co., Ltd. was established as an in-house watch parts factory.
1980	Started the production of quartz watches.
1986	Achieved an annual production of 10 million watches.
1987	Michinoku Service Co., Ltd. was established.
1989	Built an extension to a watch parts assembly factory and started its operation as a Factory Automation (FA) plant.
1992	Build an extension to a new plating factory.
1992	Capitalized Tono Seiki Co., Ltd.
1994	New watch planning and launching function was transferred to Morioka Seiko Instruments Inc.
1999	All domestic watch production functions were consolidated in Morioka Seiko Instruments Inc.
2000	Plastic parts production was transferred to Morioka Seiko Instruments Inc.
2004	The Shizukuishi Watch Studio was established within the site of Morioka Seiko Instruments Inc.
2006	Tono Seiki Y.K. changed its company name to “Tono Seiki Co., Ltd.”
2006	“Iwate mechanical watchmaker skills assessment” was established.