Orient Watch

Orient
Native name
オリエント時計株式会社
Oriento Tokei Kabushiki-gaisha
Company typeDivision
IndustryWatch Manufacturing
Electronics Manufacturing
FoundedJuly 13, 1950; 74 years ago (1950-07-13) Hino, Tokyo, Japan
FounderShogoro Yoshida
Headquarters29th Floor JR Shinjuku Miraina Tower, 4-1-6 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-8801, Japan[1]
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Jiro Miyagawa (President)
Masahiro Yoshimura (Director)
Takahiro Naito (Director)
ProductsWristwatches, Pocketwatches, Clocks, Moving Parts, Electronic Components
ServicesElectronic Devices Assembly
Increase ¥2.2 million (2021)[2]
Total assetsIncrease ¥2.1 billion (2021)[2]
Number of employees
747 (530 consolidated and 217 Non-consolidated) (2016)[1]
ParentEpson (2001-present)
Websitewww.orient-watch.com

Orient (オリエント時計株式会社, Oriento Tokei Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese watch manufacturer founded in 1950. Established as an independent company in 1950, it became a functional subsidiary of Epson in 2009 before being fully integrated into the company in 2017.[3]

Until it was absorbed into Epson, the Orient Watch Company had primarily marketed mechanical watches (self-winding & hand-winding),[4][5] but also produced quartz, light-powered (solar) and radio-controlled models.[6][7][8][9] Outside of the main business, the company produced some moving parts and electronic components that were then assembled into Seiko Epson's electronic devices.[10]

Currently, Akita Epson Corporation (formally Akita Orient Precision Instruments Co., Ltd.), a group company of Epson, manufactures all of the Orient movements in-house in Yuzawa, Akita, Japan.[11][12][13]

  1. ^ a b "Epson Begins Discussions on the Restructuring of Orient Watch". global.epson.com. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  2. ^ a b "オリエント時計株式会社 第96期決算公告". catr.jp. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  3. ^ Staff writer (September 2016). "Seiko Epson: Epson Begins Discussions on the Restructuring of Orient Watch". MarketScreener. Surperformance.
  4. ^ Message From the President of Orient Watch Company Archived 2017-02-28 at the Wayback Machine, Accessed 28 September 2014
  5. ^ Explanations of Mechanical Movement by Orient Watch, Accessed 30 September 2014
  6. ^ List of Orient Watch Product (Global Market), Accessed 28 September 2014
  7. ^ List of Orient Watch Manual & Movement (Global Market), Accessed 28 September 2014
  8. ^ List of Orient Watch Product (Japan Domestic Market), Accessed 28 September 2014
  9. ^ List of Orient Watch Manual & Movement (Japan Domestic Market), Accessed 28 September 2014
  10. ^ Orient Watch Factory History Archived 2016-11-07 at the Wayback Machine, Accessed 28 September 2014
  11. ^ Orient Watch Factory Profile Archived 2014-10-08 at the Wayback Machine, Accessed 28 September 2014
  12. ^ Orient Watch Production Process (Video), Accessed 29 September 2014
  13. ^ Orient In-house Automatic Movement Assembly (Video), Accessed 30 September 2014