references to primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . january 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message orient watch co. ltd. type private industry watch manufacturing electronics manufacturing founded hino tokyo japan 13 july 1950 founder shogoro yoshida headquarters chiyoda tokyo japan key people jiro miyagawa president masahiro yoshimura director takahiro naito director products wristwatches pocketwatches clocks moving parts electronic components services electronic devices assembly number of employees 124 parent company 658 consolidated 1 parent seiko epson corporation website orient watch global orient watch japan orient x sti collaboration 2010 limited edition fd0h001b orient watch company limited oriento tokei kabushikigaisha is a manufacturer of luxury mechanical watches . citation needed orient watch was founded in hino tokyo japan 13 july 1950 . since 2001 it has been a subsidiary of seiko epson corporation the one of three core companies of the seiko group and became a wholly owned subsidiary in 2009 . 2 the main product of orient watch is mechanical watches self winding & hand winding 3 4 but it also produces some quartz light powered solar and radio controlled watches . 5 6 7 8 outside of the main business the company produces some moving parts and electronic components that are then assembled into seiko epson s electronic devices . 9 the company manufactures all of its movements in house in japan . 10 11 12 contents 1 history 2 gallery 3 references 4 external links history edit the origin of orient watch company dates back to 1901 when shogoro yoshida opened a wholesale shop called yoshida watch shop in ueno taito tokyo japan . yoshida watch shop was successful selling imported pocketwatches . in 1912 yoshida expand his business and began producing gold wristwatch cases . in 1920 toyo tokei manufacturing was established originally producing table clocks and gauges . it was not until 1934 that toyo tokei manufacturing started the production of wristwatches . in 1936 the hino factory was built in hino tokyo japan . for several years toyo tokei manufacturing boomed at the hino factory . however affected by the poor japanese economy after world war ii the company shut down in 1949 . 2 after toyo tokei manufacturing was shut down yoshida s wristwatch manufacturing company was reborn in 1950 founded under the name tama keiki company . tama keiki co. ltd. continued manufacturing watches at the hino factory . just one year later in 1951 tama keiki co. ltd. changed its name to orient watch co. ltd. and in the same year the first orient star went on sale . orient watch was able to expand their visibility overseas after a memorandum trade agreement with china in 1955 . the royal orient subsequently went on sale in 1960 . other important watches in the company s history include the dynamic in 1956 grand prix 100 in 1964 fineness the world s thinnest automatic wristwatch with day and date calendar function for its time in 1967 and the tenbeat in 1970 . 13 in 2003 the orient technical center otc was established and the assembly of luxury watches began in ugo ogachi akita japan . 10 in 2004 the high precision caliber 88700 movement went on sale via the royal orient watch line . in 2005 orient star retro future collection was launched . in 2010 orient watch co. ltd. celebrated its 60th anniversary with a limited edition model . 13 gallery edit orient cey04002b orient cfhaa004w orient orient star classic sel05004w0 references edit company information orient watch . accessed 26 september 2014 . a b company history orient watch . japanese . accessed 20 december 2009 message from the president of orient watch company accessed 28 september 2014 explanations of mechanical movement by orient watch accessed 30 september 2014 list of orient watch product global market accessed 28 september 2014 list of orient watch manual & movement global market accessed 28 september 2014 list of orient watch product japan domestic market accessed 28 september 2014 list of orient watch manual & movement japan domestic market accessed 28 september 2014 orient watch factory history accessed 28 september 2014 a b orient watch factory profile accessed 28 september 2014 orient watch production process video accessed 29 september 2014 orient in house automatic movement assembly video accessed 30 september 2014 a b orient watch museum accessed 20 december 2009 external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title orient watch & oldid 706574974 categories watch brandscompanies based in tokyoseiko epsoncompanies formerly listed on the tokyo stock exchangejapanese brandswatch manufacturing companies of japan1950 establishments in japanhidden categories articles with japanese language external linksarticles lacking reliable references from january 2015all articles lacking reliable referencesarticles containing japanese language textall 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