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Kintarō Hattori

服部金太郎
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Kintarō Hattori (服部 金太郎, November 21, 1860 – March 1, 1934) was a Japanese businessman and one of the first and most important Japanese watchmakers in history, as well as the founder of Seiko, one of the world's largest manufacturers of watches. He was a permanent council member of the Japanese Red Cross.

Source: “Kintarō Hattori”, English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), excerpt