| Jul. 1959 |
Established as Miyota Precision Co.,
Ltd. with a capital of 10,000,000 yen. |
| Apr. 1962 |
Designated as a model factory under
Nagano Prefecture's Plant Siting Incentive Ordinance. |
| Sep. 1963 |
Capital increased to 20,000,000 yen. |
| May 1974 |
Began production of electronic wristwatches. |
| Oct. 1974 |
Capital increased to 40,000,000 yen. |
| Mar. 1976 |
Began production of quartz oscillators. |
| Apr. 1976 |
Began automated watch assembly. |
| Apr. 1976 |
Began production of quartz oscillator
wristwatches. |
| Dec. 1977 |
Began production of quartz oscillator
wristwatches. |
| Jun. 1978 |
Began production of composite circuits. |
| Nov. 1983 |
Capital increased to 99,500,000 yen. |
| Mar. 1985 |
Began production of cathode ray tubes
for electronic viewfinders. |
| Jan. 1986 |
Began production of electronic viewfinders. |
| Jan. 1986 |
Developed world's smallest quartz
oscillators for camcorders. |
| Mar. 1990 |
Capital increased to 205,500,000
yen. |
| Sep. 1990 |
Established MOST CROWN INDUSTRIES
LTD. in Hong Kong. (Equity participation from Citizen
Watch Co. Ltd. in Oct. 1990) |
| Jan. 1991 |
Renamed to Miyota Co., Ltd. |
| Mar. 1991 |
Capital increased to 619,125,000
yen. |
| Mar. 1994 |
Stock registered with Securities
Dealers Assn. of Japan for over-the-counter trading.
Capital increased to 1,753,125,000 yen. |
| Jun. 1994 |
ISO 9002 certification acquired. |
| Apr. 1995 |
Began production of back-light units. |
| Oct. 1995 |
Established Kitamimaki Works. |
| Jul. 1996 |
Began production of CCD camera modules. |
| Nov. 1999 |
ISO 14001 certification acquired. |
| May. 2000 |
Began production of ferroelectric
micro LCDs. |
| Jul. 2001 |
Established MASTER CROWN ELECTRONICS(WUZHOU)LTD. |
| Mar. 2004 |
Established GUANZHOU MOST CROWN ELECTRONICS LTD. |
| Oct. 2005 |
MIYOTA becomes a wholly-owned subsidiary of CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD. via equity swap. MIYOTA delisted from JASDAQ. MIYOTA's corporate name changed to CITIZEN MIYOTA CO., LTD. |