Who owns Credor?
Credor is owned by Seiko Group (Japan, TSE: 8050).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Seiko Group Value Report 2025 (English), Seiko Group Corporation. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Seiko Group Corporation reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇯🇵 Japan, Tokyo
- Origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- Founded
- 1974
- Category
- Apparel, footwear & accessories › Luxury goods › Jewellery & watches
- Parent ticker
- TSE: 8050
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Credor
Credor is a luxury dress watch brand of Seiko Group. The Value Report 2025 says it was launched in 1974, celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2024 and began overseas expansion in 2025. It dates the Credor Locomotive to 1979, produced through the relationship between the family that founded Seiko and the watch designer Gerald Genta, and lists Credor among the group’s Global Brands.
Ownership timeline of Credor
- Current owner Seiko Group [1] reported
Where Credor sits in Seiko Group
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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See the full Seiko Group brand portfolio (4) →
Other brands owned by Seiko Group
Seiko Group controls 4 brands on Brandtree, 3 of them in apparel, footwear & accessories.
Also in apparel, footwear & accessories
- Grand Seiko (1960)
- Seiko (1881)
Other brands in jewellery & watches, and who owns them
The 63 brands in jewellery & watches on Brandtree belong to 16 owners. The largest is Richemont, with 8; Seiko Group has 3.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| A. Lange & Söhne | Richemont | 🇨🇭 Switzerland |
| CaratLane | Titan | 🇮🇳 India |
| Blancpain | Swatch Group | 🇨🇭 Switzerland |
| Bulgari | LVMH | 🇫🇷 France |
| Concord | Movado Group | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Pandora | Pandora | 🇩🇰 Denmark |
| ARTA by PNJ | PNJ | 🇻🇳 Vietnam |
| ATTESA | Citizen Watch | 🇯🇵 Japan |
About the owner: Seiko Group
Seiko Group is a publicly listed company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, founded in 1881. Brandtree records 4 brands under its control, and it is listed as TSE: 8050.
Seiko Group Corporation is the Ginza, Tokyo holding company of the Seiko Group, established in 1881 as K. Hattori; its own corporate page lists a head office at 1-chome Ginza, Chuo-ku. Its Value Report 2025 organises the group into watches, devices and systems solutions, and says it manages and controls consolidated subsidiaries including Seiko Watch Corporation and Wako Co., Ltd. Seiko Epson Corporation is shown in the report as a separately listed company split from the group, not as a Seiko Group brand.
🇯🇵 Credor and other Japanese brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 437 brands that began in Japan. 21 of them (5%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Credor is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Credor?
The parent company of Credor is Seiko Group, a publicly listed company headquartered in Japan.
Is Credor Japanese?
Yes. Credor originated in Japan in 1974 and its owner, Seiko Group, is also headquartered in Japan.
Is Credor still owned by Seiko Group?
Yes. As of 4 October 2026, Credor is still owned by Seiko Group. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Seiko Group Value Report 2025 (English) — Seiko Group Corporation, Annual report; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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