| May 1948 | Founded Ohkubo Tokei-ten (Clock Store) K.K. in Shinagawa, Tokyo. Began the retail sales and repair service of clocks/watches, glasses and jewelry. |
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| Mar 1962 | Opened Tachikawa Store in Chubu Department Store in Tachikawa, Tokyo to kick off the first step for chain store business. |
| Jun 1965 | Changed the business name from Ohkubo Tokei-ten to Ohkubo Co., Ltd. |
| Nov 1967 | Opened the first jewelry specialty store in Meguro JR Station Bldg. (the present ATRE Meguro Store) in Meguro, Tokyo and kicked off retailing at railway station building. |
| Dec 1971 | Opened the Osaka Store in the Hankyu Five, in Umeda, Osaka, entering the Osaka / Kinki area. |
| Aug 1975 | Opened the Sendai Store in Daiei Sendai Store in Sendai City, Miyagi, entering the Tohoku area. |
| Sep 1978 | Opened the Sapporo Store at the basement shopping mall of the Sapporo Station, in Sapporo City, entering Hokkaido. |
| Feb 1979 | Transferred the operation of the Koyama Store to Jewelry Ohkubo. |
| Nov 1980 | Transferred the operation of the Merchandise Purchase Department to Sun Jewel Co., Ltd. |
| Nov 1982 | Moved the main office to Shibuya, Tokyo. |
| Sep 1987 | Took over all its operation from a subsidiary, Sun Jewel Co., Ltd. to centralize the distribution and stock control system. |
| Feb 1988 | Bought out Jewelry Ohkubo Co., Ltd. to reinforce the operational foundations. |
| Mar 1989 | Introduced the POS system to improve the efficiency of the chain operation. Opened the Fukuoka Store at the Solaria Plaza at Tenjin, Fukuoka City, entering Kyushu. |
| Apr 1991 | Changed the business name from Ohkubo Co., Ltd. to Jewel Verite Ohkubo Co., Ltd. Bought out all shares of Sun Ohkubo Co., Ltd. to reinforce the optical foudations. |
| Sep 1991 | Listed on the second section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. |
| Apr 1993 | Opened the Tokushima Store in Tokushima City, entering the Shikoku area. |
| Jan 1995 | Transferred all shares of Sun Ohkubo Co., Ltd., a subsidiary. |
| Oct 1995 | Opened Optic Verite Co., Ltd. to improve the efficiency of the glasses business. |
| Sep 1997 | Established a distribution center in Higashi Ueno, Tokyo. |
| Oct 1997 | Began store business of a new brand, "La Verite". |
| Apr 1999 | Shifted one store to a subsidiary to streamline the efficiency of store business and established Jewelry Shinon Co., Ltd. (presently a consolidated subsidiary). |
| May 2001 | Established the first jewelry craft center as a store within the Totte Box Hill Store, Toride City, Ibaragi Prefecture. |
| Feb 2004 | Established GB Co., Ltd. |
| Feb 2005 | Established the Central Craft Center/the E-commerce Business Department. |
| Aug 2005 | Changed the business name from Jewel Verite Ohkubo Co., Ltd. to Verite Co., Ltd. |
| Feb 2006 | Established Sobac Co., Ltd. (presently a consolidated subsidiary) to improve the efficiency of distribution. |
| Jun 2006 | Transferred all shares of Optic Verite Co., Ltd., a consolidated subsidiary. |
| Dec 2006 | Moved the main office to Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture. |
| Feb 2007 | Concluded a sublicense contract with Societe du Figaro, France. |
| Sep 2007 | Began store business of a new brand, "FIGARO par Verite" in collaboration with Figaro. |
| Oct 2007 | Took over all business from GB Co., Ltd., a consolidated subsidiary. |
| Apr 2008 | 60th Anniversary. |
| Jun 2008 | Has become a member of Digico, a sight holder of DTC, DeBeers. |
