“Citizen Watch Co., Ltd.” is a legendary Japanese manufacturer of clockworks and wrist watches based in Tokyo (Japan). Citizen has been primarily founded as Shokosha Watch Research Institute in the year 1918. The company was built in 1924 when the first product, a small pocket watch called Citizen, was positioned on the market. In 1930 the company assumed the name Citizen Watch Company, too. The founding fathers once have been selected the name Citizen because they attempted to find a direct way to the peoples spirit. This is still nowadays the notion behind watches built by Citizen.

First watch with Eco-Drive – Models reaching from dress to athletics


For Example the debut Japanese wrist watch including a wake-up-function was launched by Citizen in 1958. In the 1970ties Citizen developed the debut quartz wrist watches with LCD display and afterwards also the thinnest LCD wristwatch ever. In the early 1990ties Citizen started the premier series production of watchcases consisting of titanium. In addition to that, they designed the leadoff voice recognition watch which was another big milestone in their history. Beyond that the firm was an outrider in evolving dive watches for professional use. A highlight was the included bathometer – no one else was able to offer a similar specific function. Additional, Citizen is famous for its Eco-Drive collection of light powered wrist watches. Fuelled simply by light, it doesn’t require any batteries. Designs reaching from dress to athletics (e.g. professional dive watches), Citizen offers an assortment for everybody and every occasion.
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