“Citizen Watch Co., Ltd.” is a famous Japanese maker of clockworks and watches located in Tokyo (Japan). Citizen has been primarily founded as Shokosha Watch Research Institute in the year 1918. The concern was established in 1924 when the first product, a little pocket watch called Citizen, was placed on the market. In 1930 the company assumed the name Citizen Watch Company, too. The founders once have been chosen the name Citizen because they tried to get a direct way to the peoples heart. This is still today the notion behind watches built by Citizen.

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


For instance the first Japanese watch including a wake-up-function was launched by Citizen in 1958. In the 1970ties Citizen built the first quartz wrist watches with LCD display and afterwards also the slightest LCD wrist watch of all time. In the early 1990ties Citizen originated 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 developing dive watches for professional use. A highlight was the embedded bathometer – no one else was able to offer a similar unique function. Additional, Citizen is best-known for its Eco-Drive collection of light powered wrist watches. Fuelled just by light, it doesn’t need any batteries. Designs reaching from dress to athletics (e.g. professional dive watches), Citizen offers an assortment for everybody and every occasion. Find out more about Citizen watches

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