“Citizen Watch Co., Ltd.” is a celebrated Japanese producer of clockworks and watches placed in Tokyo (Japan). Citizen has been primarily founded as Shokosha Watch Research Institute in the year 1918. The company was established in 1924 when the first product, a little pocket watch named 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 find a direct way to the peoples spirit. This is still today the notion behind wrist watches constructed 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 originated the debut quartz watches with LCD display and after that also the thinnest LCD watch 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 company 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 specific function. Additional, Citizen is best-known for its Eco-Drive collection of light powered wrist watches. Fuelled only by light, it doesn’t require any batteries. Designs reaching from dress to athletics (e.g. professional dive watches), Citizen provides a collection for everybody and every occasion. Find out more about Citizen watches

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