Citizen Watches
“Citizen Watch Co., Ltd.” is a well-known Japanese producer of clockworks and wrist watches based in Tokyo (Japan). Citizen has been in the first place founded as Shokosha Watch Research Institute in the year 1918. The concern was established in 1924 when the first product, a tiny 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 selected the name Citizen because they tried to find a direct way to the peoples heart. This is still nowadays the notion behind wrist watches constructed by Citizen.
First watch with Eco-Drive - Models reaching from dress to athletics
For Example the first Japanese watch having a wake-up-function was established by Citizen in 1958. In the 1970ties Citizen originated the debut quartz wrist watches with LCD display and afterwards also the slightest LCD wrist watch of all time. 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 concern was an outrider in producing dive watches for professional use. A highlight was the embedded bathometer - no one else was able to offer a similar great function. Additional, Citizen is celebrated 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