Citizen Watches
“Citizen Watch Co., Ltd.” is a famous Japanese manufacturer of clockworks and wrist watches based in Tokyo (Japan). Citizen has been mainly founded as Shokosha Watch Research Institute in the year 1918. The business organization was built in 1924 when the first product, a small 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 emotions. This is still nowadays the notion behind watches built by Citizen.
First watch with Eco-Drive - Models reaching from dress to athletics
For instance the first Japanese wrist watch including a wake-up-function was launched by Citizen in 1958. In the 1970ties Citizen developed the first quartz wrist watches with LCD display and later also the slightest LCD 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. More than that 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 celebrated for its Eco-Drive collection of light powered wrist watches. Fuelled only by light, it doesn’t need any batteries. Designs reaching from dress to athletics (e.g. professional dive watches), Citizen has a collection for everybody and every occasion. Find out more about Citizen watches
