Citizen Watches
“Citizen Watch Co., Ltd.” is a famed Japanese producer of clockworks and watches located 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 called Citizen, was placed 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 get a direct way to the peoples heart. This is still nowadays the idea behind wrist watches made by Citizen.
First watch with Eco-Drive – Models reaching from dress to athletics
For instance the first Japanese wristwatch having 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 smallest LCD wrist 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 concern was an outrider in developing dive watches for professional use. A highlight was the included bathometer – no one else was able to offer a similar unique function. Additional, Citizen is celebrated for its Eco-Drive collection of light powered watches. Fuelled only by light, it doesn’t require any batteries. Designs reaching from dress to athletics (e.g. professional dive watches), Citizen has an assortment for everybody and every occasion. Find out more about Citizen watches
