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“Citizen Watch Co., Ltd.” is a celebrated Japanese maker of clockworks and wrist 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 called Citizen, was positioned on the market. In 1930 the firm assumed the name Citizen Watch Company, too. The founding fathers once have been chosen the name Citizen because they attempted to get a direct way to the peoples heart. This is still today the idea behind watches made by Citizen.

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


For Example the debut Japanese watch having a wake-up-function was established by Citizen in 1958. In the 1970ties Citizen built the first quartz wrist watches with LCD display and later also the smallest LCD wristwatch ever. 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 included bathometer - no one else was able to offer a similar special 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 provides a collection for everybody and every occasion. Find out more about Citizen watches