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“Citizen Watch Co., Ltd.” is a famed Japanese maker of clockworks and watches located in Tokyo (Japan). Citizen has been primarily founded as Shokosha Watch Research Institute in the year 1918. The business concern was established in 1924 when the first product, a little pocket watch named Citizen, was positioned on the market. In 1930 the firm 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 nowadays the idea behind wrist watches constructed by Citizen.

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


For Example the debut Japanese wristwatch having a wake-up-function was launched by Citizen in 1958. In the 1970ties Citizen built the first quartz wrist watches with LCD display and after that also the smallest 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 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 great function. Additional, Citizen is well-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 offers a collection for everybody and every occasion.
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