“Citizen Watch Co., Ltd.” is a best-known Japanese producer of clockworks and wrist watches based in Tokyo (Japan). Citizen has been mainly founded as Shokosha Watch Research Institute in the year 1918. The company was built in 1924 when the first product, a little pocket watch named Citizen, was placed 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 attempted to find a direct way to the peoples spirit. This is still nowadays the notion behind wrist watches constructed by Citizen.

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


For instance the first Japanese wrist 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 after that also the thinnest LCD wrist 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 producing 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 famous for its Eco-Drive collection of light powered watches. Fuelled simply 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.
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