Citizen Watches
“Citizen Watch Co., Ltd.” is a legendary Japanese manufacturer of clockworks and wrist watches located in Tokyo (Japan). Citizen has been mainly chartered as Shokosha Watch Research Institute in the year 1918. The business organization was established in 1924 when the first product, a small pocket watch called 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 watches constructed 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 developed the first quartz wrist watches with LCD display and afterwards also the thinnest LCD wrist watch 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. More than that that the concern was an outrider in producing dive watches for professional use. A highlight was the embedded bathometer – no one else was able to offer a similar great function. Additional, Citizen is famous 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 an assortment for everybody and every occasion. Find out more about Citizen watches
