Citizen Watches
“Citizen Watch Co., Ltd.” is a legendary Japanese producer of clockworks and watches placed in Tokyo (Japan). Citizen has been mainly chartered as Shokosha Watch Research Institute in the year 1918. The company was established in 1924 when the first product, a little pocket watch named Citizen, was placed on the market. In 1930 the company assumed the name Citizen Watch Company, too. The founders once have been chosen the name Citizen because they attempted to get a direct way to the peoples heart. This is still nowadays the notion 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 originated the first quartz 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 evolving dive watches for professional use. A highlight was the embedded bathometer – no one else was able to offer a similar specific function. Additional, Citizen is famous for its Eco-Drive collection of light powered wrist watches. Fuelled simply by light, it doesn’t require any batteries. Designs reaching from dress to athletics (e.g. professional dive watches), Citizen provides an assortment for everybody and every occasion. Find out more about Citizen watches
