Citizen Watches
Saturday, June 27th, 2009“Citizen Watch Co., Ltd.” is a famed Japanese producer of clockworks and wrist watches placed in Tokyo (Japan). Citizen has been mainly chartered as Shokosha Watch Research Institute in the year 1918. The business organization was built in 1924 when the first product, a little pocket watch named Citizen, was positioned on the market. In 1930 the company assumed the name Citizen Watch Company, too. The founders once have been selected the name Citizen because they tried to find a direct way to the peoples spirit. This is still today the idea behind wrist watches built by Citizen.
First watch with Eco-Drive - Models reaching from dress to athletics
For instance the first Japanese watch having a wake-up-function was established by Citizen in 1958. In the 1970ties Citizen built the first quartz watches with LCD display and afterwards also the smallest LCD 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 company was an outrider in developing dive watches for professional use. A highlight was the embedded bathometer - no one else was able to offer a similar unique function. Additional, Citizen is well-known 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 an assortment for everybody and every occasion. Find out more about Citizen watches
