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“Citizen Watch Co., Ltd.” is a legendary Japanese manufacturer of clockworks and wrist watches located in Tokyo (Japan). Citizen has been in the first place founded as Shokosha Watch Research Institute in the year 1918. The business organization was established in 1924 when the first product, a small 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 selected the name Citizen because they tried to find a direct way to the peoples heart. This is still nowadays the idea behind wrist watches built by Citizen.

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


For Example the first Japanese wristwatch having a wake-up-function was established by Citizen in 1958. In the 1970ties Citizen developed the debut quartz watches with LCD display and after that also the slightest LCD watch of all time. 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 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 just by light, it doesn’t require any batteries. Designs reaching from dress to athletics (e.g. professional dive watches), Citizen has an assortment for everybody and every occasion.
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