History of Citizen Watches
“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 chartered as Shokosha Watch Research Institute in the year 1918. The company was built in 1924 when the first product, a small pocket watch called Citizen, was positioned on the market. In 1930 the firm assumed the name Citizen Watch Company, too. The founding fathers once have been chosen the name Citizen because they tried to find a direct way to the peoples spirit. This is still nowadays the idea behind watches constructed by Citizen.
First watch with Eco-Drive – Models reaching from dress to athletics
For instance the first Japanese wrist watch including a wake-up-function was established by Citizen in 1958. In the 1970ties Citizen built the debut quartz wrist watches with LCD display and later also the thinnest LCD wristwatch ever. 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 concern was an outrider in developing dive watches for professional use. A highlight was the included bathometer – no one else was able to offer a similar uncommon function. Additional, Citizen is celebrated for its Eco-Drive collection of light powered wrist watches. Fuelled only 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
