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“Citizen Watch Co., Ltd.” is a legendary Japanese maker of clockworks and watches placed in Tokyo (Japan). Citizen has been primarily founded as Shokosha Watch Research Institute in the year 1918. The concern was established in 1924 when the first product, a tiny pocket watch called Citizen, was positioned on the market. In 1930 the company 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 made by Citizen.

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


For instance the first Japanese wristwatch having a wake-up-function was launched by Citizen in 1958. In the 1970ties Citizen built the first quartz watches with LCD display and after that also the thinnest 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. More than that 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 best-known 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 has an assortment for everybody and every occasion.
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