“Citizen Watch Co., Ltd.” is a legendary Japanese manufacturer of clockworks and watches located 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 small pocket watch called Citizen, was placed on the market. In 1930 the company assumed the name Citizen Watch Company, too. The founding fathers once have been selected the name Citizen because they tried to get a direct way to the peoples emotions. This is still nowadays the idea behind wrist watches made by Citizen.

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


For Example the debut Japanese wrist watch including a wake-up-function was established by Citizen in 1958. In the 1970ties Citizen built the first quartz wrist watches with LCD display and later also the smallest LCD wrist watch 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. More than that that the firm was an outrider in evolving dive watches for professional use. A highlight was the included bathometer – no one else was able to offer a similar special function. Additional, Citizen is celebrated 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 has an assortment for everybody and every occasion. Find out more about Citizen watches