“Citizen Watch Co., Ltd.” is a legendary Japanese producer of clockworks and wrist watches based in Tokyo (Japan). Citizen has been mainly founded as Shokosha Watch Research Institute in the year 1918. The business organization was built 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 founders once have been selected the name Citizen because they attempted to find a direct way to the peoples spirit. This is still nowadays the notion behind wrist watches built 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 developed the first quartz watches with LCD display and afterwards also the thinnest 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. 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 special function. Additional, Citizen is well-known for its Eco-Drive collection of light powered watches. Fuelled only 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