Why I like Citizen Watches

07.10.09 |

“Citizen Watch Co., Ltd.” is a best-known Japanese maker of clockworks and watches located in Tokyo (Japan). Citizen has been primarily chartered 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 founding fathers once have been chosen the name Citizen because they attempted to find a direct way to the peoples spirit. This is still today the idea behind watches made 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 developed the first quartz 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. Beyond that the firm was an outrider in producing dive watches for professional use. A highlight was the embedded bathometer - no one else was able to offer a similar uncommon function. Additional, Citizen is famous 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 a collection for everybody and every occasion.
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