Citizen Watches
Tuesday, June 30th, 2009“Citizen Watch Co., Ltd.” is a legendary Japanese maker of clockworks and 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 established in 1924 when the first product, a tiny 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 selected the name Citizen because they tried to find a direct way to the peoples spirit. This is still nowadays the notion behind wrist 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 originated the debut quartz wrist watches with LCD display and later also the smallest LCD wrist watch ever. In the early 1990ties Citizen originated 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 unique function. Additional, Citizen is famous for its Eco-Drive collection of light powered wrist watches. Fuelled just by light, it doesn’t require any batteries. Designs reaching from dress to athletics (e.g. professional dive watches), Citizen provides a collection for everybody and every occasion. Find out more about Citizen watches