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“Citizen Watch Co., Ltd.” is a legendary Japanese maker of clockworks and wrist watches located in Tokyo (Japan). Citizen has been mainly founded as Shokosha Watch Research Institute in the year 1918. The company was established in 1924 when the first product, a small pocket watch called Citizen, was positioned on the market. In 1930 the firm assumed the name Citizen Watch Company, too. The founders once have been selected the name Citizen because they tried to find a direct way to the peoples emotions. This is still nowadays the idea behind watches made by Citizen.

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


For Example the debut Japanese watch including a wake-up-function was established by Citizen in 1958. In the 1970ties Citizen developed the debut quartz watches with LCD display and later also the smallest LCD wristwatch of all time. 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 company 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 great function. Additional, Citizen is celebrated 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.
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