Watches from Citizen
July 13th, 2009
“Citizen Watch Co., Ltd.” is a well-known Japanese producer of clockworks and wrist watches located in Tokyo (Japan). Citizen has been in the first place chartered as Shokosha Watch Research Institute in the year 1918. The business concern 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 attempted to get a direct way to the peoples spirit. 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 having a wake-up-function was launched by Citizen in 1958. In the 1970ties Citizen built the debut quartz watches with LCD display and afterwards also the smallest LCD wristwatch 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 company was an outrider in producing dive watches for professional use. A highlight was the included bathometer - no one else was able to offer a similar specific 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 has a collection for everybody and every occasion.
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