Citizen Watches

“Citizen Watch Co., Ltd.” is a legendary Japanese manufacturer of clockworks and watches placed 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 little pocket watch named 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 tried to find a direct way to the peoples heart. 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 debut Japanese wristwatch including a wake-up-function was launched by Citizen in 1958. In the 1970ties Citizen built the debut quartz wrist watches with LCD display and after that also the smallest LCD wristwatch of all time. 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 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 best-known for its Eco-Drive collection of light powered watches. Fuelled simply by light, it doesn’t require any batteries. Designs reaching from dress to athletics (e.g. professional dive watches), Citizen has a collection for everybody and every occasion. Find out more about Citizen watches