Citizen Watches

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In 1924, Citizen’s forerunner, the Shokosha Watch Research Watch Institute produced its first pocket watch the “CITIZEN”. The then Mayor of Tokyo, Mr Shimpei Goto, named the watch “CITIZEN” with the hope that the watch, a luxury item of those times, would become widely available to ordinary citizens and be sold throughout the world.

The Citizen Watch Company, Ltd. was established in 1930.Citizen is the world’s largest watch company. More people depend on a watch made by Citizen than other timepiece. Citizen produced 292 million timepieces in 1999, about 24% of the world total. Citizen has played a leading role in the international watch market for years and has set the de facto standards for movements.

The Japanese manufacturer has also been able to repeatedly develop pioneering technologies that take their power from natural energy sources.