Brief History of Citizen Watches

The Citizen company was founded in 1924 and was so named so it would be "Close to the Hearts of People Everywhere." During the last several decades, Citizen has expanded its business throughout the world. In the last 25 years, Citizen has grown to become the world's largest watchmaker, a distinction it has achieved every year since 1986.

Citizen is also recognized as leader in advanced technology. Citizen's "world firsts" is unmatched for innovations such as the first dive watch with and electronic depth sensor, the first voice recognition watch to the slimmest LCD.

Recently, Citizen has become the leader in Ecologically Friendly timekeeping with its Eco-Drive collection of light powered watches. These watches can run continuously in any kind of light for a lifetime of use. Fueled by light, they never need a replacement battery. And therefore no batteries have to be disposed of. It also saves you the time and trouble of getting replacements.

 


 

         
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