Citizen

Group

Citizen Watch Co., Ltd., listed in Tokyo; it also owns Bulova, Frederique Constant, Alpina and Arnold & Son.

Headquarters

Nishitokyo, Tokyo, Japan.

Founded

1918, as the Shokosha Watch Research Institute in Tokyo; the Citizen name came in 1924 and the company in 1930.

Known for

Eco-Drive light-powered watches, Promaster, Attesa, The Citizen, Series 8.

1918 is the founding of the Shokosha Watch Research Institute in Tokyo, the forerunner of the company; its first pocket watch, named Citizen, appeared in 1924, and Citizen Watch Co., Ltd. was incorporated in 1930, the year the company itself counts from. It has operated continuously since and remains an independent, listed Japanese group.

Sourcescitizen.co.jp