Citizen watches

 

Established in 1924, Citizen has since managed to expand its exclusive watch business on a global scale. The founding fathers selected the names Citizen so it would be “ Close to the Heats of people Everywhere” and soon after adopted the company’s formal name, Citizen Watch Company. During the last seventy-five years Citizen has expanded its business throughout the world and has achieved recognition as a global brand.

 

The past 25 years especially have coincided with Citizen's dramatic rise to its current position as the world's largest watch maker, a distinction the brand has held every year since 1986. Citizen has achieved its original desire to be ‘Close to the Hearts of People Everywhere' with its constant innovations, ensuring Citizen watches provide a range of functions to satisfy all consumers.

 

As well as being the world's largest manufacturer of watches, Citizen's collection of watches encompass the most advanced technology for any watch range.

In the world of sports Citizen has played a major role in sponsoring some of the world's most prestigious events and tracking outstanding performances around the globe. Citizen is proud of its long-standing relationship with the United States Tennis Association. Since 1993 Citizen has been the official Timekeeper and Official Watch of the Us open. Today,Citizen is a worldwide marketing partner for the US open and an elite USTA Corporate Champion sponsor with a major commitment to promote and grow the game of tennis. 

 

Citizen is also proud to have been involved with international figure skating for more than a decade and continues as a 2010 sponsor of ISU European Figure Skating Championships in Italy, Estonia, Republic of Korea and ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final 2010.

Being an innovator in quartz technology, Citizen has created a number of pioneering watches such as the world’s slimmest LCD watch and the world’s first professional dive watch with an electronic depth sensor.

 

Citizen has more recently carved out a new position as the leader in ecologically friendly timekeeping with Eco-driver Watches collections. Citizen Eco-Drive runs continuously in any kind of natural or artificial light for a lifetime of use.

 

In the world, Athletes and Citizen do share a lot in common thanks to Citizen watches. Citizen watches are one of the most desirable, innovative and competitive watch brands on the market. With watch technology always advancing, Citizen are likely to be at the forefront of the next major step forward in watchmaking.