Manufacturer
Citizen
Also recorded as: Citizen Watch Co. · Shokosha · Miyota
Japanese manufacturer and pioneer of light-powered analogue quartz watches.
The Shokosha Watch Research Institute was founded in Tokyo in 1918; its 1924 pocket watch was named 'Citizen' by Tokyo mayor Shinpei Gotō, and Citizen Watch Co. followed in 1930. Citizen introduced a light-powered analogue quartz watch in 1976, later marketed as Eco-Drive, and owns the movement maker Miyota and the Bulova brand.
- Country
- Japan
- City / centre
- Tokyo
- Founded
- 1918 (Shokosha Watch Research Institute)
- Status
- Active (Citizen Group)
- Key people
- Shinpei Gotō (naming)
Innovations & specialities
- Light-powered analogue quartz (1976; Eco-Drive)
- Radio-controlled multi-band watches
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Linked through the Atlas maker authority list, which reconciles the spellings used by different institutions. Attributions are as stated by each holding institution or auction house.
