Citizen Watch Co.

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Citizen Watch Co., Ltd シチズン時計株式会社

Type of Company	Public (TYO: 7762 )
Founded	1918 as Shokosha Watch Research Institute (in May 28 1930, company took on current name)
Headquarters	Nishi-tokyo, Tokyo; numerous locations [1]
Key people	Makoto Umehara: President
Products	Watch and parts, Information equipment and parts, Electronic equipment and parts, Industrial machinery and equipment, Jewelry etc
Revenue	¥375.7 billion ($18.4 billion FY 2005)
Employees	17,987
Slogan	Beyond Precision
Website	www.citizen.co.jp

Citizen Watch Co., Ltd. (シチズン時計株式会社, Shichizun Tokei Kabushiki-gaisha^?) (TYO: 7762 ) is the core company of a Japanese global corporate group based in Tokyo, Japan. The company was originally founded as Shokosha Watch Research Institute in 1918 and is currently known as the manufacturer of CINCOM precision lathe machine tools as well as CITIZEN watches. The trade name originated from a pocket watch CITIZEN sold in 1924. It is one of the world's largest producers of watches.

[edit] Eco-Drive

In the United States, Citizen is best known for its Eco-Drive range of watches. All Eco-Drive watches are powered by a solar panel hidden under the face of the watch, which is supplemented by an automatic quartz power source in the rare and discontinued Eco-Drive Duo series. All Citizen Eco-Drive models are made in Japan.

Additionally, Citizen manufactures a watch bearing the colors and logo of the Blue Angels. The watch is part of the Skyhawk line, which utilizes Eco-Drive as its primary power source. Just as the Blue Angels use blue and gold as their trademark colors, the watch bears this color scheme as well.