Citizen Watch Co.

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Citizen Watch Co., Ltd シチズン時計株式会社

Type	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
Website	www.citizen.co.jp

Head office of the Citizen Watch holding company in Tokyo

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.

1 Eco-Drive
2 Collectors watches
3 DCP clasp
4 Other products
5 Corporate divisions
6 Events
7 External links

[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. The solar power 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.

[edit] Collectors watches

Additionally, Citizen manufactures collectors watches; for example, 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.

[edit] DCP clasp

The Deployment Clasp with a Push Button (DCP) is a clasp available for many Citizen watch bracelet bands. The clasp, as with the Calibre 8700, is also used with leather bands as if they were metal bracelet-style watchbands; however, when the clap is fastened, the band appears to be a normal eye-hole and link pin leather watchband.

[edit] Other products

Apart from watches, Citizen also manufactures calculators and small electronic organizers. Some non-watch devices such as handheld televisions and computer printers, have been marketed under the Citizen brand name.

[edit] Corporate divisions

Japan CBM Corporation - sales of time pieces.
Citizen Systems Co., Ltd. - sales of business and consumer electronic devices.
Citizen Miyota Co., Ltd. - production of Wristwatches, Quartz Crystal Oscillators, Electronic Viewfinders, LCD Back-light Units, CCD/CMOS Image Sensors, Ferroelectric Micro LCDs, LCoS, High-density Mounting Equipment.
Citizen Fine Tech Co., Ltd. - Manufacture and sales of electronic components (Ceramic parts, Quartz crystal oscillator chips, etc.)
Citizen Seimitsu Co., Ltd. - Manufactures watch movement components, watch appearance components, automotive components, LCD cells, mini printers, measuring instruments, lubrication units, secondary machining LC lathes, glass scribers.