Citizen Watch

Citizen Watch Co., Ltd.
Native name
シチズン時計株式会社
Shichizun Tokei kabushiki gaisha
FormerlyShokosha Watch Research Institute (before May 28, 1930)
Company typePublic
TYO: 7762
Nikkei 225 Component
Founded1918; 106 years ago (1918)
Headquarters
Nishitōkyō, Tokyo
,
Japan
Key people
Toshihiko Sato(businessman) [jp] (president and CEO)
Products
  • Watches and parts
  • Information equipment and parts
  • Electronic equipment and parts
  • Industrial machinery and equipment
  • Jewelry
RevenueIncrease ¥321.6 billion
US$2.93 billion (FY 2018)[1]
Decrease ¥22.4 billion
US$204.61 million (FY 2018)[1]
Decrease ¥13.3 billion
US$121.49 million (FY 2018)[1]
Number of employees
20,882 (2018)[2]
Websitecitizen.co.jp

Citizen Watch Co., Ltd. (シチズン時計株式会社, Shichizun tokei Kabushiki-gaisha) is an electronics company primarily known for its watches and is the core company of a Japanese global corporate group based in Nishitokyo, Tokyo, Japan. In addition to Citizen brand watches, it is the parent of American watch company Bulova, and is also known for manufacturing small electronic devices such as calculators. Beyond watches and electronics, Citizen also manufactures precision CNC machining equipment.[3]

  1. ^ a b c "Annual Report FY2018" (PDF). Citizen Holdings. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-11-28. Retrieved 2019-11-28.
  2. ^ "Corporate Profile". Citizen Holdings. Retrieved 2019-11-28.
  3. ^ "Citizen Machinery Co., Ltd".