Citizen Watch
Head office of the Citizen Watch holding company in Tokyo | |
Native name | シチズン時計株式会社 |
|---|---|
Romanized name | Shichizun Tokei kabushiki gaisha |
| Formerly | Shokosha Watch Research Institute (before May 28, 1930) |
| Company type | Public |
| TYO: 7762 Nikkei 225 Component | |
| Founded | 1918 |
| Headquarters | , Japan |
Key people | Toshihiko Sato (president and CEO) |
| Products | |
| Revenue | ¥321.6 billion US$2.93 billion (FY 2018) |
| ¥22.4 billion US$204.61 million (FY 2018) | |
| ¥13.3 billion US$121.49 million (FY 2018) | |
Number of employees | 20,882 (2018) |
| Website | citizen.co.jp |
Citizen Watch Co., Ltd. (シチズン時計株式会社, Shichizun tokei Kabushiki-gaisha), also known as the Citizen Group, 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. Beyond watches, Citizen also manufactures calculators, printers, health care devices, and precision CNC machining equipment.