Focused mostly in Tokyo, Japan, the Citizen Holdings Co., LTD was founded in 1918. The company currently makes CINCOM precision tools. Citizen, their trade name, originated from a pocket watch from 1924. It is apparent that Citizen mens watches are some of the most popular and most produced timepieces in the world.
Citizen is most popularly known in the United States for their Eco-Drive timepieces. Eco-Drive watches posses a battery that is recharged by a small solar panel concealed under the face. The Eco-Drive Duo series, which had solar power that was supplemented by an automatic quartz power source, is rare and has been discontinued. The Eco-Drive Thermo actively uses temperature differences between the skin temperature of the wearer and the ambient temperature to recharge the battery.
The official Citizen Watch website offers information about how their Eco-Drive technology is exclusively dependent on light in order to provide energy to their batteries. The Eco-Drive and Tough Solar technologies are very similar. All of the Eco-Drive watches are fashioned in Japan and then completed in China.
The Citizen Holdings Company also produces the Skyhawk A-T line. It is a popular timepiece collection that has Atomic Timekeeping. Radio-controlled signals are used for Atomic Timekeeping. This feature allows the technology to connect with atomic clicks all over the globe. North America, Japan and Europe are the main synchronization destinations. Depending on the home and world time zones, the mens wrist watch will automatically adjust to fit the correct frequency.
The two time zones that the Skyhawk A-T devices can adjust to are world and home. However, they mostly synchronize to the home zone. While traveling, the wearer is able to easily change time zones whenever needed. The correct time signals are then received on several different continents while still being able to maintain other times. Daylight Savings Time settings, the day and the date are all automatically adjusted when the watch synchronizes. The atomic clock in Casino Wave Ceptor watches has similar synchronization.
Collector devices are also manufactured by Citizen. Collectors can obtain special watches with the logo and colors of the Blue Angels. This particular timepiece is part of the Skyhawk A-T line and uses the Eco-Drive technology as its main power source. It also includes Atomic Timekeeping. The bezel includes a slide rule that is useful for calculating speed, time, distance and other valuable techniques for pilots. The Blue Angels use the colors gold and blue as their trademark and the watch possesses the same scheme.
The DCP (Deployment Clasp with a Push Button) clasp is available for the majority of Citizen watch bracelet bands. As with the Calibre 8700, the clasp can be used with leather bands as if they were metal bracelet wrist-bands. When the clasp is fastened, however, the band looks like a normal eye-hole and link pin leather wrist-band.
The Citizen Holdings Company is popularly known for their Citizen eco watches but they also produce small electronic organizers and calculators. Citizen has also offered computer printers and handheld televisions. Since the mid-1990s, Citizen decided to team up with the Compaq Computer Corporation. Since then, notebook computers have been built in Far Eastern markets and Japan. The computers are sold with the Compaq title.