

Furthermore, it shows that Eco-Drive has won out against battery power, as solar energy is standard in Elegant models. The Elegant collection alone has around 100 different models for men and women, which demonstrates exactly how large Citizen's selection is. This is the main difference between satellite and radio watches, which function more like a radio and require a long-wave transmitter in order to receive the time signal.

The Satellite Timekeeping System covers 40 time zones and its signal is available all over the world, even in the remote wilderness. Without GPS, this technology would be impossible. Watches receive GPS signals from space and synchronize themselves with the precise atomic time. Citizen has used this technology since 2011 in order to display the exact time. However, the showstopper of these stylish watches is the so-called Satellite Timekeeping System. The Elegant collection, for example, features high-tech titanium watches that could very well be part of the Promaster series based on their functions and appearance. In 2014 CITIZEN launched its first global brand statement “BETTER STARTS NOW”.The boundaries dividing particular Citizen series aren't always well-defined. The experimental event for the testing of this watch involved dropping it from a helicopter in Osaka, 30 meters above ground and was not damaged upon impact.

First wrist watch with Para shock technology. Since its founding in 1930, the company has achieved many milestones. Shimpei Go to, named the watch “CITIZEN” and ever after this was adopted as the mane of the company.

In 1924, the Shokosha Watch Research Institute produced its first “CITIZEN” and ever Mayer of Tokyo Mr. Citizen began its life as the Shokosha Watch Research Institute in 1918, taking over Swiss machinery and facilities in the Totsuka district of Tokyo that had been registered to Swiss watch maker Rodolphe Schmid. Citizen, a trusted name and brand leader in the watch industry for over 100 years.
