Description

Citizen Watch Co., Ltd. operates as a global entity involved in the development and sale of a diverse range of timepieces and their integral components. Its business activities are organized into four key divisions: Watches, Machine Tools, Devices and Components, and Electronic and Other Products. The company's extensive product portfolio features items such as watch movements, specialized system clocks, various computer numerical control (CNC) automatic lathes (including both sliding and fixed headstock models), automotive parts, compact switches, different forms of LEDs (like chip and lighting LEDs), crystal devices, motors, digital photo printers, point-of-sale (POS) and barcode printers, and electronic medical equipment including thermometers and blood pressure monitors. Founded in 1918 and based in Nishitokyo, Japan, the organization was previously recognized as Citizen Holdings Co., Ltd. before officially changing its name to Citizen Watch Co., Ltd. in October 2016.