Citizen

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Citizen is a Japanese company which still exists (2007). It produces watches and has several other activities. At some time its portfolio included the production of shutters.

History

The company was founded in 1918 as Shōkōsha Tokei Kenkyūjo (尚工舎時計研究所, meaning Shōkōsha Watch Research Institute) and became Citizen Tokei K.K. (シチゼン時計㈱, officially translated as Citizen Watch Co., Ltd.).[1]

Cameras with Citizen shutter

This list is incomplete:

Links

In English:

In Japanese:

  • Citizen company history: Japanese version and English version.