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Citizen, under ''Citizen Systems Japan Co.'', also produces business and consumer electronic devices. The brand [[Bulova]], known for its former [[tuning fork]] movement in the [[Bulova Accutron]] (the first electronic watch), also belongs to Ci ...

...Japanese word "hiizu", which means "excellent". In 2017, a first in-house movement was produced. Headquarters: 34-1 Mitsumori, Hayashizaki, Ugo, Ogachi, Akita, 012-1103 Japan ...

...Watch Company''' is one of the largest producers of mechanical watches in Japan. It is a wholly-owned subsidiary of [[Seiko Epson]] but designs and manufac In [[1901]], Shogoro Yoshida set up a watch shop in Ueno, Tokyo, Japan. He began manufacturing gold clock cases by [[1912]] and set up a factory, ...

'''Miyota''' is a Japanese watch movement manufacturer. [[Category:Movement manufacturers Japan]] ...

...10 January [[Zenith]] presents the first [[self-winding]] [[chronograph]] movement "[[Zenith El Primero|El Primero]]". * On 3 March, the manufacturers [[Breitling]], [[Heuer]]-[[Leonidas]], [[Hamilton]]/[[Büren]] present their ...

...eir downfall, launched just as quartz movements were becoming prized. This movement caused a sensation and received much press for the young brand, however, wi ...mechanical watches, casing a 1.2 mm mechanical movement or 1.25 mm quartz movement in a 3 mm case. These movements and patents were purchased by [[Claude Burk ...

...-Baume''') is a Swiss movement manufacturer, now owned by [[Citizen]] of [[Japan]]. ...ompany supplying [[ebauche]]s and purchasing parts. It also supplies watch manufacturers like [[Armin Strom]], [[Chanel]], [[LVMH Moët-Hennessy Louis Vuitton]] [[TA ...

...ion office in [[Hong Kong]]. After Hong Kong and Taiwan the development of Japan with a subsidiary followed in [[2007]]. So this is in addition to its own c ...mpany worked with many manufacturers, bringing their expertise in high-end movement design and complication development, including [[Breguet]], [[Cartier]], an ...

...the arm movement of the wearer into electrical energy to power the quartz movement (kinetic system, also called [[Autoquartz]]). In [[1988]] the launch took Some [[watch movement]]s of the brand [[Erhard Junghans]] are also produced by Seiko. ...

...[[watch movement]]s and parts and is now owned by [[Citizen Holdings]] of Japan. ...company, [[STM Holding]]. The company had developed an in-house automatic movement by then, with about 2,000 per year in production, as a result of the [[2002 ...

...pete with Japanese and American quartz watches. The production [[beta 21]] movement was launched in [[1970]], following prototypes produced from [[1967]]. ...property. With so much electronic and semiconductor research being done in Japan and America, the Swiss watch industry intended for the CEH to develop paten ...

...tant''' is a Swiss watch manufacturer, currently owned by [[Citizen]] of [[Japan]]. ...series and others, who consistently provide a dial-sided view on the watch movement. Since at that time one had forgotten to register this idea, quick imitatio ...

...veloped [[calibre]]s. Alpina was a developer and manufacturer of [[ebauche movement]]s at the [[Duret & Colonnaz]] factory in [[Geneva]]. The brand name "Alpin * Duret & Colonnaz, [[Geneva]] ([[ebauche movement]]s) ...

...ll [[1960]] manufactured only watches with pin-lever escapement ([[Roskopf movement]]). As early as [[1930]] the daily production reached about 7000 watches. T In the sixties Oris was one of the ten largest watch manufacturers in Switzerland. From 20 employees originally, Oris grew to 668 employees in ...

...Heuer]], [[Dubois Dépraz]], [[Hamilton]]-[[Buren]], and [[Breitling]], the movement was also sold as the '''calibre 11''', '''calibre 12''', '''calibre 14''', ...[[pushers]]. This unusual arrangement is a telltale sign of a Chronomatic movement in a watch of that era. Also notable in Chronomatic movements is the [[bi-c ...

This also includes the design of totally new [[watch movement]]s. As a good example of this one can take the [[Resonance chronometer]]. I ...erie de Genève]] in [[2004]] as well as the [[Watch of the Year]] Award in Japan. ...

...terested in the watches, and in the beginning of [[1999]] an invitation to Japan followed. Although Klaus Jacob had expected only introductory talks, he rec ...vement [[Unitas 6300]] with real [[central seconds]] or the [[Tourbillon]] movement by [[Progress]]. ...

...''Hommage'' is launched. In [[1997]] the brand is successfully launched in Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong and Thailand. * the caliber [[RD 98]], a [[manual winding]] movement with [[small second]] at the "9", ...

...international clientele "Time Only", had a modified [[ETA 6498-1]] as the movement and was a [[manual winding]] model with [[small seconds]]. Based on this, c ...a year, which is the maximum capacity. Many international customers, from Japan, California, and Singapore, recommended the brand and encouraged dealers. F ...

...n (about $6,000 in 2020 US dollars). Citizen also offered a more practical movement, Cals. 7920 and 7930, which measured 1.95 mm thick and were twice as accura ...er than any previous watch and showed how far ahead the Japanese were. The movement, [[Seiko 9320|Cal. 9320]], measured just 0.90 mm thick, with the New York T ...