Citizen Holdings

Citizen Holdings is a watch group of the Japanese global company Citizen, based in Tokyo, Japan.

Citizen Holdings announced that it would purchase rival Bulova for approximately $247 million in October 2007. Bulova was acquired from Loews, a holding company that included financial, tobacco, energy, and hotel assets. The acquisition was expected to close in January 2008. Bulova brands at the time included Bulova, Accutron, Caravelle, and Wittnauer.

In 2012 Citizen purchased movement maker La Joux-Perret, one of the primary alternative suppliers to ETA.

Subsidiaries:

• Citizen
  • Miyota - mechanical movements
  • Bulova
• La Joux-Perret - mechanical movements
• Arnold & Son
• Frederique Constant (2016)
  • Alpina