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Line 33: }} {{Nihongo\|'''Citizen Watch Co., Ltd.'''\|シチズン時計株式会社\|Shichizun tokei Kabushiki-gaisha}} is an [[electronics]] company primarily known for its [[watches,]] and is the core company of a [[economy of Japan\|Japanese]] global [[corporation\|corporate]] group based in [[Nishitokyo]], [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]]. In addition to Citizen brand watches, it is the parent of American watch company [[Bulova]], and is also known for manufacturing small electronics such as ~~calculators~~[[calculator]]s. ==History== The company was founded in 1930 by Japanese and [[economy of Switzerland\|Swiss]] investors. It took over Shokosha Watch Research Institute (founded in 1918) and some facilities of the assembly plant opened in [[Yokohama]] in 1912 by the [[Swiss ~~watch]]maker~~watchmaker Rodolphe Schmid. The brand Citizen was first registered in Switzerland by Schmid in 1918 for watches he sold in Japan.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.buzzufy.com/blog/2018/11/19/the-citizen-watch-story/\| trans-title=History of Citizen Watch\| language=English \|title = The Citizen Watch Story\| date=2018-11-19}}</ref> The development of this brand was supported in the 1920s by Count [[Gotō Shinpei]] with his hope that watches could become affordable to the general public. The growth of Citizen until [[World War II]] relied on [[technology transfer]] from Switzerland.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.horlogerie-suisse.com/horlomag/watch-around/0088/les-origines-suisses-de-citizen-watch\| trans-title=The Swiss origins of Citizen Watch\| language=French \|title = Les origines suisses de Citizen Watch}}</ref>

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