Shichizun tokei Kabushiki-gaisha), also known as the
Citizen Group, is an
electronics company primarily known for its
watches and is the core company of a
Japanese global
corporate group based in
Nishitokyo,
Tokyo, Japan. In addition to Citizen brand watches, it is the parent of American watch company
Bulova.
Citizen launched the world's first multi-band atomic timekeeping watch in 1993 and has remained a pioneer of this field. Synchronized to atomic clocks, these watches are accurate to within one second in one hundred thousand years.
The Skyhawk A-T line features radio-controlled timekeeping. The watches can synchronize with
radio clocks in Japan,
North America, and
Europe, automatically selecting the correct frequency by location. The watch actually tracks two
time zones—home and world—but synchronizes to the 'home' zone. When traveling, the user may swap the 'home' and 'world' zones, thereby enabling proper time signal reception on a different continent while retaining the other time. The day, date, and
daylight saving time settings are set automatically when the watch is synchronized.