{"id":3449,"date":"2023-10-10T13:17:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-10T10:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/citizenwatchgreece.com\/about-us\/"},"modified":"2023-11-30T14:21:38","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T12:21:38","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/citizenwatchgreece.com\/en\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3449\" class=\"elementor elementor-3449 elementor-31\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e9b8af5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e9b8af5\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ac347e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4ac347e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1392\" height=\"522\" src=\"https:\/\/citizenwatchgreece.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/banner-better-starts-now.jpg.thumb_.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-3421\" alt=\"banner better starts now\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citizenwatchgreece.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/banner-better-starts-now.jpg.thumb_.webp 1392w, https:\/\/citizenwatchgreece.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/banner-better-starts-now.jpg.thumb_-600x225.webp 600w, https:\/\/citizenwatchgreece.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/banner-better-starts-now.jpg.thumb_-64x24.webp 64w, https:\/\/citizenwatchgreece.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/banner-better-starts-now.jpg.thumb_-300x113.webp 300w, https:\/\/citizenwatchgreece.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/banner-better-starts-now.jpg.thumb_-1024x384.webp 1024w, https:\/\/citizenwatchgreece.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/banner-better-starts-now.jpg.thumb_-768x288.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1392px) 100vw, 1392px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ffac55a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ffac55a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d990bc7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d990bc7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">CITIZEN WATCH<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a4c3f31 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a4c3f31\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">OUR STORY<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a465fa2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a465fa2\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c649ce0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c649ce0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Our efforts to find new possibilities began in 1918. In 1918, the \u201cShoukousha Watch Research Institute\u201d was founded, which later became the \u201cCITIZEN Watch Co. In the 1920s, almost all the watches that existed in Japan were still imported from overseas. The first CITIZEN watch appeared on the Japanese market in 1924, six years after the company was founded. During these six years, the founder opened the watchmaking school to train his employees and make them experts in the manufacture of precision watches. The spirit of craftsmanship had already begun at that time. The price for this watch was about 20% of the monthly base salary of government staff. Considering that the imported watches were considered a luxury product, our watch was affordable for the public. We can say that CITIZEN has opened the door for more people to buy their watches in Japan.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, our first watch was called CITIZEN by the mayor of Tokyo.<\/p>\n<p>Today, CITIZEN WATCH is a genuine watchmaker\u2019s workshop with an extensive manufacturing process ranging from the development and manufacture of the individual components of a watch to its final assembly. The company operates in more than 100 countries around the world. Since its foundation in 1918, Citizen has had the belief in \u201cBetter Starts Now\u201d \u2013 that is, whoever you are and whatever you do, it is always possible to do something better and now it\u2019s time to start. We share this belief and have created watches, invented and improved technologies and explored the future of watches, such as our own Eco-Drive technology with light drive and the satellite-controlled Satellite Wave timing system.<\/p>\n<p>CITIZEN is looking forward to the future with anticipation, but is also working on the continuous improvement of the latest innovations. All these activities are based on our conviction that \u201cFor each and every one of us Citizen employees the time has come to make this world a better place\u201d. This is the vision of our company that underlies our \u201cBETTER STARTS NOW\u201d brand statement. 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