It’s not just about timepieces, the company are also known as the developers of the CINCOM precision lathe tools. Given the variety of names within the group many people wonder how the brand name was arrived at.In 1924 the company developed a pocket watch known by the model name Citizen watches. The name stuck and was later applied to all of the timekeeping products developed by Shicizun or to give them their new name, Citizen Watches.In more recent times, the watch company have become well known for their ground breaking power systems implementing on a small scale, the principles that are beginning to power our homes and cars.
Watches that feature the Eco-drive system, first introduced in 1995, are powered entirely by light. The watches convert the energy emitted from the Sun or from artificial light sources as part of the visible spectrum and convert this into electrical energy. The watches are fitted with a special solar cell, which is mounted under the dial of the watch. To the naked eye the solar cell, or more typically a number of cells, are imperceptible.The reason for the introduction of the new technology was simple. The demand for power for the innovations becoming commonplace on the watches required more power to operate them. Items such as stopwatches, chronographs and alarms all require additional power.One technology that is notorious for using battery power are radio control options. This allows the user to synchronise the watch with a broadcast that is in turn receiving the correct time from an atomic clock. As anyone who has listened to music in a parked car or on a mobile phone will know, radio reception, even intermittent reception, will shorten the battery life considerably. Faced with this drain on the limited power supply available within a watch, it was soon clear that an alternative was needed to regular visits to the repair centre.On traditional wound watches or on automatic mechanical watches then the power is replaced either through the movement of the wrist of through winding the watch. Quartz watches rely on a battery to manage their power requirements rather than a coiled spring, so if power is to be replenished without replacing the battery a new technology was required. Given the electrical needs of radios and quartz crystals it is an advantage that this power be available in a readily usable form.
According to the manufacturers, data showed the solar cell and secondary battery will last for more than 10 years, far exceeding the battery life found in most quartz watches. According to the European branch of the company, laboratory tests have shown that after 20 years the battery is still capable of retaining a power storage capacity of 80% of its initial capacity.

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