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In June 2016, CITIZEN will showcase the CITIZEN “Eco-Drive Lounge” across seven international airports. This exhibition will be held throughout the year of 2016 which marks 40 years of Eco-Drive since we launched the world’s first analogue light-powered watch in 1976.
Through the Eco-Drive Lounge, we will demonstrate Eco-Drive*1 technology, CITIZEN proprietary technology which converts any source of light into electrical energy to keep watches running and CITIZEN as a true manufacture d'horlogerie, that produces all components in its timepieces, down to the movement, to global audience.
At the Eco-Drive Lounge, our flagship “Eco-Drive One” models for 2016 will be on display. Eco-Drive One is the world's thinnest*2 light-powered watch and was unveiled at Baselworld earlier this year. The Eco-Drive One, just 2.98 mm*3 thick light-powered watch with a 1.00 mm*3 thick movement, highlights CITIZEN as a pioneer of light-powered technology and a true manufacture d'horlogerie.
We have invented and improved Eco-Drive technology and created series of Eco-Drive watches, such as thinner, smaller, lighter, more multifunction and more beautiful watches. The 40 years of Eco-Drive technology advancements embody our brand statement “Better Starts Now”; a simple belief that, no matter who you are or what you do, it is always possible to make something better — and now is the time to start doing it.
- Eco-Drive is CITIZEN’s proprietary technology that powers watches using any natural or artificial light source, eliminating the need to replace batteries. Certified as an Eco Mark product for the first time in the watch industry.
- As of May 2016 for an analogue light-powered watch according to research by Citizen Watch Co., Ltd.
- Dimensions are nominal. Actual product size may be up to 0.22 mm thicker due to tolerance
“Eco-Drive Lounge” exhibition schedule
| Country | City | Airport | Month | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australia | Sydney | Sydney International Airport | June-July |
| 2 | Singapore | Singapore | Changi Airport, Singapore | September |
| 3 | Dubai | Dubai | Dubai International Airport | September |
| 4 | Thailand | Bangkok | Suvarnabhumi Airport (Bangkok Airport) | November |
| 5 | Germany | Frankfurt | Frankfurt Airport | November-December |
| 6 | China | Hong Kong | Hong Kong International Airport | December |
| 7 | China | Shanghai | Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport | December |
* Cities, airports and months are subject to change.
About Citizen Watch
Citizen Watch is a true manufacture d'horlogerie with a comprehensive manufacturing process that extends from creating a watch’ s individual components to its final assembly. The company operates in more than 100 countries around the world. Since its founding in 1918, CITIZEN have held the belief of “Better Starts Now” — that is, no matter who you are and what you do, it is always possible to make something better, and now is the time to start doing it. Sharing this belief, we have made watches, invented and improved technologies and explored the future of watches such as our proprietary light-powered Eco-Drive technology, which originally debuted 40 years ago, and state-of-the-art satellite-synchronised timekeeping.
