Who owns ATTESA?
ATTESA is owned by Citizen Watch (Japan, TSE: 7762).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: CITIZEN REPORT 2025 (Integrated Report, English), Citizen Watch Co., Ltd. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Citizen Watch Co., Ltd. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇯🇵 Japan, Nishi-Tokyo
- Origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- Founded
- 1987
- Category
- Apparel, footwear & accessories › Luxury goods › Jewellery & watches
- Parent ticker
- TSE: 7762
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About ATTESA
ATTESA is a titanium watch brand of Citizen Watch. The CITIZEN Report 2025 says it debuted in 1987 as a brand for the Japanese market, takes its name from an Italian word meaning anticipation or expectation, and reflects the company’s titanium-processing expertise, including Super Titanium, Eco-Drive and Satellite Wave GPS. The report says the global rollout of ATTESA begins in fiscal 2025 as one of five CITIZEN sub-brands.
Ownership timeline of ATTESA
- Current owner Citizen Watch [1] reported
Where ATTESA sits in Citizen Watch
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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See the full Citizen Watch brand portfolio (4) →
Other brands owned by Citizen Watch
Citizen Watch controls 4 brands on Brandtree, 4 of them in apparel, footwear & accessories.
Also in apparel, footwear & accessories
- BULOVA (1875)
- CITIZEN (1918)
- FREDERIQUE CONSTANT (1988)
Other brands in jewellery & watches, and who owns them
The 63 brands in jewellery & watches on Brandtree belong to 16 owners. The largest is Richemont, with 8; Citizen Watch has 4.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| A. Lange & Söhne | Richemont | 🇨🇭 Switzerland |
| CaratLane | Titan | 🇮🇳 India |
| Blancpain | Swatch Group | 🇨🇭 Switzerland |
| Bulgari | LVMH | 🇫🇷 France |
| Concord | Movado Group | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Pandora | Pandora | 🇩🇰 Denmark |
| ARTA by PNJ | PNJ | 🇻🇳 Vietnam |
| Relic | Fossil Group | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: Citizen Watch
Citizen Watch is a publicly listed company headquartered in Nishi-Tokyo, Japan, founded in 1918. Brandtree records 4 brands under its control, and it is listed as TSE: 7762.
Citizen Watch Co., Ltd. is the Tokyo-listed parent of the CITIZEN Group, whose Watches Business was founded in 1918 by Kamekichi Yamazaki. Its CITIZEN Report 2025 gives its securities code as 7762 on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market and lists a headquarters in Tanashi-cho, Nishi-Tokyo. The report names CITIZEN, BULOVA and FREDERIQUE CONSTANT as its finished-watch brands, alongside machine tools, devices and electronic products. It records that the group acquired shares of Bulova Corporation in 2008 and of Frederique Constant in 2016.
Citizen Watch: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇯🇵 ATTESA and other Japanese brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 437 brands that began in Japan. 21 of them (5%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; ATTESA is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of ATTESA?
The parent company of ATTESA is Citizen Watch, a publicly listed company headquartered in Japan.
Is ATTESA Japanese?
Yes. ATTESA originated in Japan in 1987 and its owner, Citizen Watch, is also headquartered in Japan.
Is ATTESA still owned by Citizen Watch?
Yes. As of 4 October 2026, ATTESA is still owned by Citizen Watch. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] CITIZEN REPORT 2025 (Integrated Report, English) — Citizen Watch Co., Ltd., Annual report; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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