Who owns BULOVA?
BULOVA 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
- 🇺🇸 United States, New York
- Founded
- 1875 by Joseph Bulova
- Category
- Apparel, footwear & accessories › Luxury goods › Jewellery & watches
- Parent ticker
- TSE: 7762
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About BULOVA
BULOVA is a watch brand that, according to the CITIZEN Report 2025, began in 1875 when Joseph Bulova, an immigrant from Bohemia, opened a small jewellery shop in New York City. The report says it created the first tuning-fork watch and celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2025, with an event held in New York in September 2024. Citizen Watch lists BULOVA as one of its three finished-watch brands and records that it acquired shares of Bulova Corporation in 2008.
Ownership timeline of BULOVA
- Current owner Citizen Watch [1] reported
Where BULOVA 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
- ATTESA (1987)
- 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 →
🇺🇸 BULOVA and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,399 brands that began in the United States. 461 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, BULOVA among them.
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- AKHG — Duluth Holdings 🇺🇸
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- Aerie — American Eagle Outfitters 🇺🇸
- All in Motion — Target 🇺🇸
- Allen Edmonds — Caleres 🇺🇸
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of BULOVA?
The parent company of BULOVA is Citizen Watch, a publicly listed company headquartered in Japan.
Is BULOVA American or Japanese?
BULOVA originated in the United States in 1875, but it is owned today by Citizen Watch, which is headquartered in Japan. So BULOVA is an American-origin brand under Japanese ownership.
Is BULOVA still owned by Citizen Watch?
Yes. As of 4 October 2026, BULOVA 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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