| Privately held company Public (HKEX) | |
| Industry | Watchmaking |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1862 in Le Locle, Neuchâtel, Switzerland |
| Founder | Joseph Schwob, Theodore Schwob |
| Headquarters | La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland |
| Under care of Universal Genève | |
| Products | Watches |
| Website | www.cyma.ch/ |
Cyma SA is a Swiss manufacturer of luxurywristwatches, founded by brothers Joseph and Theodore Schwob in 1862. By 1908, Cyma was advertising the resilience of their timepieces when exposed to electricity, magnetism and varying temperatures.[1] The company is currently owned by Stelux International, Ltd.[2] a Hong Kong-based holdings firm which invests primarily in fine jewellery and watches, and is overseen by fellow Fédération de L'industrie Horlogère Suisse member Universal Genève.[3]
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History[edit]
The Schwob brothers named the company cyma, a Latin word meaning 'sprout', and the origin of the French 'cime' or summit. In early years, the company had a staff of 40 people and 55 machines that together produced about 40 watches a day. However, it was not until 1892 in which the brothers partnered with Frédéric Henri Sandoz, the owner of the watch wholesale company, Henri Sandoz et Cie, that the business expanded. Under Sandoz's leadership, the company became the Cyma Watch Company and built the Cyma factory in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland in the Jura Mountains, near Le Locle. Both towns had been the center of the Swiss watchmaking industry during the 19th century.
The company is currently located in Le Locle and is provincially managed by Claude and Françoise Guilgot. On 9 September 2010, Cyma SA and E-Watch organised an event in Yverdon to launch their new brand collection: Myriad.[citation needed]
Price and value[edit]
Cyma watches from the 1950s retailed between approximately $400 and $25,000 (figures adjusted to 2010 inflation).[4]
References[edit]
- ^'The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review'. Jewelers' Circular Pub. Co. May 27, 1908. p. 74.
- ^'HKGCC Directory'. hkgcc.org.hk. Retrieved 2011-09-28.
- ^'The Swiss Watch Industry - Watch producers (direct FH members)'. fhs.ch. Archived from the original on 2011-08-28. Retrieved 2011-09-28.
- ^Thompson, Edward K. (12 October 1953). 'CYMA - two-million-shock test!'. Life: 210.
Revue Thommen is a timepiece company founded in Switzerland which produces wristwatches[1] and aircraft equipment.[2]
History[edit]
In 1853 Société d' Horlogerie à Waldenbourg was founded as a Swiss watch manufacturing company by the community of Waldenburg, Switzerland. It began to manufacture wristwatches in order to create work in the Waldenburg valley whose location at the route Basel-Geneva had become insignificant due to the newly established train connection Basel - Olten - Geneva.
In 1859 Gédéon Thommen and Louis Tschopp acquires the company and privately restructured it. Gédéon Thommen is also the founder and promoter of the Waldenburgerbahn, a steam train connecting the valley’s villages. Tschopp left the company, which was renamed Gédéon Thommen’s Uhrenfabriken.
From 1905, the company was commercially registered as REVUE THOMMEN AG, a joint-stock company. REVUE had been used earlier as a brand name of the company’s wrist watches, after they had been marketed as “GT” watches (GT standing for Gédéon Thommen) before.
In 1916, the first aircraft chronograph for the Swiss Air Force was created and laid the foundation for the company’s success as an aircraft instrument supplier.
From 1936 – 1943, the company produced cockpit instrumentation for the Swiss Air Force. REVUE THOMMEN developed and supplied altimeters, airspeed indicators, vertical speed indicators, clocks, and the landing gear for the Swiss multifunction biplane EKW C-35.
In 1945 REVUE THOMMEN commercialized its technical capabilities in the aviation sector by launching a pocket altimeter for alpinists. Derivations like altimeters for parachutists will follow and are produced well into the Internet age.
Recent history[edit]
In 2000 REVUE THOMMEN AG granted a license to the Swiss company Grovana Ltd. for the manufacturing and marketing of the REVUE THOMMEN wrist watch brand products, so REVUE THOMMEN AG can focus on its aircraft instrument business.
After the wrist watch business was spun off, the company began expanding its mechanical cockpit instrument business through the introduction of electronic aircraft equipment, including air data systems and helicopter searchlights.
In 2012 ”GT Thommen Watch AG”, the joint-venture partnership of Andreas Thommen, Roland Buser and Christopher Bitterli, bought the intellectual property rights for the watch business from REVUE THOMMEN AG and began revitalizing the brand in the Swiss wrist watch business.[citation needed] They appointed Swiss Initiative Limited (SIL) as sole license holder for the production and worldwide distribution in 2015.[citation needed]
Now being solely an aviation industry supplier, REVUE THOMMEN was acquired by TRANSAS Group in 2012, a Russian technology company, which handed over its shares to the Russian private investor Sistema on October 4, 2015.[citation needed]
The decline of demand for mechanical aircraft instruments in the aviation industry and economical pressure also led REVUE THOMMEN AG to restructure.
REVUE, the former brand name of wrist watches, was removed from the company name in order to clearly identify the company as supplier to the aviation industry. In 2015 it was rebranded as THOMMEN AIRCRAFT EQUIPMENT AG, and it sold its mechanical aircraft instrument business to SATHOM, a subsidiary of the French aircraft component MRO company SATORI Sarl, in June 2016.[citation needed]
SATHOM stays at the original location of REVUE THOMMEN and was granted a license to continue the production and sale of mechanical aircraft instruments under the THOMMEN brand name.
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In 2016, THOMMEN AIRCRAFT EQUIPMENT moved from Waldenburg to a modern location in Muttenz, Switzerland, closer to Basel, where it focuses on development of electronic aircraft clocks, air data systems and helicopter searchlights, cabin/emergency flashlights.[citation needed]
References[edit]
- ^Revue Thommen Watches
- ^Revue Thommen Aircraft Equipment