This is a grammatical error and sort of a mystery. Occasionally watches are seen that have "Tavanne's Watch" on the dial. Eventually the name 'Cyma' became much better known than either Schwob Frères or Tavannes. Schwob Frères created the name Cyma as a brand name for Tavannes watches, sold through their network. Many of these innovations are still used today. So in 1917 the world's first waterproof wrist watch was introduced by the Tavannes Watch Company.īy 1950, Tavannes had obtained over 300 patents for mechanical and automatic timepieces and the firm was producing movements for most of the popular Swiss brands. Also, the face had to be visible at all times.
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This watch had to be water-tight, non-magnetic, and the balance wheel had to be of a material which shows a minimum of expansion and contraction with variations in temperature. to develop a watch suitable for work on submarine decks. SA under his direction before his death in 1913, aged 62.ĭuring WWI, two British submarine commanders asked the Tavannes Watch Co.
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Sandoz was a prolific inventor: between 18 he registered 39 patents for watch improvements, and 11 more were registered by the Tavannes Watch Co. So by 1905, the firm had 750 employees producing 450.000 watches a year which grew to 750.000 watches in 1909 by 950 employees. Due to the industralisation and the expansion of railroad systems around the globe, made precise time measurment necessary. At the beginning of the 20th century, watches were becoming more and more popular. He and his partners, Schwob Frères (the brothers Schwob), soon started selling around the world, notably in Russia, the US, Canada, and the Far East, and in 1899 the company built their factory near the Pichoux gorges.
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In 1870 the young, talented master watchmaker Henri-Frédéric Sandoz founded a watch manufacturing company in Le Locle, Switzerland, in his own name: "Henri Sandoz and Co." Later, in 1891, Henri Sandoz founded the Tavannes Watch Company in Tavannes, a small village in the Jura mountains, Switzerland.