Tavannes Watch Co
Coordinates: 46°11′34″N 6°08′01″E / 46.19284°N 6.13349°E
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| Industry | Watchmaking |
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| Founder 👔 | Henri-Frédéric Sandoz |
| Headquarters 🏙️ | , , Switzerland |
Area served 🗺️ | Worldwide |
| Products 📟 | Watches |
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Tavannes Watch Co is a Swiss watch brand, established in 1891 by Henri Sandoz in Tavannes, Switzerland.
History[edit]
1851 Henri-Frédéric Sandoz was born in Le Locle on March 5, 1851. At the age of 13, he began an apprenticeship in Samuel Aubert's casing workshop[1][2][3]
1869
In 1869, Henri-Frédéric Sandoz started his own business as a caster and manufacturer of spring-stamps. He very quickly became aware of the progress of American production, which worked on the assembly line by using machine tools to manufacture timepieces.[4][3]
1871
Henri-Frédéric Sandoz created the Henri Sandoz & Fils company, Sandoz focused on the production of mechanical watches and expanded it to include repeater watches.[5]
1876
Henri Frédéric Sandoz took part in the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial International Exhibition.
1880
In 1880, looking for land to expand his activities, Henri-Frédéric Sandoz ran into Georges Favre-Jacot, patron of Zenith watches, and therefore had to emigrate to be able to develop his know-how.[3]
1891
In 1891 a young, talented master watchmaker, Henri-Frédéric Sandoz, founded the Tavannes Watch Company in a small Swiss village, Tavannes, in the Jura mountains. He and his partners, Schwob Frères, soon opened markets around the world, notably in Canada, Russia, United States, and the Far East.[6]
1895
Entry of Tavannes Watch Co, manufacture and sale of watches - founded on 25.9.1895 - in the Swiss Trade Register. November 20, 1895 Filing of the brands Tavannes Watch Co, La Tavannes, T.W.Co, Obi, léna, Azow, Kama, Dvina, watches, watch parts, cases and packaging.[1]
1896 The Tavannes Watch Co, already in 1896, at the National Exhibition in Geneva, was one of the rare watch manufacturers to achieve vertical integration almost complete: from the manufacture of the machine tool to the production of the complete watch.
1899
Undervelier - Tavannes Watch Co is building a watch case factory at the entrance to the Pichoux gorges.[1]
1902
It was during this time that watches were becoming popular. Industrialization and the expansion of the railroad system made a standardized time necessary. The United Kingdom, in 1884, set its time to Greenwich Mean Time and it really established the watch business as we know it today.
1903
It had to expand and build a new factory. TWC employs 470 people and produces 953 watches per day.
1904 Trademark Cyma Tavannes Watch Co.[7][8]
1905
By 1905, the 750 employees produced 450’000 watches and the production grew very fast to reach 750’000 pieces made by 950 employees in 1909.
1907
Henri-Frédéric Sandoz was a prolific inventor. Between 1889 and 1907 he registered 39 patents for improvements to watches in his own name, and a further 11 were registered by the Tavannes Watch Co. SA under his direction before his death in 1913.[9]
1909
Since 1909, Tavannes Watch Co workshops have also produced the measuring instruments necessary for this activity, micrometers, including foot micrometers, for watchmaking and mechanics.[10]
1910
Tavannes Watch Co won the Grand Prix for daily production at the Exhibition Universal of Brussels: 2,500 watches per day. The numbers are there, revealing the tremendous industrial take-off of the Tavannes Watch Co.[1]
1913 Henri Frédéric Sandoz died at the age of 62 years, his sons followed his path, Henri Auguste Sandoz succeeded his father as director of the Tavannes Watch Co.[11]
1914
Thanks to its constant innovation, Tavannes Watch Co won the Gold Medal at the Grand Prix de Berne in 1914. Tavannes Watch Co. sets up a company founded in 1914 in Tokyo by Kono Shohei and managed by a former technical executive from Kintaro Hattori (Seiko & Citizen Watch Co.), assembles Tavannes Watch watches sold under the Pacific brand.[1] [12]
1915
The company’s 20th-century product range naturally included wristwatches of the most diverse character for example the shock-proof models with a protective cover over the fragile crystal glasses that were issued to soldiers in 1915 now called the “trench watch”.
1917
During WWI, the Tavannes Watch Co was approached by two British submarine commanders to consider the construction of a watch suitable for work on submarine decks awash in water - This watch was supposed 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 - The face had to be legible at all times - In 1917 was born the first waterproof wrist watch made by the Tavannes Watch Company.[13]
1919 From 1918, a new building, built in the same style as the TWCo and in the immediate vicinity of the latter, now accommodates the machine and measuring instrument activities of the watchmaking company, the latter having grown in importance over the years. The machine tools, first developed to ensure the in-house manufacture of the various watch components, are then produced in series and intended for sale outside the company. Success was quickly achieved since between 1900 and 1930, 2000 machines were marketed by the unit now called Tavannes Machines Co. (TMCo).[10]
1923 Henri-Frédéric Sandoz was a real entrepreneur. His visits to American manufacturers inspired him, and he was the first to create machine tools exclusively for the Swiss watch industry. Tavannes became an important Swiss watch company because of his engineering abilities.
1926
Around 1926, Tavannes was presented with a challenge. The man who would eventually be crowned king Edward VIII of England (yes, the one who gave up the throne to marry American socialite Wallis Simpson) commissioned Tavannes to make him a custom watch that could be worn as a belt buckle while playing golf. With a discreet press of a small button, the watch portion of the buckle would flip open at an approximate 90 degree angle to its case. In this position, the time could be read.
1929
Thanks to its constant innovation and patented new systems, Tavannes Watch Co won the Gold Medal at the Grand Prix de Barcelone in 1929. An extra thin movement was included in a 100 pesetas Spanish gold coin and the first Captive was presented to the public.
1930
At the end of the twenties and beginning of the thirties, Tavannes Watch Co created new kind of watches like “La Captive” or the Belt-Watch, which consisted of completely new concepts at that time. These were followed by “waterproof” wristwatches, as well as wrist-chronographs equipped with Valjoux movements. March 19, 1930 Foundation of the Cyma Watch Company - Cyma Watch Co.
1931
In 1931, the TMCo started manufacturing its famous Gyromatic, a 6-spindle vertical automatic lathe. This machine for turning large parts in large series, existing in three versions, quickly met with worldwide success.[10]
1934
The precision mechanics company Tavaro SA was created in 1934 in Geneva by the watchmaking group Tavannes Watch Co.[14]
1938
In half a century, Tavannes built five factories in Switzerland, and became the fourth largest watch manufacturer in the world. At that time, they employed over 2,000 skilled watchmakers and produced over 4,000 watches a day. Creation of Tavannes Machines Co. (300 employees).
1940 A huge fire destroyed several buildings of the factory as well as most of the archives.[15]
1943
In 1943 the company launched its first automatic movement, the caliber 420, with a swinging arm winding in one direction. This movement was fitted into the square cased « Watersport » model, for example. The Tavannes Watch Co Distributor Network was based out of the whole world.[16]
1946
In 1946 Tavannes Watch Co used the Chronomat 217-012 patent with a movement based on Venus 175.[17]
1950
With over 300 patents obtained for mechanical and automatic timepieces, Tavannes was producing movements for most of the famous Swiss brands. Many of these innovations are still used today.
1955-1957
Around 1957, the “Autorotor” self-winding caliber 485 was launched. It’s now a collector’s item.[18]
1966
In 1966, Tavannes Watch Co continued to sell movements to other watch brands until 1982 and then concentrated in the production of specialized numeric command machines (Tavannes machines) for the watch industry.
1966
In 1966, ASUAG (today SWATCH GROUP) created Chronos Holding to manage new acquisitions, including the Tavannes Watch Co. brands. Chronos, in turn, created Synchron Group in 1968.[19][20]
1978
ASUAG decided to dissolve the Synchron Group, Tavannes Watch Co. and its brands are sold in an auction to M. Claude Guilgot. The Cyma under brand took the lead and Tavannes Watch Co. is now only distributed in a small amount of countries.
1980’s and 1990’s
“Tavannes Watch” brand is only used for several specific markets as Pakistan, India, Miramar and South Africa with the TWC logo.
2002
Florin Niculescu is hired by Claude Guilgot and became the president of Cyma USA in 2006.[21]
2008
Tavannes Watch Co. brand is taken over by the Niculescu family. Re-implantation of the Tavannes Watch Co brand, which comes back with a new generation of watches, greater, more reliable and more perfect. Several collections, limited editions as well as a few rare unique pieces.
2009
Tavannes Watch Co. brand deployment in the US market, following the steps of the family business from the Sandoz and Schwob families.
2014
Tavannes Watch Co. presented the Sophisticated, a lady’s watch that can change with a special “bezel ring” feature to give the watch different look.
2016
Tavannes Watch Co presented the Superb Gents COSC Certified collection.
2017
Tavannes Watch Co presented the Submarine 1917 Collection at the JCK, the revival of the first advertised waterproof watch of Tavannes Watch Co in 1917. Limited Edition to 100 pieces for the 100 years anniversary.
2018
La Captive, the New Belt Watch is about to take shape. New design, new materials, new technology will make it possible for this timepiece to be worn as a wristwatch, golf belt watch, as well as a desk watch all inspired by the history of this timepiece.
2019
Tavannes Watch Co acquires a watch manufacturer with 20 years of experience, UM2, located in La Chaux-de-Fonds.
2020
Tavannes Watch Co had always worked with schools and students and mandated this year several students to work on a special project which became the BUGGY watch.
2021
TIM (This Is Me) a lady’s watch directly in the continuity of the Sophisticated developed several years before.
For its 130 years anniversary Tavannes Watch Co is working on the HFS (Henri-Frédéric Sandoz) classic collection.
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Sandoz, Henri I | Chronologie jurassienne - de l'époque romaine à nos jours". www.chronologie-jurassienne.ch. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
- ↑ "Sandoz, Henri Frédéric". hls-dhs-dss.ch (in français). Retrieved 2021-07-09.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Koelliker, René (2010-12-15). "René Chapallaz. Architecte de la Tavannes Watch Co". Études de lettres (in français) (4): 103–122. doi:10.4000/edl.234. ISSN 0014-2026.
- ↑ "Personnages marquants". Tavannes (in français). Retrieved 2021-07-09.
- ↑ "Storia della Cyma Tavannes". Segnatempo (in italiano). Retrieved 2021-07-09.
- ↑ verso, recto. "Association des amis du musée international d'horlogerie - amisMIH: Tavannes, jadis une étoile au ciel horloger". www.amismih.ch (in français). Retrieved 2021-07-09.
- ↑ "Mikrolisk - The horological trade mark index". www.mikrolisk.de. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
- ↑ "Tavannes Watch Co - Tavannes | Chronologie jurassienne - de l'époque romaine à nos jours". www.chronologie-jurassienne.ch. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
- ↑ "Tavannes Watch Co Serial Numbers". chomapadag1980's Ownd (in 日本語). Retrieved 2021-07-09.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 "DIJU - Dictionnaire du Jura – Tavannes Machines Co. SA (TMCo)". www.diju.ch. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
- ↑ "Sandoz, Henri Auguste". hls-dhs-dss.ch (in français). Retrieved 2021-07-09.
- ↑ "Les origines suisses de Citizen Watch - Le web-magazine de l'horlogerie, articles horlogers". Horlogerie Suisse. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
- ↑ "Blog: The Submarine Commanders' Watch". www.vintagewatchstraps.com. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
- ↑ "Elna (entreprise)", Wikipédia (in français), 2021-05-24, retrieved 2021-07-09
- ↑ "Industrie | Chronologie jurassienne - de l'époque romaine à nos jours". www.chronologie-jurassienne.ch. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
- ↑ "bidfun-db Archive: Watch Movements: Cyma 420KT". www.ranfft.de. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
- ↑ Gr, ✍ Joel A.; chef, jeanRédacteur en; Passion, éditeur du Swiss Watch Passport et de JSH 1876 Magazine Membre d'impressum ce Suisse natif de Côte d'Ivoire et descendant d'une famille d'horlogers co-fonde chez Ringier en 1993 avec Kenan Tegin les magazines Montres; en 2005, Uhren Welt ainsi que le Prix Montre de l'Année Créée; Press +41, son agence de presse TàG; d'Horlogerie, écrit pour une vingtaine de médias Certains lui confient leur rédaction en chef: Journal Suisse; Horlogère, Heure Suisse/Schweiz et Année; F/D/E; En 2019, Watchonista com (2021-03-17). "Tavannes Watch est le père biologique du Chronomat". Watch Passports by JSH® (in français). Retrieved 2021-07-09.
- ↑ "bidfun-db Archive: Watch Movements: Cyma 485". www.ranfft.de. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
- ↑ "La fabuleuse histoire d'ETA, chapitre 3 : de l'âge d'or aux prémices de la grande crise". Time To Tell (in français). Retrieved 2021-07-09.
- ↑ "La création du cartel horloger suisse par les organisations patronales (1924-1939) - Le web-magazine de l'horlogerie, articles horlogers". Horlogerie Suisse. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
- ↑ "Cyma's New Generation". Retrieved 2021-07-09.
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