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416 Ka., a straight forward time only calibre with a leisurely beat rate of 18,000 bph (in modern watches that has now increased to 28,800 bph or 6 bps for increased accuracy). The watch in this post was made during the 1950’s and is fitted with a Cyma cal. Though wristwatches were a large part of their business they were also known for producing alarm clocks, the most famous being the “Sonomatic” fitted with a 16 jewel movement which had an 8 day power reserve.Ĭyma are still in business today and you can see their current collection here (which includes some chronometer rated automatics… always a good sign!). Popularity fuelled growth, and by 1929 they owned the largest watchmaking workshop in Europe, employing 2000 people, and producing 4000 timepieces per day. After the turn of the century, the company began to diversify into ultra-thin pocket watch calibres and inevitably into the production of wristwatches. One such watch was this Cyma Watersport.Ĭyma started producing timepieces in Le Locle, Switzerland in 1862, and during their first 40 years specialised in quality pocket watches, including both chronographs and minute repeater models. I see that while I was "hunting and pecking" at my keyboard, Roland Ranfft came in and identified your watch.Every so often a watch comes across the bench that isn’t complicated or particularly popular with collectors, but has something about it. I hope this helps, at least until one of the Swiss watch experts shows up! Maybe one day I'll get it.or not! By the way, watch size (diameter) is measured across the dial side of the movements, and is usually expressed in "lignes" for vintage watches. Of course I have only been the watch hobby for about 40+ years.
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But then, since Swiss watches are just a marginal interest and I only have a few decent references, I'm not trying very hard. My main interest is American watches, and I often have trouble with specific Swiss "calibre" identification. The Swiss often referred to the different movements by Calibre numbers or letters and/or numbers which were based on the size and other features of the movements.
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I can't tell you about what "model" you have. By the way, TACY is a combination of the first two letters of TAvannes and CYma. Just click on "Search" near the top/right side of these pages and enter Tavannes pocket watch you can also experiment with other combinations including Cyma and or Tacy and see what comes up. Just do a "Google" search for Tavannes Watch Company and look for a Tavannes site.īefore you do that, a search for Tavannes pocket watch right here on this message board should bring up numerous past threads discussing Tavannes watches.
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Then, like so many other watch manufacturers, they were done in by the "quartz revolution" and perhaps other factors.įairly recently the Tavannes Watch Company, again like other well-known old watch manufacturers, underwent a "rebirth" and as I discovered a while ago, they have a web site with a history of the company, information on their new line of watches, etc. If memory serves, I think they were founded back around 1891 and were still manufacturing up to the 1980s. They were a large and prolific maker of a wide variety of watches. Cyma and Tacy are "brands" used on watches made by the Tavannes (pronounced "Ta-VAHN") Watch Company, located in the town of Tavannes (what else!), Switzerland.