The story
Founded by Henri Frédéric Sandoz in 1862.1
The Schwob brothers named the company cyma, a Latin word meaning "sprout", and the origin of the French cime ("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.
In 1959 the brand was bought by the Heuroplan group, joining Movado, Eska and Nappey.
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.
From Wikipedia’s article on Cyma Watches, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4