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Important things to know about CIMIER
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CIMIER was originally founded in 1924 , but was inactive for a long time.
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Brand relaunch in Switzerland starting around 2003/2004
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Today's CIMIER watches are:
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Swiss Made
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mostly ETA or Sellita movements
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Designer and mid-range watches
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Virtually all CIMIER watches in circulation today date from around 2004 onwards .
Typical time periods
| Period | Notes |
|---|---|
| before 2003 | ⚠️ No relevant current CIMIER wristwatches |
| 2004–2010 | first reissues, classic designs |
| 2010–2015 | wide range, ETA/Sellita |
| 2015–present | more modern designs, skeletons, sports models |
Already 1925 The company Lapanouse advertised its Roskopf - Watches in advertisements with the slogan: "Executed to a good standard and of high quality" .
1934 In Switzerland, a Federal Council decree introduced a permit requirement for the opening, expansion, and conversion of watchmaking businesses. According to this decree, Lapanouse until further notice only Roskopf Works and manufacture watches equipped with them.
Birth of the Cimier brand
1951 The brand name CIMIER (French: helmet crest) was introduced for the first time. 1951 until 1957 The manufacturer operated under a more cost-effective name Wristwatches under the combination of the founder's name and the brand: "LAPANOUSE-CIMIER". During this time, the company produced between 1.0 and 1.2 million wristwatches and over 21 million stopwatches with non-reset timekeeping per year.
When Switzerland 1966 the Federal Council decision of 1934 picked up, remained Lapanouse consistently true to the brand strategy for Cimier: The range of affordable works with Pin anchor escapement was expanded and, among other things, by a Pin - lever chronographs with seven stones added.
Cimier and quartz technology
When the so-called Quartz crisis When the existence of many manufacturers of mechanical watches was threatened, Cimier reacted with a completely unique strategy: The mechanical components of the Clockworks were manufactured in-house, while the electronic components were purchased from specialized suppliers. Until 1985 The company was very successful with its concept of combining mechanics and electronics in its watch movements. Nevertheless, the effects of this development and the unsuccessful search for a suitable successor forced the cessation of production in the 1980s.
Rebirth of the Cimier brand
In the year 2003 The brand was relaunched by a young team. 2004 - eighty years after the company was founded in Basel-Landschaft - succeeds Robert Jaeger and Martin Bärtsch a remarkable comeback for the Cimier brand.
One of the new CIMIER collections bears the year - to commemorate the year the company was founded - the year. 1924 as collection names. All other CIMIER collections also bear a year that is either significant for the company's history or reflects the zeitgeist that the collection's design is based on. For example, the design language of the 1950s characterizes the Collection 1951 as well as the fact that the LAPANOUSE-CIMIER brand was launched this year
Source: AI, atchWiki
