In 1859 the history of brand Revue Thommen began. The company was established by Gedeon Thommen. He bought the watchmaking in Waldenburg in 1853. At the same time Thommen built a branch line that linked Waldenburg and main railway lines of the country and Europe. The name Revue Thommen associates with the classical watchmaking in conjunction with the manufacture of the precise movements.
In 1885 Thommen created a watch with a digital display. It was the first in the world model of watches, in which the current hours and minutes jumped as digital images. These watches satisfied the needs of train's passengers.
Since 1936, the company has been producing not only watches, but also precise instruments, especially for aircrafts. The wrist watches with an alarm firstly were launched in 1947. The model was called "Cricket", because the sound of the alarm sounded like chirr of a cricket. Among the owners of these watches there were four U.S. presidents: Johnson, Truman, Nixon and Eisenhower. |
