1954 CYMA 'Watersport - Cymaflex' 9ct Gold Cal. R458 32.5mm

Here we have a 1954 CYMA 'Watersport - Cymaflex' Cal. R458 featuring a 32.5mm 9ct Yellow Gold case that comfortably sits on your wrist with attractive facet-horned shaped lugs. Its curved flanks lead to a lug-to-lug length of 42mm and a case thickness of just 9.5mm. On the right side, a coin-edged crown. The smooth bezel holds a domed crystal above a beautiful two-tone silver dial. Decorative applied gold, diamond and baton-shaped indexes mark the hours surrounding an inner minute track. Gold Alpha hands sit above a slightly recessed sundial with a concentric circular pattern and gold hand. At noon, we have the Cyma motif, and at 6 o’clock, ‘Cymaflex’ completes this sophisticated dress watch. On the reverse, a screw-down solid 9ct yellow gold case back, featuring an engraving on the back ‘To William Melville-In Appreciation of 43 Years Service-With Sir WM Arrol & Co Ltd- August 1955’. Inside a manually wound CYMA Cal. R458, 17 jewels, beating at a leisurely 18,000 beats per hour. Featuring the Cymaflex II, a proprietary shock-absorbing system. It comes paired with a well-suited 18mm strap and pin buckle.

This watch is sold as "Watch Only" and therefore comes with no original CYMA box or paperwork. It comes paired with a well-suited 18mm vintage-style leather strap and pin buckle. The watch is from Circa. 1954 and is sold in worn vintage condition, with signs of wear, and a lovely subtle patina, as you can see. The watch comes with our 12-Months Non-Waterproof Warranty.

This is an exquisite 9ct gold CYMA 'Watersport - Cymaflex' from 1954 featuring striking lugs that project off the case and give this elegant watch a touch of excitement. Powered by the manually wound CYMA calibre R458, this 32.5mm piece of gold packs a punch. The case back features an engraving which states - ‘To William Melville-In Appreciation of 43 Years Service-With Sir WM Arrol & Co Ltd- August 1955’ - We've proudly left this as it is an interesting part of the watch's history, but also because whoever engraved this was an artist, beautifully executed. I would not hesitate to add this to your collection today!

Reference : 140129
Movement : Manually Wound CYMA Cal. R458
Age : Circa. 1954
Year : 1954
Case Size : 32.5mm
Case Thickness : 9.5mm
Lug to Lug : 42mm
Lugs : 18mm
Condition : Pre-Owned
Box and Papers : None
Case Material : 9ct Yellow Gold
Warranty : 12-Months NON-Waterproof Warranty
The wrist model's wrist size is 7inch

Cyma was founded in 1862 by the brothers Joseph Schwob and Theodore Schwob in the town of Le Locle, Switzerland. In 1871, Henri Sandoz established Sandoz & Cie in Le Locle. Sandoz moved to Tavannes in 1891, just North of Biel, where he manufactured highly desirable repeaters and chronographs. Sandoz soon saw the potential of Cyma forming a business relationship with the Schwob brothers, and Cyma was officially registered in 1903. During the 1940’s, Britain's Military of Defence (MOD) needed watches to be issued to the Army during World War II. Rather than relying on one watch manufacturer, they invited many Swiss brands to build a watch to a tight specification. Out of those submitted ,12 brands were chosen: Buren, Cyma, Eterna, Grana, Jaeger Le-Coultre, Lemania, Longines, IWC, Omega, Record, Timor and Vertex. This is where the “Dirty Dozen “ derives from. The watches had engraved into them the W.W.Ws, a code established by the British Army to distinguish these from other military equipment, and it simply stood for Watch. Wrist. Waterproof. Two serial numbers were engraved, one being the manufacturer’s number, and the other (with the letter) being the military store number. A Broad Arrow (pheon) was also put on the watch to indicate British Government Issue property. They were delivered by 1945, which was the closing period of the war, therefore many of these watches never actually saw action. Cyma produced an estimated 20,000 watches. In 1943, Cyma unveiled its first automatic wristwatch, endowed with a 420 calibre featuring a unidirectional rotor. In 1966, the company was bought by the ASUAG Chronos Holding, and production continued under their Synchron group in 1968. Cyma became a sister company to Doxa and Ernest Borel throughout the 1970s.